You're acting like Comical Ali in his hey days - Sammy Gyamfi jabs Buaben Asamoa

Communications Officer the National Democratic Congress Sammy Gyamfi has ridiculed NPP's Yaw Buaben Asamoah for his "ludicrous display of willful blindness", likening him to the late Comical Ali, the legendary Iraqi Information Minister, infamous for his denial of very obvious facts and truths.

Mr Gyamfi believes the NPP communication officer only displays amusing and disturbing comics anytime given the opportunity to speak.

His statement comes in reaction to the some recent press conferences held by the NPP to respond to comments made by former president John Mahama on his "thank you" tour, one of which was addressed by Mr Asamoah.

Addressing Journalists at a press conference in Accra on Monday, August 30, 2021, to respond to some press conferences held by the NPP, Mr Gyamfi said Mr Buaben Asamoah's denial of economic hardships in the country in only seek to confirm that the NPP "are living in their own world of luxury and comfort, far removed from the realities in the country today,".

"..... Yaw Buabeng Asamoah, who staged a performance reminiscent of the hey days of Comical Ali, the legendary Iraqi Information Minister, infamous for his denial of very obvious facts and truths," he said.

"Mr. Asamoah inexplicably claimed that the excruciating economic hardships Ghanaians are going through has only been spoken into place by President Mahama and that it was not being felt by Ghanaians.

"In other words, all the taxes introduced by this government since 2017 and the rampant increases in fuel prices and every other commodity on the market leading to hardships are just the words of President Mahama. Ladies and gentlemen, I must say that Mr. Buabeng’s comical display is as amusing as it is disturbing.It is amusing because it demonstrates the willingness of this government to trivialize the suffering of people, and it is disturbing because it shows that the NPP and their leaders have completely detached themselves from the very harsh economic conditions of Ghanaians and chosen to dwell in a delusional bubble.

According to Sammy Gyamfi, the NPP are dazed and agitated by the factual statements by H.E John and will only would only employ elements like Yaw Buaben Asamoah to come and deny.

He said it is obvious that NPP are very worried about how President Mahama is exposing the true character of President Akufo-Addo, a man who rode on the back of a self-proclaimed propaganda of incorruptibility into power, only to turn around and supervise the most obscene abuse of the public purse ever witnessed in the history of this country.

"Clearly, they are living in their own world of luxury and comfort, far removed from the realities in the country today," he said.

"It bears reminding the Akufo-Addo government that the current economic difficulties of Ghanaians are not the product of any imaginary or delusional fantasy of members of the opposition.

"The economic hardships Ghanaians from all walks of life are experiencing, are the direct effects of the mismanagement of the economy through reckless squandering of scarce resources to secure re-election in 2020 which has left our finances in shambles.

"The excessive and reckless borrowing of the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government has ensured that we are barely able to service our debts, pay the salary of Public sector workers and have anything significant left to meet critical expenditure."

Mr Gyamfi stated that these taxes coupled with other bad policies of the government have conspired to increase prices of fuel, food commodities, building materials and cost of living in general to unbearable proportions without any commensurate increment in incomes.

He said the NPP must take responsibility for the consequences of their insensitive and poor economic management decisions and refrain from the ludicrous display of willful blindness put up by Yaw Buaben Asamoah.