Solomon Owusu, a leading member of the Movement for Change — the political party founded by Alan Kyerematen after breaking away from the NPP — has launched a strong attack on former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo and Ghana’s older political generation, accusing them of contributing significantly to the country’s current state of affairs.
Solomon singled out Akuffo as part of a generation he claims enjoyed every privilege but failed to build a sustainable system.
“As for Sophia Akuffo, I’ve said the baby boomers in this country are a problem. You know the baby boomers?
“Those who were born in the 1940s. They had everything cheap, cheap, cheap. At the university, they would go on a demonstration because they were having too much chicken.
“They had everything cheap, but they have destroyed the system,” he said in an interview on GHOne TV,
He went further, questioning Akuffo’s integrity over what he alleged was an undervalued land acquisition.
“If the former Chief Justice wants me to take her seriously and to see her as an honest person, she must return the land that she bought for 7,000 cedis at Cantonments. I’m scandalised. Who buys land at 7,000 and claims that she’s honest?”
In a more emotional conclusion, Solomon appealed to Ghana’s older generation to step aside and give young people the chance to shape their own destiny.
“No, they should leave the youth — those of us that have destroyed our lives — to be living sheepishly, to go away in peace.”
