Osei-Kyei Mensah Bonsu, the former Majority Leader, has launched a scathing attack on the former Education Minister and NPP flagbearer aspirant, Dr Yaw Adutwum.
The former majority leader quizzed how Dr Yaw Adutwum, who was a cabinet member, would speak, condemning Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s decision to box all appointees into his apology.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s The Point of View, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu stated, “The way to go is to own up to certain things and move. You remember not too long ago, Dr Bawumia at a forum even offered an apology that we did our best, but given the circumstances that eschew Post-COVID-19, a few things were done perhaps upon reflection, we should have done it better.
For that reason, I apologise for the things that went wrong. We are not angels; we have learnt useful lessons going forward, and we will do much better. Even some within the party took him on, some said if you are apologising, apologies on your part don’t include me. I didn’t do anything wrong”.
He added, “How can somebody speak like that? You are a cabinet minister. Decisions are taken at the cabinet level, a collective decision that comes out. And then we have somebody say we didn’t get everything right, we apologise for the things we didn’t get right, and as a former cabinet minister, you say As for you, you are not part of it”.
It will be recalled, Dr Yaw Adutwum believes that he owes the people of Ghana no apology because he excelled at the responsibility as the Minister of Education under former President Akufo-Addo.
Speaking in an interview, Dr Yaw Adutwum stated, “I am not a part of the apology. I came to the education sector, and many have said that if every other minister had worked like me…If you are working, you will certainly not please everyone. However, as the vice president who led the economic management team, if he wants to apologise, he should focus on the failed economy under him.
In education, we did not fail the people of Ghana. Mo Ibrahim ranked us second. The people of Ghana are in awe of what I did in the sector. People see me and hail me for the work that I did for the sector, and so I owe no apology,” he said.
“I am saying that the former vice president must own up and apologise for failing the sector that he led, and not just issue apologies en bloc”, he added.
Meanwhile, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia rendered an unqualified apology to Ghanaians for the way they led and governed the country.
The former vice president was speaking to some party faithful in the Ashanti Region as part of his regional tour of uniting and re-energising the base of the party.
Dr Bawumia, who did not exempt himself from the mistakes of the previous government, pleaded for forgiveness on behalf of all those who were part of the erstwhile Akufo-Addo-led government.
“After the 2024 elections, we have done our research. We know the NPP government and the party made a lot of mistakes in governance. There were things we needed to do which we didn’t, and others we did that, if we had had the benefit of background, we would not have done them,” he said.
He stressed that the blame was not his alone but a collective responsibility of the party’s leadership. “We are all to be blamed – Vice President, Ministers, MPs, Board Chairmen, appointees. We have all made mistakes, and please forgive us. We’re sorry. We have learned our lessons,” he added.
Dr Bawumia assured delegates that, if given the mandate as flagbearer and subsequently elected President, he would ensure that the past would not be repeated.
“If, by the grace of God, you make me the flagbearer and I become the President, these will not happen again. They will not happen again,” he pledged.
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