Pressure mounts on the Ashanti Regional Minister after allegedly flying his wife to deliver in the U.S

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Pressure mounts on the Ashanti Regional Minister after allegedly flying his wife to deliver in the U.S

Some Ghanaians on the social media platform X are mounting pressure on the Ashanti Regional Minister, Dr Frank Amoakohene, after he shared photos of his wife who delivered a bouncy baby.

In a post shared by Dr Frank Amoakohene, he wrote, “Meanwhile, congratulations to my lovely wife for blessing our family with a bouncing baby boy. We are deeply grateful to God for this precious gift and the joy he has brought into our lives”.

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In another post, the Ashanti Regional Minister stated, ” Late-night Father Duties

I think I also deserve some congratulations for working all round”.

However, following the post, netizens have been calling out the Ashanti Regional Minister for flying his wife to deliver their child in the United States instead of the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, where he works with the wife.

A netizen wrote, “You worked at Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital, and your wife also worked there.

Yet when it was time for her to give birth, she did not use the same hospital where both of you were employed.

Instead, she was flown to the United States at taxpayers’ expense because of a Green Card.

Dr Frank Amoakohene”.

Another X user added, “I don’t think you should have exposed the fact that you went to have your child abroad.  Why should others have children in Ghana, and you, a minister of state, go outside to have your child there?  I like and admire you, but you’re making a fool of those who put you in power. Make Ghana better so we will not need to go abroad and have kids”.

One more netizen on X, identified as Dr Banda in a long post, argued that the optics are terrible. That part is obvious, but the selective outrage is what surprises me.

In his post, he wrote, “The optics are terrible. That part is obvious.

But the selective outrage is what surprises me.

The problem we have as a country is bigger than one minister posting the wrong picture at the wrong time.

Since independence, our political class has spent years asking citizens to trust public systems they quietly avoid for themselves.

They go abroad for routine medical checks.

They go abroad for delivery.

They send their kids abroad for elementary or high school.

Then they return and speak the language of confidence in the system and reform.

So yes, he should not have posted it.

But the real scandal is the long-standing hypocrisy.

And to be fair, when it comes to giving birth abroad, the motivation is often beyond trust in the healthcare system.

However, it does not necessarily remove the optics problem, but it does add important context to the discussion.

So if we are angry about this, I expect all of us to be equally outraged by our political elite who demonstrate a lack of confidence in the institutions they oversee”.

“You can’t use just these 2 photos to claim the delivery took place in the U.S. if he did fly his wife to the U.S. for delivery, can you all see the disrespect in that?

His wife is a registered midwife in Ghana, and he is a Regional Minister. These politicians insult us every day, yet some people still rush to defend them. He had his first child in Ghana when his government was not in power, but after becoming a Minister, he allegedly decided to use taxpayers’ money to fly his wife to another country instead of using those resources to improve the healthcare facilities in the country he is responsible for.

Just sit down and think about that for a second”, another netizen added.

Also, another X user added, “Ghana politicians are bold forkn.

They will go and give birth in the US so that their kids obtain citizenship cos they know they have fucked up this country.

And then boldly post it for us to see. As if to mock us or rile us up. E hard o”.

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