A group calling itself Concerned Youth of Volta Region has asked President Akufo-Addo to apologize to the. Aflao Chief for asking him to go and complete the abandoned E-Block project if he wass frustrated.
The group says they will organize a demonstration against the President if he fails to retract and apologize for his response to the Chief who was demanding the completion of the school.
Torgbui Adzonugaga Amenya Fiti V, had given a four month ultimatum to the Education Minister to complete the building.
However, the President in responding asked the a chief to complete the project if he was frustrated over the delay in completing the project.
The group believes the response from the President was disrespectful.
“President Akufo-Addo’s intolerant posture of mounting vitriolic attacks on citizens who voted him into office to get things done the right way is not only disrespectful but also nauseating and reprehensible. It is about time he wholeheartedly accepted criticism without having emotions attached.
We are therefore, calling on the President to as a matter of urgency retract and apologize to the Paramount Chief and to the good people of the volta region else we will hold a mammoth demonstration against him and his government.
The people of Volta region are peace loving people, but it does not mean we are vindictive people.”
Read the full statement below
CONCERNED YOUTH OF VOLTA REGION
GHANA
For Immediate Release
22/10/2021
PRESIDENT AKUFO MUST IMMEDIATELY RETRACT AND RENDER AN UNQUALIFIED APOLOGY TO THE PARAMOUNT CHIEF OF AFLAO AND THE PEOPLE OF THE VOLTA REGION
The attention of the Concerned Youth of the Volta region has been drawn to a video circulating on social media where the President,His Excellency Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo was seen throwing a jab at Torgbui Adzonugaga Amenya Fiti V, the Paramount Chief of Aflao Traditional Area,for demanding the completion of the Community Day Senior High School situated at Agblekpui in the Ketu South Municipality which is one of the 12 Community Day Schools the erstwhile Mahama administration was constructing in the Volta Region.
The unfortunate comment was made when the President was having a one on one interview on an Accra based radio station,Peace FM’ s “Kokoroko” morning show hosted by Mr Kwame Sefa Kayi.
The subtle attempt by the NPP government to be consistently denigrating,disrespecting and undermining our Traditional rulers will not be countenanced in any way,as it will be resisted without fear or favour.
The demands by the revered chief was made when minority caucus of the education committee of parliament paid a courtesy call on him at his palace.
In the just ended voter’s registration exercise,Mr John Boadu,the General Secretary of the governing party also accused some Volta chiefs for serving as polling station chairmen and station wardens. Such a lame and blatant falsehood statement was peddled without any scintilla of evidence.
Their national Chairman,Mr Freddie Blay also labelled Torgbui Afede,the immediate past President of the National House of Chiefs,who also doubles as the Agbogbomefiaof the Asogli State and President of the Asogli Traditional Area as a “Palm wine tapper” and got away with it. The brazen impunity with these callous name callings and attacks is gradually dragging the names of our eminent chiefs into disrepute.
President Akufo-Addo’s intolerant posture of mounting vitriolic attacks on citizens who voted him into office to get things done the right way is not only disrespectful but also nauseating and reprehensible. It is about time he wholeheartedly accepted criticism without having emotions attached.
We are therefore, calling on the President to as a matter of urgency retract and apologize to the Paramount Chief and to the good people of the volta region else we will hold a mammoth demonstration against him and his government.
The people of Volta region are peace loving people, but it does not mean we are vindictive people.
It is imperative and instructive to note that;
- It is not only Torgbui Adzonugaga Amenya Fiti V, the Paramount Chief of Aflao Traditional Area who made such request. Other eminent chiefs also did same.
- The eminent and revered chief doesn’t take tax from citizens and should be ordered to complete an uncompleted projects.
We are also calling and appealing to the President to complete the E-Blocks and other infrastructures which are at various stages of completion across the country for use as governance is continuous process. Our chiefs have every right to demand their share of the national cake from the Central government and air their views on pertinent issues that bothers them.
It is obvious that the President will not contest in the next elections hence,his recent posture and comments.
Our greatest shock was the program host, Mr Kwame Sefa Kayi, who partly hails from the Volta region which the President ridiculed. His hypocrital behaviour over the years is sickening and should be controlled.
We condemn his comments in the strongest terms
We will not stand aloof for any individual or group of persons to denigrate our leaders for nothing.
God bless our motherland Ghana.
Long live Volta
Long live Ghana
Signed:
Wonder Setsoafia Deynu
Convenor
(0240554207)
Eʋɛ and English
Bernard Edem Ahiekpor
P.R.O
(0543699158)
Twi and English
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana