'Your noise won't change the statistics' – Akufo-Addo to opposing MPs after ‘country isn't broke’ comment

Immediately after stating that the country isn’t broke and insisting that such claims are mere propaganda, some NDC MPs loudly expressed their disagreement, causing a stir in Parliament.

"Mr. Speaker, the country is not broke, as some propagandists want us to believe. We are handing over a country with gross international reserves of almost $8 billion. This is more than the $6.2 billion in gross international reserves my administration inherited in 2017," President Akufo-Addo declared, prompting strong reactions from the MPs, who accused him of spewing lies.

In response to the uproar, Speaker Alban Bagbin interjected, addressing the dissenting MPs, “Your statistics may be different, but that doesn’t mean he is deceiving the house.”

Akufo-Addo, unperturbed by the commotion, responded with a sharp rebuttal, smiling as he addressed the MPs.

“The noise will not shutter the statistics. The statistics cannot be different. it cannot be different,” he said.

He continued, insisting with confidence that the country’s financial status is solid, adding, "The truth is indivisible, it is one and one only."

Then, Speaker Alban Bagbin playfully responded to the President, telling him he was "out of order."

"As an accomplished member of Parliament, you are out of order," Bagbin remarked, with a smile.

The President laughed off the comment and continued with his speech.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo delivered his final State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament on Friday, January 3, 2024.

As mandated by Article 67 of the 1992 Constitution, the address allows the outgoing President to report on the country’s status before leaving office.

This event also marked the final session of the 8th Parliament of the 4th Republic, which is set to be dissolved on Monday, January 6, 2025.

President Akufo Addo stated in parliament that, the country is not broke. pic.twitter.com/C5pY2oW0x3

— Dr Sneaker Nyame (@SneakerNyame_) January 3, 2025

It’s Speaker Bagbin’s sacarsm for me💔😂 just wait for President Akufo-Addo’s response

#ABCNewsGH#SONA2025#FinalSONA#AkufoAddo#Ghana pic.twitter.com/LjQAHqNXqU

— Yaw kumi (@kissiedu_kumi) January 3, 2025

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