Senior Communicator for the Movement for Change, Solomon Owusu, has criticised the Flagbearer of the Liberal Party of Ghana (LPG), Kofi Akpaloo, for attributing the recent helicopter crash to cocoa pricing.
Akpaloo, while commenting on the crash that claimed the lives of two ministers and six others, suggested the tragedy occurred as a result of the poor pricing of cocoa in the country.
The LPG leader lamented that the new cocoa price announced by the government was unfair, considering the hardships farmers face in maintaining their farms.
In response, Solomon Owusu rejected the claim, describing it as “insensitive” and “imprudent” for Akpaloo to make such remarks at a time when the nation is mourning.
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The Movement for Change communicator further called for the LPG leader to be barred from granting media interviews due to what he described as “careless comments” at critical times.
Solomon, however, defended the government’s cocoa pricing system.
“The government of the day is spot on in terms of the price. But it’s because of some commentaries that happened in the past. Because if you’re saying that today the cocoa price must be $6,000, what you’re saying is that the bag of cocoa must be $571. And what you’re essentially saying is that a tonne of cocoa, which is 16 bags, must be around $9,000.
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“The question you ask yourself is, is cocoa being sold on the international market at $9,000? The answer is an emphatic no. So why do you give something that is practically not there? Akpaloo knows he’s an accountant, but because of politics… he must be banned from the media,” he said when asked about Akpaloo’s remark.
Watch Owusu’s comments below
@3fm927 “If we lived in a country that took its laws seriously, Article 42 would have been enforced, and Kofi Akpaloo would have been disqualified from voting”. – Solomon Owusu, Senior Communicator, Movement for Change. #3FMSunrise #3FM927 ♬ original sound – #3FM927
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