Ghanaian MP Isaac Adongo has issued an apology to Harry Maguire after he unfavourably compared the Manchester United defender to the African nation’s vice-president Mahamudu Bawumia.
Speaking last December, Adongo mocked Maguire in Ghanaian parliament during an attack on his political rival.
Adongo said during a budget address to Bawumia: ‘There is a player like you in the United Kingdom in England called Maguire that is playing for Manchester United.
‘He became the biggest threat at the centre of Manchester United’s defence, tackling his own players and giving assists to opponents.
‘Even when the opponents failed to score, Maguire would score for them.’
Adongo added that Bawumia ‘is now tackling all the fundamentals of our economy and destroying all of them’.
But speaking on the floor of parliament on Tuesday, Adongo issued an apology to Maguire and described the former Manchester Unite captain as a ‘transformational footballer’.
‘If you remember last year I was very quick to compare Mahamudu Bawumia to Harry Maguire,’ Adongo said.
‘Mr Speaker I now apologise Harry Maguire.
‘Mr Chairman, you got very angry when I used your defender as an example. Today Maguire has turned the corner, he’s a transformational footballer. Harry Maguire is now scoring goals for Manchester United.
‘Mr Speaker Harry Maguire is now a key player for Manchester United, as for our Maguire, he is now roaming at the high heavens with a cup in hand.
‘As for our Maguire [Bawumia], the economic Maguire, he was able to get pensioners to leave their homes and come and parade in the streets.’
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