President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was marketing the Northern attire, fugu, to the international community during the Independence Day anniversary, and, so, the backlash from critics that he refused to wear the Ghana@60 anniversary cloth is “sad,” presidential spokesperson Mustapha Hamid has said.
Some Ghanaians have criticised Nana Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and their spouses for not wearing the anniversary cloth. Former Presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Dramani Mahama were among some of the prominent personalities who wore the cloth during the 6 March anniversary at the Black Star square in Accra.
Explaining the choice of the president’s wardrobe on the Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) on Class91.3FM on Wednesday, 8 March, Mr Hamid said Nana Akufo-Addo had an opportunity to sell a Ghanaian attire to the world and he did just that.
“The president had the opportunity on that day when we had all these international guests and visitors from everywhere to showcase the northern fugu. That one too has become a crime? The president had an opportunity to sell these our northern artisans who are toiling every day and don’t have international market for our fugu. …I’ve been weeping [over the criticism],” he stated.
“So, now this president who wears our traditional dress to market it to our international guest and creates a market for our hard working northerners who weave the smoke has become [a bad person]? ...It is sad in this country,” he lamented.
Source: Classfmonline
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MUSTAPHA U R WRONG, IF THE LEADER REFUSES TO WEAR HOW GHANAIANS BELIEVE IN LEADERSHIP BY EXAMPLE. HE CAN WEAR FUGU AT ANY INTERNATOINAL FUNCTION.
The FUGU shd have been design as ghana @ 60 and it will be even market at the north. not just wearing it plain. once we are celebrating there shd be a difference to much the occassion. pls just take the advice. we all love Nana. if it were to be ndc we will say it as well so pls npp not everything you do is right sometime when it is wrong just accept it and lets move forward.
Ofri Jato, if wearing of fubu is not a crime why then waste money on anniversary cloth.I now believe why they say ofri jato's think anti clockwise
HAMID YOU ARE A DISGRACE TO OUR PARTY.PEOPLE KNEW WHERE YOU WILL BE COMING FROM AND INDEED YOU HAVE PROVED GHANAIANS RIGHT. WHY SPENDING SOOOO MUCH AND NOT SHOWING THAT TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY? THIS IS NOT THE ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY WHERE YOU SUPPORT ANYTHING PUT OUT THERE I WILL SUPPORT THE NPP BUT TODAY AT ALLLLLLL. IT IS A SHAME
SO THE ANNIVERSARY CLOTH THAT YOU LAUNCHED WHO WAS IS FOR. THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN WEARING FUGU ALL THE TIME N ITS NOT NEW KORAAA. YOU HAMID SELF U DIDN'T WEAR IT. DO U REMEMBER GHANA @50 N HOW THE CLOTH FOR THAT CELEBRATION WENT? IF GHANAIANS ARE SPEAKING JUST LISTEN AND CORRECT YOUR MISTAKES PERIOD.