A former Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament and a staunch member of the New Patriotic Party, Prof. Aaron Mike Ocquaye has urged Ghanaians not to take criticisms from ex-president Rawlings on former heads of state with a grain of salt; since he has carved a niche for himself as a person who speaks on issues without reasoning.
The latest outburst on Mr. Rawlings by Prof. Mike Ocquaye, follows an earlier criticism by the former head of state, Rawlings on Ex-president Kufour and the late former president Mills, for claiming that they are to be held liable for the retrogression of Ghana.
Quite surprised at Mr. Rawlings critic on his successors, the former legislator noted in an interview with Okay FM that, people should make it a determined factor to constantly ignore Mr. Rawlings since he deliberately jumped onto the political scene to waste the precious time of the nation.
“He must learn to make serious analysis before he talks”, Professor Mike Ocquaye advised.
As someone who witnessed events that led to the June 4th uprising, Prof. Mike Ocquaye established: “there was absolutely no respect in this country and at the international level” when former President Rawlings took the laws into his own hands and ruled. According to him, the nation must be thankful former president Kufuor took over from ex-president Rawlings and restored the image of the country.
Shedding a little light on what the good works of the New Patriotic Party did to cleanse the mess of ex-President Rawlings; Prof. Mike Ocquaye noted that had former President Kufuor not signed the country to HIPC, “no one in the country could have afforded to even buy food”.
“We were about three or five in Kufuor’s office when he called the British Prime minister to inform him of the woes of this country… Tony Blair personally sold Ghana to other western countries and out of pity, they signed us unto HIPC. That move cleared all the debts President Rawlings had incurred for the country”, he added.
Source: GhanaWeb
