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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After all who in Ghana and beyond does not know that Northners are really really really in fact very difficult people. The word difficult is even understatement. The reactions coming from Northners on this issue testifies to the fact that you are too difficult and indeed a pain in the ***barred word***. Damn you,difficult people who never want to forgive and let go.
I have a friend called Malik Basharu who is from the North. He always makes the statement made by the former Agric Minister. He always says he wished his people would put away that attitude of their so that there would be peace in the north in order to attract investors to his home region. Even most of the northerners attest to this fact but for the sake of politics are hypocritically denying it. How I wished we had used the ministers statement as an opportunity to delve into the psychological make-up of our brothers and sisters from the north and advice them to stop this attitude of theirs which has turned the north into a constant conflict zone.
@ebo and banahene theo: Wow! I love your excellent analysis. You are on point rough. This so called Hon. ABA Fuseini is just giving credence to the bitter truth spoken by the former Agric Minister. Ha ha haaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
BUT Alhaji A.B.A. Fuseini, YOUR ACTIONS HAVE CONFIRMED WHAT THE MINISTER SAID.
Akans have tolerated this ***barred word*** from Northerners and Ewes for far too long. People of other tribes use abusive words on Akans publicly and get away with it. It is on record that former president John Mahama during his days as an MP stood up during a serious debate in parliament just to make fun of Ashantis by saying that Ashantis have a problem with their "L" and "R". This was after Hon. Joe Appiah had made his contribution during a debate on the floor of the house. When former Prez. Mahama stood up to also contribute all that he said was that Ashantis have a problem pronouncing "L" and "R". When he was asked just to retract that statement he refused yet he went on to become the president of Ghana because the Akans did not make an issue out of it and voted for him. He didn't end there but went on to insinuate that Ashantis were ungrateful and we had Ashantis moving from one radio station to the other justifying his comments. Imagine if an Akan had made such a statement against a Northerner or Ewe, hell would have broken loose in this country just as it has happened leading to the resignation of this minister. It looks like there is no blood in Akans so for us we can be insulted and made fun of by the other tribes but we have no right to do same to the other tribes. The next time we hear of tribal conflict in the north due to some ***barred word*** cause or reason for the fight, it would be prudent for Nana Addo to recall this minister back because he spoke the bitter truth. Enough of this ***barred word***
is the minister not correct in his statement? you Alhaji A.B.A. Fuseini wants him to resign and he has resigned. Now you are saying he should have been sacked instead of resigning. So if the minister says you northerners are difficult people, isn't he speaking the truth? so from your actions , it means you are really difficult people
Ooooh NDC, is there any sen.sible person in that party at all? You said the should resign, he's done that now crying NANA did fire him. Indeed NDC stands for National Demonic Cr.iminals.
Your wishes have been met. You ask the man to resign he has done so. What else do you want. The statement he made is true and it cannot be erased.This is a fact. Farmers intentionally burn part of rice farms and blame it on ***barred word*** fires. We are on the ground and know a lot. If I come from the South to the North and find 99% of people riding motor bikes not using crash helmet after all the campaigns I will certaiNly conclude that these people are DIFFICULT. IS THIS NOT TRUE?
THE MINISTER WAS 100% RIGHT WHAT HE SAID .99% OF NORTHERNERS PEPEFOU/NTAFOU ARE ARMED ROBBERS,LIARS AND DIFFECULT .90% ARE NOT DOING PROPER JOBS BUT JOINED POLITICAL PARTIES SO THEY BE PAID BY THE GOVERNMENT OF GHANA,.THEY ALL POLITICIANS .WE LOST LATRIBOYS,WATCHMEN ,FUFU POUNDERS,GATEMEN,TRUG PUSHERS.THEY ARE RULING GHANA NOW WHAT A SHAME?
AS FOR THIS MORON NOTHING THAT COMES OUT OF HIS MOUTH MAKE SENSE. YOU WANTED THE MAN TO GO, HE HAS, SO WHAT IS YOUR PROBLEM? I WISH YOU WILL SPEND MORE TIME SEEING TO YOUR PERSONAL HYGIENE AND STOP THIS INFANTILE AND FRUITLESS ARGUMENTS. WHICH EVER WAY THE PALM TREE FALL, IT CAN BE PROCESSED. I WISH YOU HAVE BRAIN IN YOUR HEAD WHICH CAN LET YOU REMEMBER WHAT YOUR OWN KINSMAN, JOHN MAHAMAH SAID IN FRONT OF ASANTEHENE AND IN KUMASI THAT ASANTES ARE UNGRATEFUL BECAUSE IF HE WERE TO PAVE THE STREETS OF KUMASI WITH GOLD, HE WILL STILL NOT BE APPRECIATED. THAT TIME IT WAS NOT INSULTING TO ASANTES. I DON'T BLAME YOU BUT OURSELVES FOR TOLERATING YOU EDIOTS IN OUR MIST AND ALLOWING OURSELVES TO INSULT US WITHOUT ANY PROTEST. THE TRUTH IS ALWAYS VERY BITTER TO SWALLOW BUT,WHICH PEOPLE IN THEIR RIGHT MINDS WILL KILL OVER 300,000 PEOPLE FOR THE SAKE OF ONE GUINEA-FOWL. NKW*SIASEM KWA. NOW HE IS GONE SO WHAT NEXT?