The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey has dismissed claims that there was a vote in the election of a new ECOWAS Chairman over the weekend in which President Nana Akufo Addo performed poorly.

Some detractors of the President had claimed on social media platforms that Ghana’s president garnered a paltry 12.5% of votes cast whereas the New Chairman, Fauré Gnassingbe of Togo secured 87.5%.

But in a response on her Facebook page, Hon. Shirley Ayorkor Botchwey urged the public to ignore the propaganda. She said it was rather President Akufo Addo who proposed President Faure which was unanimously agreed.   “At the level of the heads of state, they mostly don’t vote on issues; as much as possible they go by consensus.

There was no vote today. It had already been agreed as per Ecowas rules of rotation that the chair of authority will be a francophone country and this time Togo. So sorry to disappoint some folks, Ecowas doesn’t work like that. The chairmanship smoothly moved from Liberia to Togo.”

“This propaganda will not wash. Guess what? It was President Akufo-Addo who proposed President Faure and all the others (peers) clapped unanimously in agreement. Shame on those who started spreading this falsehood. I’m off to bed.”