President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has
instructed his appointees and close associates never to use the accolade – “His
Excellency” – in addressing him.Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia who
made the disclosure at a public event Tuesday believes his boss wants to live a
modest life.
“It’s an honour to represent His Excellency… He [Nana Addo]
said we should not call him His Excellency anymore,” Dr. Bawumia told the
audience at the African Diaspora Homecoming Conference on Tuesday.
Nana
Akufo-Addo has served notice he is not into government to enrich his
pocket.
“If your goal in coming into government is to enrich yourself,
then don’t come. Go to the private sector. Public service is going to be exactly
that; public service!”
Nana Addo, who is Ghana’s fifth president under
the Fourth Republic, has promised to protect the public purse.
“We must
decentralize more, trust the collective; restore integrity in public life; State
coffers are not spoils for the party that wins an election. I shall protect the
public purse and insist on value for money,” he remarked during his inaugural
speech.
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