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General News of Sunday, June 16, 2019
Source: theheraldghana.com
2019-06-16
President Akufo-Addo
On June 1, many Ghanaian football fans were glued to their TVs, at home and away, watching the UEFA Champions League final. They did not know that their president; Nana Akufo-Addo was among the 68,000 spectators who went to the Estadio Metropolitano, in the Spanish capital, Madrid, to attend the popular world match.
Back in Ghana, President Akufo-Addo's favorite local team is Great Olympic, but in Europe, his beloved football club is called Tottenham Hotspur. He refused to be left out during his historic participation in the UEFA Champions League final with another English club. ; Liverpool.
He declined to be part of the 11.3 million viewers who watched the game outside the stadium owned by Atletico Madrid.
What is strange is that it had hidden hundreds and thousands of TV cameras and mobile cameras that were in the stadium to avoid being captured and cause controversy in Ghana, especially its misuse of taxpayer money for fun in Spain.
But concealment was not enough, as some members of his team, including his deputy chief of staff, Francis Asenso-Boakye, were in the street of Madrid and professed support for the rival team of President Akufo -Addo, Liverpool.
Francis Asenso-Boakye was not alone, as some members of the presidential press also presented their presence in Madrid to support their beloved team. Liverpool on social media, thus confirming the presence of President Akufo-Addo in this country to attend the final of the Champions League.
Before the final, the Herald had learned that the president would travel to Spain to watch the match.
Some government officials, close friends and family members of the president, would be on a chartered plane to Spain, where the model until then unknown, Kinsey Wolanski, was invading the football field half-naked. . The 22-year-old has since become a media sensation.
On June 3, 2019, two days after the football match won by Liverpool, President Akufo-Addo left Spain for Canada, where he said: "No investment to find a solution to the floods of Accra will not work if our people continue on this path, "addressing supporters of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in Toronto.
He said, "Let's talk to our families at home. If we put an end to this habit, we will solve the floods in Accra, "adding," Until today, while the Odaw River is being dredged, some people think that the best way to get Garbage is throwing them into the gutter, how can we stop flooding with this attitude? "
It is unclear how much money was spent for the trip, how many government officials went to watch the football match, how many friends and family members were on the trip, who paid travel, hotel expenses and whether or not a private jet was chartered for the trip to Spain?
Before the last match in Madrid, Nana Akufo-Addo was captured jubilantly after her victory over Tottenham Hotspurs against Ajax in the Champions League semi-final match at the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. final they lost in Liverpool.
While the president reprimanded Ghanaians, Francis Asenso Boakye, his junior deputy chief of staff, stirred the wrath of Ghanaians on their way to Spain for the final match. Asenso's note was destined for Gate 13, Block 108, Row 26 and Seat Number 14.
A report circulating on some media platforms, said the young confidant of President Akufo-Addo, was seen wearing his new personalized "Bantama" t-shirt and a walking cap among the stadium's supporters.
The press not knowing that President Akufo-Addo himself was in the stadium, wrote: "It is not clear when he asked permission before traveling to Spain to watch the football game because the president had previously announced that the nominees had to write to the personal chef before traveling out of the country.
The Internet portal called "The News Platform" then wrote that "the move was to stem the excessive travel of named agents that has angered Ghanaians in recent times.
Asenso Boakye, an inexperienced man, abandoned himself by sending photos of him to the stadium to his friends and close badociates, announcing his deep love for Liverpool, winner of the 2019 UEFA Champions League.
Social media users were unhappy with Asenso's trip when the majority of Ghanaians were living in abject poverty, adding that some wondered if the Chief of Staff could have made the trip back to the time when the NPP was not in power.
Others were of the opinion that the NPP, in opposition, would have made a lot of political noise on the whole of the situation if a person appointed by the President of the time had traveled to Spain to watch football.
In the arguments of some social media users, Asenso displayed opulence and he should question where he would have had money to facilitate his trip, as his monthly salary could not fund such a trip .
Others also felt that this young man had betrayed his boss who preached against extravagance.
Kennedy Agyapong, deputy of Assin Central in 2017, accused Asenso of having extorted money from people who wanted an appointment with President Akufo-Addo.
A-Plus, a member of the NPP, also accused Asenso of being corrupt, although police chief MaameYaaTiwaa Addo Danquah said she could not justify his complaint against him and his young colleague , Samuel Abu Jinapor.
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