Social media users are not happy with President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s recent comment on the potential of a First Lady from the Zongo – a Muslim-dominated inner city.
The president pointed at a historic feat that could result should his Vice President win the 2024 presidential elections.
The lady in question is the current Second Lady, Samira Bawumia.
“If by the grace of God, Mahamadu Bawumia wins the presidency in December 2024, we will have a Zongo First Lady in Ghana,” Akufo-Addo declared in Nima, a suburb of Accra.
On Twitter (now X) the majority of commenters on GHOne’s video have challenged the president to give the exact importance of having a First Lady from the Zongo.
Some rhetorically quizzed whether Nima, one of the most popular Zongos in Ghana, has been any better in the last seven years that he (Akufo-Addo) a resident of the area, has been president.
X user by the name, @zaman_ijaz, retorted: “We had a Nima Zongo president and how did that work out for us?”
While another by the name @receiptsguy disputed the very point that Samira Bawumia could pass for a Zongo lady: “Calling someone who grew up in Tesano, one of the earliest “elite” neighborhoods in Accra a zongo lady? Why are they making up false realities to highlight things about Bawumia and his wife that aren’t true?”
For @OleleSalvador, the president may have appeared funny but his comments were not. “His sense of humor has dried up so bad, you can tell he can’t wait to stop speaking at such events lol.”
See some of the reactions below:
Felix Baidoo, @GhPRGuy: “The Nima resident who became president sacked those living close to his house and pimped the area in front of his house. That’s the only transformation that Zongo has seen in 7 years. Again, the Zongo Vice goes around making promises that never gets fulfilled.”
Dark Martha, @enyonvm: “That woman whose handbag can lift 50 families out of poverty is the one they’re trying to rebrand as zongo? The delulu and kululu are mixing up at this point”
C-Real, @C_RealMC: “What is the economic value of a Zongo First Lady? We need real conversations on our dwindling future and shattered economy. Not this nonsense political gibberish that’s trying to play at ethnic, religious and tribal strings. Do Better Sir.”
Dapper Queen Of Kings, @IvyEnyonam_: “8years ago y’all thought this was the smartest person on Earth. No script see your man.”
nyp. VI, @opammfo: “We’ve really done a very big mistake in making this guy fulfill his childhood dream. What a nonsense thing to say.”
Nana B. @koboateng: “He’s trolling. I can tell. A-Deezy!!”
YAW EDUFUL @yaw_eduful_: “Which Zongo did Samira Bawumia grow up in or live in Ghana? Forcing a false narrative on Zongos just for their votes”
Justice Okai-Allotey #QueerLivesMatter, @Owula_Kpakpo: “When you failed so much this is your campaign message.”
CharChar, @charkotey: “This is wild you know, instead of doing your job you’re campaigning for an election you’re not running in.”
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