President Nana Akufo-Addo has come under fire from Johnson Asiedu Nketia, the National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), for giving state honors to ministers who, in his opinion, did not merit them.

"We have begun bestowing state honors on murderers and looters. What are we doing? The young people are being taught that shooting and killing other Ghanaians is normal and that there is nothing wrong with robbing the state. In my opinion, yesterday's award ceremony dispelled any uncertainty regarding the person responsible for all of the murders and looting that have occurred over the last eight years. He claimed that the big guy himself approved of all the wrongdoings that took place and the wrongdoings that Nana Addo's appointees committed.

Asiedu Nketia believes that state accolades need to go to people who have made a big contribution to a country's progress rather than to people who haven't done anything noteworthy, like Hawa Koomson, the departing MP for the Awutu Senya East Constituency.

When Hawa Koomson murdered and killed Ghanaians during an election, he asked, "Why would anyone with their head properly screwed on award someone like that?"

"State prizes are very important. They must only be given to distinguished persons who have stood up for a just cause. We are teaching the next generation that it is okay to pick up guns and shoot people if we give state honors to vigilante boys and girls. When offered the chance to be a minister, we are teaching them that it is acceptable to embezzle state funds," he continued.

Mr. Nketia proposed that a committee be established in the future to determine who genuinely merits the nation's honors during his remarks at the NDC's 43rd anniversary of the December 31st Revolution in Nungua, Accra, on Tuesday.

"I want to tell the rest of Ghanaians that it's time we set up a legitimate committee with legal support to help decide who should get a national award," he added.