Manchester United footballer Harry Maguire on Wednesday accepted the apology of a Ghanaian MP who mocked him during a parliamentary debate on the budget last year.
Opposition lawmaker Isaac Adongo compared Vice-President Mahamadu Bawumia’s economic management of the embattled West African nation to Maguire’s performance on the pitch. In his apology, Adongo said: “You remember that last year I was very quick to call my big brother, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Harry Maguire. Mr. Speaker, I now apologise to Harry Maguire,” adding: “Today, Maguire has turned the corner and is a transformational footballer. Maguire is now scoring goals for Manchester United. Mr Speaker, Harry Maguire is now a key player for Manchester United.”
In his address that was shared widely on social media last year, Adongo compared Bawumia to Maguire, who he described as “the biggest threat at the centre of the Manchester United defence.”
“I now apologise to Harry Maguire,” Adongo said, adding: “He is a transformational footballer… now scoring goals for Manchester United.” In his response, Maguire accepted the apology in a post on X on Wednesday by saying: “MP Isaac Adongo, apology accepted, see you at Old Trafford soon.”