Ghana's former High Commissioner to India, Lawyer Sam Pee Yalley has bemoaned the ‘negative picture’ painted by President Akufo Addo during his first presentation of State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament.
President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday, February 21, 2017, in line with Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution, appeared before Parliament to deliver his first State of the Nation Address.
The address gave highlights of the present state of various sectors of the country’s economy, as inherited from the erstwhile John Mahama-led government.
He also announced his plans to remedy the challenges left behind by the previous administration.
Commenting on a panel discussion on Radio Gold’s Alhaji and Alhaji, Sam Pee Yalley who described the address as the ‘shortest’ SONA in the country’s history indicated that there was no way the previous administration achieved zero success while in office.
The immediate-past administration, he said, chalked various achievements; adding that President Akufo Addo should have mentioned it instead of painting a gloomy picture of the economy.
“…the president gave an impression that the country will collapse. If this is the situation how did the president order that we should pay outright the outstanding money of the military? He forgot all the good things that the former President did. The world is not made up of mountains alone. If you talk about the mountains, you talk about the valleys also. Why did the President choose to go to parliament then lament and forget about the fact that we have achieved something? Why are we painting this country as a failed state whereas other countries are looking up to us as their saviours; I don’t understand”
Speech writers
Sam Pee Yalley has also urged the President to educate his speech writers on the use of ‘the Ghanaian People’.
According to him, “it gives the impression that we are foreigners” or we are not valued as Ghanaians.
“Those who are handling the President and his speeches; we are not the Ghanaian people; we are Ghanaians. It gives the impression that either foreigners are writing these speeches or they just don’t value us. On two occasions, they refer to us; the Ghanaian people. Please we are not the Ghanaian people; we are proud Ghanaians. These little things affect the image of the country. So Mr President, I want you to advise your speech writers that we are not the Ghanaian people. We are Ghanaians…”
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com
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How do you expect him to say "Ghanaians" when in fact he is referring to "The Ghanaian people".I am of the opinion that you are being mischievous. How can he say that when he really mean to refer to the people of Ghana.Go find some Tuo safi and eat
THIS CROO,KED PEE YALLEY DESTROYED VEEP ARKAA WITH THISSO CALLED JEMIMA YALLEY AND CAUSED NKENSEN ARKAA'S PREMATURE DEATH. WICKED SAM PEE YALLEY!!!!!!
People have time oh Is this an issue Mr Yalley? Go find job to do u are not young anymore
National plagiarism party have started collapsing Ghana. Clueless NPP who does not even know what to do. Ghana needs a leader like Mahama who will put infrastructure in place to benefit Ghanaians rather than sharing money to nurses and teacher trainees. NPP sucks, Bawumia has no clew.
YOU SAID ALL KIND OF THINGS AGAINST NANA BUT THE GHANAIAN PEOPLE REJECTED BECAUSE OF CORRUPT1 ATTITUDE,1GNORANCE AND TH1EVERY.AFTER YOUR HUMILIATING AND HISTORIC DEFEAT THE ARE NOW COMING OUT FROM THEIR HOLES.
Are you satisfied with the state and condition our country is in now over 60 years of our so called independence? Ghana is totally a FAILLED state. Look at what is going on at our harbours, and other state institutions, how our rivers and our environment are being destroyed. No person with a sound mind will deny that our country is in crisis. Let us hope for Nana and the God almighty to see us through. The battle is still the Lord's
WITH OVER 150 BILLION DEBT IN JUST 8 YEARS ? WHILE PEOPLE STILL DON'T HAVE GOOD DRINKING WATER AND GO TO THE ***barred word*** AND SEA SIDES TO EASE THEMSELVES ? YOU ARE SICK.
Ghana can be called a failed state depending on how u defined the word "FAILED". I think we are a failed state because after 60yrs of so called independent we don't even have drainage or sewage which is the one basic inevitable need in human life. We queue publically to toilet and u said what? I would urge u to define your own neighborhood whether u live in the "prime area" in Accra or even the flag staff house. U leave in a country where u pay up to 5yrs rent advance, so called "Good will" etc... Define FAIL
This is not what will make you a presidential hopeful in NDC wai. Every chance you get you spew non sense, why? We know your history, you tried to and disgraced Kow Arkaah with that Jemima Yalley rape story.shame.