Akufo-Addo Refused to Meet 2 Military Generals To Discuss Threats On Ghana’s Security – Nyaho-Tamakloe Alleges

Akufo-Addo Refused to Meet 2 Military Generals To Discuss Threats On Ghana’s Security – Nyaho-Tamakloe Alleges

  • Nana Akufo-Addo has been accused of failing to act on an imminent national security threat
  • Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has alleged that General Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah and General Napoleon Ashley-Lassen were turned away when they tried to meet the president
  • He made the disclosure to buttress his point during a radio interview that the president is making many bad calls

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Respected Ghanaian statesman Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe has accused the president of turning down an opportunity to obtain credible intel on threats to Ghana’s security.

The stalwart of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) disclosed on Thursday, November 2, 2022 that Nana Akufo-Addo refused to meet two top retired generals, General Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah and General Napoleon Ashley-Lassen.

He made the comments during an interview on Radio XYZ to buttress his point that the president is taking a lot of bad decisions in governing the country.

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Nyaho-Tamakloe says Akufo-Addo failed to meet retired generals who wanted to give him intel on threat to Ghana's security.
Dr Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe is a founding member the president's party. Source: UGC.
Source: UGC
"Believe it or not…General Brigadier Nunoo-Mensah and General Ashley Lassen, have both been Chief of Staff before in this country. They watched carefully about a couple of months ago, and they realised security was at its lowest end.

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"They wanted to see the president; the president refused to see them…This happened this year. They (the retired generals) have the experience, and they wanted to see you the president. Where on this planet will any president refuse to see such top people?" he said.

Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe said the generals have information that Ghana's security was under threat and wanted to "whisper in his ears" about what to do, but the president turned them away.

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A few weeks earlier, the founding member of the NPP also said Ghana's 4th Republic was on a verge of being toppled, but a singular action by NPP MPs to demand for Ken Ofori-Atta's dismissal saved the day.

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“Those who made this intervention have saved the 4th Republic. We were getting close to military intervention but the MPs actions yesterday totally wiped it off and I think the country should learn from that as well," he said on a segment of TV3's morning show.

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George Nyavor (Head of Politics and Current Affairs Desk) George Nyavor writes for YEN.com.gh. He has been Head of the Politics and Current Affairs Desk since 2022. George has over 9 years of experience in managing media and communications (Myjoyonline and GhanaWeb). George is a member of the Catholic Association of Media Practitioners Ghana (CAMP-G). He obtained a BA in Communications Studies from the Ghana Institute of Journalism in 2010. Reach out to him via george.nyavor@yen.com.gh.