Isaac Adongo is the Member of Parliament for Bolgatanga Central. He turned a legislator in January 2017, after successful the seat within the 2016 normal elections.
As a brand new member of Parliament, he drew consideration to himself by the best way he goes about his debate on the ground. His model of debate, in reality, is exclusive and most of his colleague MPs don’t normally need to miss.
But one in every of his crafts within the 2022 budget debate appeared to have generated numerous dialogue amongst soccer lovers specifically.
He in contrast Ghana‘s Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia‘s financial administration to Manchester United’s defender, Harry Maguire’s efficiency, describing each as poor performers and this sparked widespread dialogue.
The Bolgatanga Central Member of Parliament in an interview with TV3 mentioned the message he wished to place throughout by evaluating the 2, finally obtained misplaced because of the enormous determine of Maguire.
”In 2022, the World Cup season, when the funds was learn, the entire nation was quiet. And I recall my chief now, then the rating member of the Finance Committee mentioned to me Adongo, this yr, we’re going to have a problem with the funds and I mentioned why? And he mentioned, individuals aren’t and the funds itself is dry the general public actually don’ts count on a lot from it. So, they aren’t discussing it. They are glued to their TV units and watching soccer far-off from right here.
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So, how can we get them to have an interest? Its our responsibility to get them and focus on the funds. So, that was the rationale why I adopted soccer to debate in 2022. It wasn’t out of the blue, it was a acutely aware, deliberate try to make use of what has engaged the individuals to ship the message.
Unfortunately, the message obtained misplaced as a result of I used an important determine in soccer and the main focus was extra on him and fewer on the message that I used to be sending, which was the truth that, we had a really troublesome economy. We had a Vice President that promised a lot and gave us a lot hope and but he is been very abysmal. That was precisely the message I wished to place throughout and I highlighted just a few indicators as a comparability between the time that they got here and the time that I used to be debating the funds to indicate the distinction when it comes to the mismanagement, however after all the error I made was that I used a really enormous and widespread participant who was going although very troublesome instances as many gamers do and so it resonated with the individuals in soccer, as a result of all of them shared the identical views of him”.
The legislator admitted he made a mistake by evaluating the 2. ”I couldn’t have in contrast the 2, I made a mistake evaluating a younger enormous proficient participant who had the world in entrance of him and will change and will enhance to what we now see as a dead horse. So, you mainly couldn’t evaluate the 2, however I did and it has turned out when his efficiency improved that he is certainly a proficient younger man and he might flip round, however ours is a useless horse. and I made that mistaken comparability”.
Isaac Adongo says he regretted making that comparability and wanted to apologise to him utilizing the identical platform. ”As human as I’m I felt a burden that I had introduced this younger man to some degree of worldwide scrutiny and it had the affect of derailing his profession. But I used to be joyful that he took that on and labored arduous to enhance and so when the advance got here I believed that I wanted to make use of the identical platform that I used to criticise him, to apologise to him. I did not criticise him as a result of I hate him or I do know him. I criticised him as a result of I believed what he did mirrored what I had, however he left ours miles behind and improved and have become a terrific footballer. Manchester managers and supporters would inform you they’re very happy together with his performances despite the fact that we’re not happy with our personal. So, it was solely pure that I apologise to him and that’s precisely what I did”.
Isaac Adongo is an ardent soccer fan although.
”I’m a Chelsea supporter, however I love good soccer so I take pleasure in watching Manchester City as a result of they play a few of the finest soccer beneath Pep Gadiola.”
The Bolgatanga central MP says despite the fact that he began as a footballer, he’s happy together with his present profession.
”In life, you have a look at what is feasible. At the time once I was a younger boy, I chased soccer. But soccer is a brief profession and I have no idea the way it will go, as a result of most of my colleagues who have been taking part in soccer with me are struggling now. Because you retire on the age of 35 or 36 and you’ve got an enormous future forward of you and in case you do not succeed and make investments correctly and plan correctly and have any person to steer you, you can even have a really robust future. I’ve a possibility now to serve my nation in a unique capability. Lots of people are trying as much as me to the touch their lives and I consider that when His Excellency John Dramani Mahama takes the reign of presidency, my position will change and that may name for a unique mindset, a unique maturity to cope with the advanced problems with our nation. But for the time being I’m targeted on serving my individuals”.
The legislator agreed his comparability of Magiure to Dr. Bawumia could not have gone down effectively with the Manchester United participant, however he shortly forgave the MP when he apologized on the ground of Parliament within the current debate on the funds.
Harry Maguire took to X after the apology and mentioned “MP Isaac Adongo’s apology accepted. See you at Old Trafford soon.”
So how does the MP really feel about Maguire’s reply?
”It got here throughout to me as a aid to the younger man. It means the younger man has been trying ahead to it and he has taken discover of the earlier situations and to obtain that backing from the identical particular person on the identical platform, helped his profession, it helped his ego, it helps his personal motivation and it tells him that any person is watching and that he’s really on the fitting trajectory. So, for me I used to be joyful that I had succeeded in taking away the stress I had introduced upon him. I succeeded in bettering his ego and I had succeeded in speaking to him that look, younger man you have been having a troublesome time. We recognise that, however you’ve got been a real skilled and I like you for that. It gave me a way of aid that I had not derailed that profession which I usually say he suffered a stray bullet. He wasn’t the meant goal for the bullet, however by some means it might have derailed his profession. Any younger man with out the fitting focus, the fitting psychology and the fitting management over the feelings might lose his profession and when he accepted the apology, I felt genuinely joyful that at the least I’ve introduced again the smile on his face”.