President Nana Akufo-Addo missed a fine opportunity to send a strong signal to his appointees on his “robustness”, when he failed to take the first step in getting the deputy minister for agriculture out of office, A.B.A. Fuseini assessed.
Mr. William Quaitoo whom until Tuesday evening was the deputy minister for agriculture resigned following incessant pressure on him to do so. He was accused of insulting people from the north when he called them “difficult people”.
He was responding to farmers’ agitations on the level of destruction caused by the fall armyworms on their farms. He had retracted and apologised for his explosive and ethnocentric comments, but failed to impress his accusers who insisted on his resignation. The presidency confirmed his resignation and announced it was accepted by President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday.
But the Member of Parliament for Sagnarigu, in the Northern Region, Alhaji A.B.A. Fuseini believes the minister should have been fired instead of resigning. Alhaji A.B.A. Fuseini had wanted the minister fired by the president.
The MP was however part of the Minority in Parliament who gave him the first option to resign. Though some persons in government condemned Mr. Quaitoo, there was no official government statement on his unguarded utterance.
Alhaji Fuseini discredited the presidency on that score and told TV3 Tuesday that the gravity of the offence should have attracted a government statement at least. Though he welcomed the deputy minister’s resignation, he said being sacked by the president would have “served a better purpose”.
The president should have “fired him to send a strong signal that public office is not for people to come and showcase their anger” on people. The MP explained that the president should have issued “a very strong statement, to come out and state that [the president] will not take this kind of arrogance from his ministers, appointees”. He commended a presidential staffer Clara Napaga Tia Sulemana who condemned Mr. Quaitoo, asserting that the issue transcends beyond politics. Mr. William Quaitoo is the Member of Parliament of Akim Oda constituency in the Eastern Region.
Source: 3news.com
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tomorrow, you will hear that the northerners are fighting over a sack of kola nuts. you watch and see.
...There's no doubt or question about what the Dep. Minister said. This is NOT NDC or NPP issue. It is the reality on the ground. It is because of their inferior mindset, that's why the statement by the Dep. Minister affected them, because they know deep within them it's the truth and they need HELP to come out of that inferiority. They wish they were influential, learned,connected and RICH as the Akans in Ghana but they WON'T GET IT! LET IT BE KNOWN TO OUR BROTHERS & SISTERS IN THE NORTH...YOU CAN'T KEEP AN AKAN MAN OR WOMAN DOWN, WE ALWAYS STAND TALL! IF WE ARE BURNT TO ASHES--WE WILL RISE AGAIN! The Dep. Minister (William Quaitoo) will NOT go home hungry or die poor, he will survive and live a luxury life. #WebHunter
attention, all pastors in ghana must account to the masses, is the properties of the church for the pastor , his wife, children or of the church members, all pastors in ghana must answer, all ministers of mahama government all mahama family members must account to the people, ghana people eye red, from 26 million poor ghana people
I remember the now minority leader asked during vetting of his colleague from the Northern region who was to go to the Ashanti region if he felt safe to go to that region. What is more ethnocentric than that? NDC should watch their back because now Akans will hold them to the fire for any vitriolic attacks on them.
Thank you Ebo..they are a bunch of difficult i''d''i'''o'''t''''s
So ABA Fuseni now wants to tell the president how he govern his administration!This good for nothing ethnocentric journalist is now shouting wolf.For all the hate he spews against Akans especially Ashantis is there for all to read and listen to.Since he thinks he is the president he should go ahead and fire the deputy minister.
A B Fuseinu, at least democracy has been allowed to work; he resigned and the president accepted his letter. Further, unlike Mahama, aka, human dead-goat, who recycled corrupt officials and lousy mouth Mahama Ayirigah and others to the Flagstaff house, the president allowed decency to prevail. The message Quaittoe made was directed at Mahama and his family's greed and dishonesty. However, unfortunately he made a wide swing in painting the northerners as such. Mahama has destroyed the northern brand and the trust from the generality of Ghanaians is gone for good. How do you take 58% of national bauxite ore and hand it over to your family members without due diligence? Blame the Mahama criminal family enterprise for this perception in the minds of some Ghanaians. Quattioe opened his mouth too wide and sounded politically incorrect (PC). The truth is that there is lingering fear existing in majority of Ghanaians that Mahama has single-highhandedly destroyed the good old northern brand of honesty. Sorry Quattioe, next time be mindful of your words when in public place. Some things are best not said as a leader, as for example and I quote John Mahama: "I am a dead-goat" in his infamous speech in the far away Botswana.
A.B.A Fuseini is ***barred word***!What's wrong with these NDC swines?These hogs never ceases their foolishness.The man even rendered official apology,yet you asked him to resign,he didn't act as a typical African,he's resigned honorably,and you ***barred word*** are still making noise.Eve Mr. John Mahama and his ministers insulted other tribes and refused to apologized...You see the difference.I hope you rot in opposition.
When u generalize and say Fantis r concert ppl,that's not an insult abi? we when you cut us no blood comes out, only you northerners understands insult. what about simpah panyin and other attributes? ooh I have forgotten that Fantis are jokers and concert people.
How many times haven't we heard people from other tribes insult Akans but we take it cool. Haven't we heard people calling Fantis as concert people? Haven't we heard people calling Asahntis as ***barred word*** people? But in all these we forgive and take it cool and even make jokes out of it. However a little slip of tongue from an Akan to a Northerner then trouble don come. Ebeiiiiii we are tired of you.