The majority leader in Parliament, Osei Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu, has rubbished the viral analogy drawn by Bolgatanga Central MP, Isaa Adongo, comparing Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia to England defender Harry Maguire.
Adongo made a humorous comparison between the two, calling Bawumia an ‘economic Maguire’, scoring ‘own goals’ with Ghana’s economy.
However, the majority leader has rubbished the comparison, pointing to Maguire’s stellar form at the World Cup for England to show he is actually a positive and not a negative as Adongo sought to portray.
“Adongo who referred to the Vice President as the Maguire of the Akufo-Addo team, Maguire in the current World Cup has proven to be the sweeper at the back,” Kyei-Mensah-Bonsu said, as quoted by Ghanaweb.
“I don’t know the football in the Hon. Adongo, but if the analysis of the performance of Maguire is correct and indeed that is what he shares in his analysis of economics with the NDC, then we are in trouble.
“The NDC is in trouble because his own vision about football is impaired. Impaired vision. In fact, to be precise, he suffers from cataract in one eye and glaucoma in the other eye….So we should be careful that we don’t allow people with no track record to lead you astray.”
Adongo’s speech, which went viral all over the world, was delivered during the debate over the budget.
“Harry Maguire, he’s a defender. He was tackling everybody and throwing his body everywhere. He was seen as the best defender in the world. Manchester United went and bought him,” the MP said.
“He became the biggest threat at the centre of the Manchester United defence, tackling Manchester players and giving assists to opponents
“Mr. Speaker, you remember in this country we also have an economic Maguire. We’re clapping saying this man is the best in managing foreign terms. Mr Speaker why we gave this Maguire the opportunity to be at the centre of our defence? He became the rest of our own goals. Our economic Maguire is taking control of the fundamentals of our economy and destroying all of them.”
Source: theGhanaianVoice.Com