Oliver Mawuse Barker-Vormawor has apologised for describing Professor Steve Hanke as a “silly white man”.
According to the convener of #FixTheCountry Movement, he was just being sarcastic with his description of the Professor of Applied Economics at Johns Hopkins University.
He said he is currently standing trial for treason because of a similar sarcastic comment he had made.
“Apologies @steve_hanke! My people are literal people. Sarcasm doesn’t work here. I would know! I am currently standing trial for treason because of said sarcasm. One day soon, I will make a joke that eventually lands,” Oliver Barker-Vormawor tweeted.
🤦🏿♂️ Apologies @steve_hanke! My people are literal people. Sarcasm doesn’t work here.
I would know! I am currently standing trial for treason because of said sarcasm.
One day soon, I will make a joke that eventually lands. https://t.co/o1H8zMbuAB
— Osagyefo Oliver Barker-Vormawor (@barkervogues) September 4, 2022
Barker-Vormawor in a September 2 Facebook post had warned the US-based Professor not to come and create more jobs for hungry men because he had proposed that the only option to fix Ghana’s economic mess is for the central bank to install a currency board.
According to him, a currency board was not the solution to Ghana’s currency and inflation problems.
He stated that Prof Hanke does not know the people who will be put on the currency board that he is proposing.
“Prof Steve Hanke keeps talking of a currency board, as if it’s the solution to our currency and inflation problems. Hahaha. Silly white man. Does he know the people we will put on the Board?” Oliver Barker-Vormawor quizzed.
“Abeg. Sit somewhere. Don’t come and create more jobs for hungry men. Shalom,” his Facebook post concluded.