[ 2014-07-20 ]

US Embassy Apology Not Enough – Okudzeto Ablakwa
Deputy Minister of Education in charge of
tertiary, Mr. Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has
reiterated that the US Embassy and the US
Government will have to do more in the current
tweeter comment saga.

He described the comment as unacceptable, adding
that the explanation given by the Embassy does not
help matters.

He bewailed it is rather unfortunate some peppers
have carried this development as 'NDC versus the
US Embassy'.

He argued that 'this is about Ghana, our Sovereign
Republic which is at stake and not a political
party...Our laws are very clear. Foreigners cannot
engage in politics or meddle with our affairs'.

This came as a backdrop to an unqualified apology
rendered by the United States Embassy to Office of
the President, following the use of its official
tweeter handle to respond to an earlier tweet
posted by President John Dramani Mahama.

President John Mahama in his regular conversation
with Ghanaians posted a tweet on his official
tweeter handle assuring Ghanaians that the current
economic difficulties will soon be over.

The tweet reads "As a people, we have had to make
sacrifices. I wish to assure you that the results
of these sacrifices would begin to show very
soon".

And the US Embassy re-tweeted, 'And what
sacrifices are you making? Don't tell me that pay
cut".

Speaking to Radio Gold's Alhassan Suhuyini on
Alhaji and Alhaji Saturday, Okudzeto Ablakwa said
this development is highly preposterous and should
not be condoned.

What is even more worrying according to the Deputy
Education Minister is the attempt by the US
Embassy to "clean it up", adding that 'The
subsequent tweets are very frightening'.

He believed it was this kind of 'meddling' that
led to the overthrow of a democratically elected
President of Ghana, Osagyefo Dr. Kwame Nkrumah on
24 February 1966.

Source - MyRadioGoldLive

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