Ghana’s president-Nana Akufo Addo brought out his balls and rubbed them in front of British Airways’ head of Middle East, Africa and Central Asia Sales, Mr. Paolo De Renzis in a meeting in Accra–by strongly letting him know that the airline should not take Ghanaians for granted again.

According to President Akufo-Addo, “people complain about the movement (of flights to and from Accra) from Terminal 5 to Terminal 3 at Heathrow. Terminal 3 is not so convenient place as Terminal 5. There are also complaints about the quality of the planes (on the route) and the service. In some quarters, there is a feeling that you are taking us a little for granted in the way in which we are receiving your services.”

“I think on an occasion like this, for when friends are speaking, I think we should speak frankly. I think am I am the proper person to let you know what the pre-occupations of our people are. These are matters that will be easy for you to rectify,” he added.

At the Tuesday, April 11 meeting, Nana Akufo Addo also said: “the patronage you have tells you about the confidence the Ghanaian people have in the airline. I want to congratulate you very warmly. 80 years of service is worth commemorating.”

President Akufo-Addo stated in the presence of the Minister for Aviation, Hon. Cecilia Abena Dapaah and the Managing Director of the Ghana Airports Company, John Attafuah that the grand vision of his government is to make Ghana an important aviation hub for the region and the continent.

And that this will make Ghana a “place where aviation services will be guaranteed efficiently and competitively, and, that, we will have the infrastructure which will allow us to increase the volume of traffic that we have here, and expand the reach of our facilities at the airport. This is an important priority of our government.”