Former National Democratic Congress(NDC) Central Regional Chairman, Bernard Allotey Jacobs has said that, Ghana is lucky to have a matured and elderly leader like President Akufo-Addo but it sad that young ones who do not want to listen to wise counsel
Mr. Jacobs labeled the current President as a matured leader and was delighted that he had brought his maturity to bear during these trying times of coronavirus.
”Ghana is doing very well. As a matter of fact, our State institutions confronting this pandemic; they’re doing very well, very [very] well ably supported by the government because it is the government of the day. You can’t run away from that fact. Any measure that it will put in place, State institutions are following that procedure or that measure and it is in the right order…we’ve gone far,” he said.
He added that he appreciated the efforts of President Akufo-Addo to protect Ghanaians, stressing.
”We are in a political age of maturity. So, we should look at Ghana first when issues are raised…We had the age of a visionary leader and we’re having an age of a mature leader. To sum up, all these are to move Ghana forward. When you explain yourself, it appears the young ones who have come up, I don’t know the force pushing them but they will not listen to wisdom or reasoning…This country has to move forward”, he stated.
He concluded that “we will speak out if someone does something good. I’m not a spokesperson for President Nana Akufo-Addo but when he is doing right, I will commend him for it. When it is wrong, I will say it.”
