Reuters —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. “I now apologize to Harry Maguire,” Adongo said. “See you at Old Trafford soon,” he wrote, referring to the home of Manchester United. Bawumia heads the government’s economic management team as has been selected as the ruling party candidate for 2024 elections.

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Persons: Harry Maguire, Isaac Adongo, Mahamadu, Adongo, Bawumia, Maguire, “, ” Adongo, …, ” Maguire, ” Organizations: Reuters, Manchester United, Wednesday, Ghanaian, International Monetary Fund, IMF, Fund Locations: West, Ghana, Old Trafford