{{Ghana Opposition New Patriotic Party NPP, on monday accused Yayi Boni the AU Chairman of interfering in the internal matters of Ghana.<\/p>\n
Yayi Boni is also the President of Benin.}}<\/p>\n
Boni at the investiture of President John Mahama in Accra, Monday, said the 2012 elections have been acclaimed as free and fair by local and international observers and urged all Ghanaians to rally together in peace.<\/p>\n
His comments have been described as bias by members of the opposition party who are in court to challenge the election results pronounced by the Electoral Commission chair Dr Kwadwo Afari Gyan.<\/p>\n
The NPP\u2019s Nana Fredua Ofori Atta who was commenting on MultiTV\u2019s live coverage of the investiture said the AU chair was unnecessarily inferring in Ghana\u2019s internal affairs, a view Director of Communication of the NPP, Nana Akomea also holds and shared so vigorously.<\/p>\n
Akomea told Joy News\u2019 Francis Abban the comments by the AU chair did not represent the true picture of Ghana\u2019s political situation.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf he [Boni] said words to that effect, then I agree with the position of Mr Ofori Atta that he is unnecessarily interfering in the internal affairs of the country.<\/p>\n
\u201cThere is a dispute over the elections; petition has been filed before the Supreme Court of Ghana. So if you want to talk about the political atmosphere, you should be fair to that reality,\u201d he critiqued.<\/p>\n
Whilst he did find anything wrong with the AU chair presenting a speech- because he was not the first President of an African country to have delivered a speech during an investiture in Ghana-Akomea believed the content of the speech ought to be carefully scrutinized to ensure that it represented the true state of the country.<\/p>\n
But a member of the ruling National Democratic Congress disagreed with the assertion of the NPP.<\/p>\n
Victor Adawudu said Yayi Boni\u2019s statement were immaculate and did not interfere with Ghana\u2019s internal affairs.<\/p>\n
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