Coach Isaac 'Opeele' Boateng has criticized veteran journalist Kwesi Pratt Jr. over his remarks about Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.

In a GhanaWeb publication, Kwesi Pratt Jr. claimed that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer would not have become vice president if the party had spent time analyzing Dr. Bawumia's doctoral thesis.

The veteran journalist expressed that after reading the vice president's thesis, he fully understood why Ghana's economy is in a difficult situation.

"This president was honest with us. He admitted that he cannot manage the economy and that's why he brought Dr. Bawumia on board, believing he had found the 'wiz kid.' Perhaps if they had read the thesis Dr. Bawumia presented for his doctorate, they might have hesitated in accepting the president's honesty.

"I have taken the trouble to read the thesis. When I read it, I had no doubts about why we are in this mess," said Kwesi Pratt Jr.

Responding to these comments, Coach Opeele questioned Kwesi Pratt's academic qualifications to critique an economics doctoral thesis.

Coach Opeele stressed that the veteran journalist's comments were disrespectful to the NPP presidential candidate and all doctorate holders in the country.

"This made me understand why someone would just wake up and say a Dutch passport is better than a PhD. Because, on what academic grounds did Kwesi Pratt understand the economics doctoral thesis? This comment is a total disrespect to PhD holders," Opeele wrote on X.

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