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Kwesi Pratt Jr, the Managing Editor of the Insight Newspaper, has quizzed why the former vice president, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, is apologising to Ghanaians.
Mr Pratt recounted that before the election, the NPP were telling Ghanaians their government had performed better than any other government, even better than that of Kwame Nkrumah, so why is Dr Bawumia apologising?
Speaking on Good Morning Ghana, Kwesi Pratt stated, “Watch the scenario, the horrible performance in an election, and everyone agrees, there is no dispute about that at all.
You just heard the clip of the presidential candidate himself; the results were very bad; it was horrible. It appears to be going down and down; you need to do something extraordinary to jack up public confidence in the party”.
The Veteran Journalist added, “What is he apologising for? Do you have any idea? He hasn’t told us anything about why he is apologising, that is number one. Number two, just two, three months ago, he was saying he lost because he was a first timer and that in Ghana it is normal for first timers to lose.
Before then, the claim was that, even your Kwame Nkrumah could not better us, we have done so; what is the true position? I don’t know. If it was the best-performing government in our history, why the apology? Even your Kwame Nkrumah doesn’t come anywhere near then, why the apology? “
“This party need to have people who are sombre, who are reflective, who can imagine and who can design a better future for the party”, Kwesi Pratt noted.
Kwesi Pratt’s remarks come on the heels of Dr Mahamudu Bawumia rendering an unqualified apology to Ghanaians for the way they led and governed the country.
The former vice president was speaking to some party faithful in the Ashanti Region as part of his regional tour of uniting and re-energising the base of the party.
Dr Bawumia, who did not exempt himself from the mistakes of the previous government, pleaded for forgiveness on behalf of all those who were part of the erstwhile Akufo-Addo-led government.
“After the 2024 elections, we have done our research. We know the NPP government and the party made a lot of mistakes in governance. There were things we needed to do which we didn’t, and others we did that, if we had had the benefit of background, we would not have done them,” he said.
He stressed that the blame was not his alone but a collective responsibility of the party’s leadership. “We are all to be blamed – Vice President, Ministers, MPs, Board Chairmen, appointees. We have all made mistakes, and please forgive us. We’re sorry. We have learned our lessons,” he added.
Dr Bawumia assured delegates that, if given the mandate as flagbearer and subsequently elected President, he would ensure that the past would not be repeated.
“If, by the grace of God, you make me the flagbearer and I become the President, these will not happen again. They will not happen again,” he pledged.
Meanwhile, a Ghanaian man in a viral video has said that the former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo must apologise to Ghanaians, not Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.
The man asserted that Dr Bawumia has begged Ghanaians, but they are not going to accept his apology, as the Ghanaian people need Akufo-Addo’s apology.
According to the man, Akufo-Addo promised the Ghanaians after taking e-levy that he was not going to the IMF, but ended up at the IMF.
He also cited the Domestic Dept Exchange Programme (DDEP) haircuts under Akufo-Addo and the $97 million spent on the National Cathedral hole.
The unidentified man also blamed Akufo-Addo for changing Ghana’s laws, which prohibited mining in forest reserves, as the cause of the galamsey menace in the country.
Speaking in a viral video, the man stated, “The former vice president, Dr Bawumia, has begged Ghanaians, but we are not going to accept his apology. We need the former president, Akufo-Addo himself, who was the one who told us that when Ghanaians pay e-levy, they were not going to the IMF.
However, he collected the e-levy and still took Ghana to the IMF, and he also changed the laws to mine in forest reserves, which has destroyed our water bodies and lands. After doing all that, he also gave us a haircut, with many Ghanaians dying as a result of the haircut”.
He further added, “He also used our money, of over $100 million, to dig a hole claiming he was building a Cathedral. When Ghanaians told him to change the finance minister, Akufo-Addo hit his chest and boldly backed him, so when he does hit his chest and begs Ghanaians, then the NPP should forget about coming back to power because Ghanaians are fed up with their naked lies.
