Minister for Communications and Digitalization, Ursula Owusu-Ekuful says Alan Kwadwo Kyeremateng should be grateful to former president John Agyekum Kufuor for giving him the opportunity to serve under his government.
According to her, Alan Kyeremateng should not be acting as if former president Kufuor owes him anything in this world, when he should be the grateful one because he was given the opportunity to serve out of the millions of Ghanaians.
Ursula Owusu-Ekuful also said Alan Kwadwo Kyerematen’s claim that former president Kufuor credited him for 70 percent of his policies during his presidency cannot be true.
“I don’t agree with people when they say I have done this and that because you were given an opportunity to serve just like all of us. I can’t say that I’m the Minister of Digitalization so Dr. Bawumia shouldn’t talk about digitalization, when I should be privileged to be serving as the Minister because I was not on the ballot.”
“The power was given to the President and vice and so every work we do is for them. So, if president Kufour gave you the opportunity to serve, you should rather be grateful that you were chosen out of the millions Ghanaians.”
She added that Alan’s claim that he contributed 70 percent to the policies of former president John Agyekum Kufuor is an inflated view of his own performance in the government.
“70 percent of president Kufuor’s policies were trade related, is that what he is saying? Or he was the only person in the Kufuor government who could think and come out with bright ideas? That’s an inflated view of his own performance.”
The presidential candidate for the Movement for Change, Alan John Kwadwo Kyerematen, expressed disappointment at former President John Agyekum Kufuor over his endorsement of Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer for the upcoming general elections.
Expressing his discontent, Kyerematen emphasized that he possesses more innovative ideas than the NPP flagbearer, and boldly claimed that 70 percent of policies implemented during Kufuor’s administration were based on his own concepts.
The disagreement stemmed from Kufuor’s public appeal to Ghanaians to throw their support behind Dr. Bawumia in the December polls as he hailed him as the best candidate to lead the nation amidst current global challenges.
