Nduom blames Mahama for brochure gaffe
Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom has urged President John Dramani Mahama to own up and take full responsibility for the 59th Independence Day brochure gaffe that has so far caused Ghana serious embarrassment in the international community.
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Dr Nduom wants President Mahama to render an unqualified apology to the nation and pledge to ensure that such problems do not recur.
In an interview with TV3, President Mahama described the errors contained in the anniversary brochure as unfortunate, stressing that they were avoidable and should not have occurred.
He said although the matter had become a major issue in Ghana, the Kenyan President, Uhuru Kenyatta, didn’t make a big deal of it, declaring: “We actually went through the brochure, [and] he (Uhuru Kenyatta) didn’t show he had noticed those mistakes”.
Kenyan President
The independence day brochure contained a very serious diplomatic misrepresentation that Uhuru Kenyatta, who was the Special Guest of Honour, was the President of the Republic of Ghana. It also had some incomprehensible grammatical expressions and a host of others.
Reacting to the President’s interview, Dr Nduom said as the Head of State of Ghana, the President must be held responsible because on the day of the anniversary, he became the very embodiment of Ghana to the outside world.
Indeed, he assumed full constitutional duty as the Commander-In-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, inspecting the guard of honour mounted by the security agencies and others at the special anniversary parade, he said.
‘The responsibility goes with one person, the leader of the land. President Mahama takes all credit, he takes all blame and this is one important huge error... he is the one we must hold accountable,” he added.
