{"id":4800,"date":"2019-10-16T13:55:55","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T13:55:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.com\/ghana\/?p=4800"},"modified":"2019-10-16T13:55:55","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T13:55:55","slug":"forgive-me-contractor-who-insulted-akufo-addo-roads-minister-begs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/forgive-me-contractor-who-insulted-akufo-addo-roads-minister-begs","title":{"rendered":"Forgive me \u2013 Contractor who insulted Akufo-Addo, Roads Minister begs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Discount on your flight to the US or EuropeBook via this link and receive\u00a0US$ 50\u00a0discount!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The road contractor Owusu Acheaw who accused President Akufo Addo and the Minister of Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako Attah of killing 22 road contractors is begging for forgiveness over his reckless comment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The contractor launched a scathing attack on the President calling him a rascal and a serial liar.<\/p>\n<p>He accused President Akufo-Addo and his relative the Roads and Highways Minister of killing the contractors out of frustration by refusing to pay them for work done.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGovernment has refused to pay contractors for several years after they\u2019ve completed their road projects. Lots of contractors have died out of frustration\u2026they\u2019ve killed them. I\u2019m telling Otumfuo to drive the President out of Kumasi before he kills the residents.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026We really have to think deeply before we hand over power to a certain caliber of people. We\u2019ve given power to some people who have greatly disappointed us, people sacrificed their lives during the Kume Preko march. President Akufo-Addo should not come to power to make Ghanaians suffer. Why should I go to the Minister of President and beg for money that is supposed to be paid to me? The President must remember that he and his brother have killed 22 contractors. The IGP knows about this and he\u2019s quiet, all he knows is to order for the spraying of hot water on demonstrating law students,\u201d Mr Owusu Acheaw said on Kumasi-based Otec FM.<\/p>\n<p>This outburst by the contractor has resulted in the Minister for Roads and Highways, Kwesi Amoako Atta threatening to cancel contracts of road contractors who insult and disrespect President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t care if he insults just me but if he involves the president in issues involving my sector, I will not allow it. Any road contractor who will peddle falsehood and insult the president and it is proven; I will take steps to terminate that contract immediately,\u201d he said while addressing a gathering at Akwatia during the President\u2019s tour of the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Owusu Acheaw after realizing that he went overboard with his utterances has appealed to the Minister not to hold anything against him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2026So please beg Hon. Amoako Atta for me and tell him that I remain his brother and that I\u2019ll come to him. Even if he does not welcome me I\u2019ll still visit him. I beg him he should give me some of the big contracts because I\u2019m capable of executing such projects,\u201d he said on Neat FM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President of Ghana, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Discount on your flight to the US or EuropeBook via this link and receive\u00a0US$ 50\u00a0discount! The road contractor Owusu Acheaw who accused President Akufo Addo and the Minister of Roads and Highways Kwasi Amoako Attah of killing 22 road contractors is begging for forgiveness over his reckless comment. 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