Politics of Tuesday, 25 August 2020Source: www.ghanaweb.comFlashback: Akufo-Addo is too old to be President – QuarshigahFormer propaganda secretary of NDC, Richard QuarshigahIn August 2012, the Propaganda Secretary of the-then ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Richard Quarshigah remarked that age plays a significant role in a nation’s quest to find a leader thus Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo who is now president was too old to be handed the position. Richard Quarshigah said this at a time the country was preparing to go to the polls to elect a new leader. Then, the current president was the flagbearer of his party, NPP and was over 65 years old. Nana Akufo-Addo on Thursday is reported to have told journalists in Accra that claims in a section of the media that President Mahama's age puts him in a suitable position for the presidency are untrue and a political gimmick. “It doesn’t surprise me that Nana Akufo-Addo will reject that assertion.

Source: GhanaWeb August 25, 2020 09:33 UTC