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The NDC Member of parliament for Sagnerigu, Hon. A.B.A Fuseini says Peace Council and the Christian Council are gradually losing their credibility.
According to him, their long silence on issues in the country is making them spiritually impotent.
The member of Parliament who seem excited about the resignation of the embattled Deputy Agric Minister,Hon.William Quaitoo explained that this is the way to go, it will at least serve as a deterrent to other Members of Parliament and Ministers of State who speak any how in public.
Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, he explained that, these institutions must watch their credibility because they only prefer to issue statement when they are issues of convenience.
"They should talk tough to our Ministers and government officials when they go wrong, they should not sit on the fence and only come in when it is convenient for them or the dust is settled," he said.
The Minority in Parliament have been demanding the immediate dismissal of Deputy Agriculture Minister, William Quaitoo from the government over disparaging comments he made against northerners.
“We are demanding that he should, immediately, on his own volition resign as a minister and quit from Parliament, failing which the President must sack him to show his revulsion against such ethnocentric tribal bigotry,” the Sagnarigu Member of Parliament, A. B. A Fuseini stated in an interview before Hon. Quiaitoo's resignation.
Mr. Quaitoo has since apologized after suggesting farmers in the northern part of the country could not be trusted on claims about the destruction wreaked by the Fall Armyworm on their farms.
He intimated that the complaints and calls for compensation were simply a ploy to fleece the government of some money.
However, it is good the Deputy Minister has resigned, it will clam tension and nerves within my brothers in the North, but the president should have fired him, he added.
Peace Council Wants Ghanaians To Forgive Minister
The Chairman of the National Peace Council, Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante, has asked Ghanaians offended by the “unguarded” tribal comments of the deputy Agric Minister, William Quaitoo to forgive him.
In his comments on the matter Tuesday, Prof. Asante urged Ghanaians to let go.
“We should also know that when somebody says something and the person comes round to say . . . ’on second thought I think I didn’t do the right thing . . . I did not exercise circumspection in what I said so I apologise profusely for whatever words that I used or the way I expressed my ideas’, I think it is important for us as human beings to forgive. After all, we are all human,” he told Starr News.
“We all wrong others. But if we hold onto it and claim that no; because this person said it, he has not been circumspective enough; he’s insulted me and I am not going to forgive that person, I am going to really give it back to that person, two wrongs don’t make one right. And I think it is important for us to also understand that the decent thing any respectable leader will do is that after the person had done something that is wrong and it is pointed out to him, he comes back to realize that I didn’t do the right. And then if the person comes to apologise for the wrong thing he did, let’s forget and move forward,” he added.
Source: Isaac Kwame Owusu/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Say that to your muslim community and there will be civil war. Why can't these northerners learn a thing or two? What was he expecting the christian council to say? Why is he not also attacking his own Muslim Council? You see the hypocrisy here. I worked with this Fuseini man at the Daily Graphic and he exhibited the same attitude whilst there. Though I don't know exactly what the Deputy Agric minister said it is just out of place to robe the Christian Council and the Peace Council into this. After all when Solomon Nkansah also derided Ashantis what did the NDC do? Why didn't he and his fellow NDC call question the Peace Council and the Christian Council then?
Did Mahama not insult Ashantis, did he resign? Did they not call Ashantis Cocoaase inkwraasifoo? Did Ashantis asked them to resign? Did Fiifi Kwetey not say that no Northerner can ever be a president in Ghana? Where was this Fuseni guy at that time? Such hypocrisy!! Where were all these people disturbing our ears. What the deputy said is true. Look at the fighting in the North over almost nothing when several people have tried to bring peace to the region to no avail. When all other tribes are working hard to make ends meet, Northerners are still being given freeeebies. They are still going to school free. What about the Ghanaians in the other regions in Ghana. Are they the only Ghanaians? He has resigned, now what? Does it change the true statement he made? This reaction just confirms exactly what he said and your actions have proved him right. Change your attitude “na Wo ma ye dwin”.
How else can we describe a people who cannot accept apology? No wander they are always fighting over issues that are many many years old. Once again, people who don't forgive are best described as DIFFICULT.... period! They wrong you and then ask .... aya mbongo?...meaning "are you from here"? What kind of people are these?
Today we hear people lashing at Hon. Quaitoo because of his unguided statement. One thing i am very happy is that he (Hon. Quaitoo) did apologised, asked for forgiveness after which he decided to resign. To those lashing at him can you look in your palm and say to your self with nobody around and say you have never and ever in your life said something or acted in a way that did demean or murdered the confidence and dignity of your fellow human beings. Please let us stop this hypocrisy us Ghanaians and examine ourselves whether we are clean in our daily behaviours and judge your own attitude. Thanks
ABA is always bitter. The man erred and later apologised. Note he had lived amongst the northerners for so long but you still did not accept his apology to forgive him. He has resigned. What again do you want? Don't you have forgiveness in your blood, soul and spirit? What kind of a person is this? To public figures like Quaitoo who speak any how, your time will soon come.
I bet you that if a Christian said the same thing about islamic council, this fuseini edddioticus will say christians are looking down on moslems. Fooooooooooooooooooooool like u.
ABA, when are you commenting on the SSNIT IT issue which happened under your party in power? I am curious!
You people from the north are truly difficult and unforgiving. That is why you are always fighting among yourselves.
These NDC people are now just plain irrit@nts
A.B.A Fuseini face is the face of ethn-o-centricism . He is so full of H-A-TRED. Quaitoo prosperity will judge you well. God bless you.