A group calling itself, Volta Patriotic Forum, has described government’s decision to suspend the Deputy Sports Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide following a ‘visa scandal’ in his ministry, to be ethically bias.
According to the group, Mr Hadzide was “unfairly victimised” and is being used as a “sacrificial lamp” by the New Patriotic Party government to exhibit its commitment to fighting corruption.
The Volta Patriotic Forum, argued why the substantive Sports Minister, Isaac Asiamah, who administers affairs of the sector is still at post, while his Deputy who acts on his orders has been suspended.
‘Journalists’ deported in Australia
Some 60 supposed Ghanaian journalists who traveled to Australia with the country’s delegation to cover the ongoing 21st Commonwealth Games were denied entry and deported for failing to proof they work in the inky fraternity.
The deportees could not provide answers to basic questions posed by Australian officials, with most of them not in possession of basic journalistic tools.
The Sports Ministry refereed the matter to the National Security for investigations, this was followed by the suspension of the Deputy Sports Minister, Pius Hadzide, and
Acting Director General of the National Sports Authority, Robert Sarfo Mensah, on Thursday, 12 April, 2018.
However, a communique signed by the Covenor of the Volta Patriotic Forum, Del Bright, stated the suspension of Pius Hadzide is “a clear manifestation of the UP [United Party] tradition’s attitude towards non-Akan [government] appointees.”
The group lauded President Akufo-Addo’s zeal to fight corruption but implored him not to be ‘ethnically bias’ in dealing with government officials who are alleged to have engaged in corrupt acts.
“If the Deputy Minister, Pius Enam Hadzide, must take the fall, then the substantive sector Minister, Hon. Isaac Asiamah, under whose marching orders and directions the Deputy acts, must take a heavier fall to prove the government’s genuineness and seriousness in the fight against corruption”, the communique stated.
The communique also chronicled that the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori Attah, was “cleared” after he was “cited in an alleged malfeasance in the 2.25 billion Bond”, and the Deputy Trades Minister, Carlos Ahenkorah, who was “implicated in the infamous Cash for Seat scandal but was also cleared of any wrongdoing.”
“The BOST scandals are still fresh in our minds, but why is the CEO of BOST still at post?”, the group quizzed.
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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How can you stop a tribal party from being tribalistic, the whole npp setup is based on one tribe, headed by the super incompetent akufo addo
Why this tribe card,?is this the first time this is happening?lets not forget history just go back and read about Rwandaand central Africa republic.What about the DCE that was suspended when major Mahama was killed,please we have come far dont lets us go back to history.
This is the most cynical statement made by tribalists who want to send the country back. ***barred word*** opportunists. Is the other suspended official a voltarian?
@Abam, asiama is still at post becuase he delegated the common games issues to his deputy to handle and the deputy might have comprised and implicated himself in his dealings big time. stop this inferiority complex accusations; the trademark of ndc.
That is NPP for you. They sacrificed mallam issah in kuffour time in the same ministry and they are doing same to pious because he is an EWE. How can the boss be working and the assistant is suspended. Who does the assistant work under. If they BOSS was competent he would have at least known this before it happened. NPP hate EWEs and northerners. As for Barwumia, they are only waiting for nana addo to die or says he will not stand in 2020, and show him that he is a cattle shepherd.
NDC has started the tribal accusation against Nana Addo again. NDC do not learn that it did not help them. Which party loves northerners or votarians? The party which brings proper social interventions or the party which does NOT bring any but yet steals the money meant for them. Let them (NDC) continue on that tangent and see if they will get even 25% in 2020! FREE SHS. revived NHIS are here and NDC says what? When we investigate "bueee", live telecast in parliamentary investigations,"bueee". Ghanians now know that NDC is just making NOISE!