and should not have been ignored- Sammy Awuku

Deputy Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Awuku says it is important for Ghanaians to know the health status of their president in spite of concerns raised that it is not a relevant issue.

According to him if a president of a nation is not well, it can affect his ³mental capacity and delivery,² adding that its citizen can suffer hugely from a president¹s incapacitation.

In this regard, Sammy Awuku stressed that ³Ghanaians must know President Mills¹ health Status²

The issue of the President¹s health has come up several times with the latest being at the President¹s last media encounter.

A senior reporter had asked a question bothering on the President¹s health, seeking to find out if the President has cancer or not as being speculated.

President John Mills in a humorous fashion, brushed the question aside, rather opting to subject himself to a medical examination.

In the words of an NDC organizer, the question on the President¹s health was the most stupid question at the media encounter, since according to him, there were other relevant issues that could have been tackled.

However, Sammy Awuku begs to diver.

To him, the moment one puts himself up for the highest office of the land, ³you are putting yourself up for the populace to criticize you, praise you, scrutinize you, admonish you and encourage you appropriately and accordingly², stressing that, ³politics is a public venture, if you cannot spell, you don¹t write².

In an interview on Xfm 95.1, he asserted that the question on the President¹s health was the most important question to have been asked.

He stated that, as the number one man in Ghana; and the fact that the President uses the tax payer¹s money to take care of his health and other necessities, it was important for Ghanaians to know his health status.

He wondered whether was an extraordinary thing for someone to ask of the President¹s health status since ³as mortals as we are, a person can kick the bucket anytime².

Sammy Awuku was however unsatisfied with President Mills¹ response, describing it as ³cheeky and arrogant².

He said President Mills should have used the occasion to burry all speculations on his health once and for all

Story by Dennis Nii Lantey Lawson/ Xfm 95.1/ Accra/ Ghana