General News of Tuesday, 23 October 2018Source: ghananewsagency.org'I’m hale and hearty' - Akufo-Addo says as he debunks 'ill-health rumour'play videoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-AddoPresident Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Monday denied social media rumours that he had been rushed over the weekend to the 37th Military Hospital for emergency treatment after a critical ailment. He said his presence at the health facility had nothing to do with those speculations, but that he had gone there to visit his brother-in-law who had been hospitalized pending a hip surgery. “My brief visit to the 37th Military Hospital yesterday to visit my brother-in-law Captain Powis Spencer, who was there for a hip operation, is being translated into my collapse on the social media in preparation for my evacuation abroad,” the President said. Those speculations about the President ill-health and his subsequent admission at the Military Hospital took centre-stage on the social media space at the weekend, sparking unease among citizens, many of whom, have been seeking clarification on the matter. President Akufo-Addo said thus: “All I can say is that… those whose political fortunes depend on my ill health and degeneration, all I can say is that we are all in the hands of the Almighty…Amen,” receiving a thunderous applaud from the gathering.

Source: GhanaWeb October 23, 2018 02:20 UTC