News:
August 30, 2011
The Member of Parliament for Ablekuma Central, Theouphilus Tetteh Chaie has described the General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie as “an apology of a General Secretary”.
According to him, the NPP’s General Secretary, popularly known as Sir John, is not living up to the billing of a party General Secretary.
His comments followed Mr. Owusu Afriyie’s criticism of what he termed a lack of action on the part of President Mills to support famine victims in Somalia.
Mr. Owusu Afriyie had, in a press release dated August 28 titled “Ghana must support humanitarian efforts in Somalia”, raised questions about the level of President Mills’ involvement in efforts by former President Rawlings to raise funds for famine victims in the Horn of Africa.
The statement said “the New Patriotic Party would have expected that the President of the Republic of Ghana would have seen this humanitarian crisis and the appeal from Mr. Rawlings as an opportunity to redeem Ghana’s current low image in African affairs and show the way by leading in the humanitarian effort. Ghana’s response, however, has been woefully uncaring and diplomatically embarrassing.”
Speaking on Adom TV’s morning show, BADWAM on Multi TV, Mr. Owusu Afriyie said it was “a disgrace for the sitting president to remain silent on providing help for famine victims in the Horn of Africa due to his feud with his party founder who is the AU representative to Somalia.
He expressed regret at the fact that whiles the people of Somalia wallow in abject poverty, President Mills has not taken any proactive step to help them.
But the Ablekuma Central MP was not happy with Sir John’s comments. He said these comments were uncalled for and asked him to be cautious about his public pronouncements since he speaks for a party.
Mr. Tetteh Chaie recounted how the opposition NPP opposed efforts by the Mills administration to raise funds for the victims of the Haitian earthquake and tsunami last year adding that jumping to hasty conclusions on issues will not guarantee the NPP victory in the 2012 polls.
Source: Multi TV