President Akufo-Addo has yet again been subjected to public jeering owing to the dire economic situation Ghanaians are facing.

On Monday, October 17, the President who took to the streets of Adum in Kumasi to inspect the Phase II of the Kejetia/Central Market Project as part of his four-day tour of the Ashanti Region was met with a hostile crowd.

Unlike the usual cheers and waving of approval, residents of the area known to be the stronghold for the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) were not pleased seeing their president.

In a viral video sighted by The Independent Ghana, a group of market women, hawkers and artisans, were seen voicing their displeasure as the President’s convoy made its way through the market.

The economic downturn and its attendant increasing hardships appear to have eroded all of that love.

This is the second time the President has been booed in public. During the Global Citizens Festival, the youth who gathered at the concert jeered at him.

Social media users joined the discussion on whether or not booing President Akufo-Addo is was justified.

Where are the NPP Propagandists??

I hear boos of shame, etc

Is this also instigated?

Who continues to advise this failed govt to maintain the sickening motorcade in this chaotic environment of inflation, high petrol prices, IMF, depreciating Cedi

They don’t care

BOOT THEM OUT! pic.twitter.com/qPtCK4wWvJ

— CitizenKofi (@amoah_citizen) October 17, 2022

Meanwhile, the President has commissioned a 20-unit residential facility for justices of the Appeals Court in Kumasi.

The project, which comprises four bedrooms each, a swimming pool and recreational facilities, has been completed on schedule.

It is expected to ease the accommodation pressure of the justices and fast-track adjudication of cases at the Appeals Court in Kumasi.

This means justices of the court, who commute from Accra to Kumasi, can be accommodated in Kumasi to help reduce the cost and time to promote justice delivery.

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Ahead of the commissioning, Project Manager of FeDems Limited, consultants for the project, Benjamin Fosuhene Asante, told JoyNewsthe facilities are tailor-made for the justices.

About three weeks ago (September 24, 2022) President Akufo-Addo was treated to a similar unfriendly reception by youthful partygoers at the Global Citizen Festival in Accra.

During the festival, the president who had been introduced to tout the government’s initiatives in prioritising vital causes in line with the organisers’ mission for social justice, was interjected by the youthful revellers who simply wanted him ‘away’.

facility would accommodate justices who usually commute from Accra to Kumasi to sit on cases

Some government communicators later described the development as the doing of the opposition National Democratic Congress while, a Deputy Tourism Minister called the jeers as cheers for the President.