Twice-defeated NPP flag-bearer, Akufo-Addo, yesterday dozed off again at the auditorium of the Ghana College of Physicians and Surgeons in Accra while waiting to deliver his so-called "Real State of the Nation Address".
Seated in the front road with his wife by him, Akufo-Addo, in a move that has become his trade mark, bowed his head and was soon in wonderland, fast asleep. He was to wake up a few minutes later to follow proceedings before he was called to deliver his address.
This is the umpteenth time Akufo-Addo has fallen asleep during very important functions. Last year for instance, he fell asleep during the 2015 State of the Nation Address programme in parliament. While President John Mahama was delivering his speech, Akufo-Addo, in the full glare of MPs and other dignitaries including diplomats, fell asleep. Pictures taken of him as he slept went viral on social media even before the programme came to an end.
Last year, during the 50th Anniversary celebration of the death of Dr. J B Danquah, Akufo-Addo, who was the principal speaker, fell asleep while proceedings were going on before he was invited to address the gathering. Seated by Ex-President Kufuor, his head snapped back at one point and then swayed later to the right as he slept through part of the programme.
At a church service in the UK last year, Akufo-Addo was caught by the cameras sound asleep as usual. Many have wondered why his aides and those who sit close by him do not tap or nudge him when they see him dozing off.
Falling asleep as state functions have become a routine affair for the Septuagenarian. Many believe that a combination of old age and ill-health may be the cause of the ease with which he falls asleep at various functions.
Intel picked up by this paper indicates the NPP flag-bearer's doctors have advised him on health grounds to give up his Presidential ambition and go slow on himself. However, some persons close to him who feel he is their only passport to wealth via the Presidency have been able to convince him to go against the doctors' advice.
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