Hon. Isaac Adjei Mensah, the Member of Parliament for Wassa East, has said that the media is being too soft on President Akufo-Addo unlike they did on former President John Dramani Mahama.
Speaking in an interview on 3FM, Hon. Adjei Mensah that President Akufo-Addo has been overly protective when it comes to media engagements, especially the Ghanaian media. Former Presidents of Ghana during their tenure periodically held ‘Meet the Press’ meetings to engage the media on pertinent issues.
“Some of us think the media is not pressing like the time of President John Dramani Mahama. It is a prerequisite of democracy for the President to engage the press at least once a year,”
He advised that, if the president avails himself, though cosmetic, it shows some respect to the media. “We expect the president to engage the press. He must avail himself for that encounter and however cosmetic it is, it is good for the sake of democracy.”
He was responding to a question on the performance of President Akufo Addo in an interview he granted the BBC on Monday, April 4, 2022, in the UK.
Mr Adjei Mensah observed that the president probably lost his cool in the interview with the BBC and couldn’t rise to the occasion and attempted to evade local issues.
“I think it is not in good taste and he must take steps to redeem himself,” he said.
Source: Mybrytnewsroom.com/Joseph Asare
