Acting General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic party, Freddie Blay, has justified the actions of some party activists who have been on rampage in the past week.
The party sympathizers have in the past few days locked up offices, seized toll booths, and vandalized state property across the country in retaliation to similar acts perpetrated by the NDC government in 2009.
While senior political figures and scores of Members of Parliament condemn the acts and call for swift response from the Police, acting Chairman of the New Patriotic Party has come to the defence of the rampaging youth describing their action as a move to ‘protect state property’.
According to Freddie Blay, the move by the rampaging youth is a right one aimed at protecting state property and ensuring that ‘looting’ in some state agencies stops.
“…at the harbour, people are stealing cars. People are carrying away items that should attract duties and so forth, containers being taken away without going through the right process”, he said.
He quizzed, “If we see people stealing cars from the harbour, are you suggesting that we should wait and go and call the Police?”
The rampaging youth invaded the Tema Habour in the early hours of Monday demanding to be given control of some key installations there. They also locked down offices of the National Health Insurance Authority (NHIS), Youth Employment Authority (YEA), and the National Disaster Management Authority (NADMO) in Tamale.
In 2009, supporters of the then NDC government carried out similar acts after winning power.
Source: ghanaweb
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AN OLD MAN WHO USES HIS HEAD ONLY TO CARRY LOAD!!! GBEMELA, BUULUU!!
Its a shame a national chairman could talk like this.Dont we have state officials working at those agencies?
IS THIS PART OF THE CHANGE?. WE LIVE TO SEE.
God serve Ghana. How can a normal human being talking like this. Are you sure this Freddy Blay man does not have psychiatry problem? No wonder Ghana can never move forward.
It is a pity we have ***barred word*** police personnel including the IGP in this country. The police are tooooooooooooooooooo weak. They have turned themselves into debt collectors instead of policing government properties. They are only good at arresting innocent drivers and commercial drivers to collect bribe from them instead of arresting these lunatics who their leader Freddie blay claim they are protecting government property. l am disappointed in him. Anyway he has not said any good thing before.
The gods are calling for more blood. look at the accidents of innocent people losing lives in the past few days. These were the people who divided the NPP they are now set to divide the nation. where is that loud mouthed presbyterian pastor.
Freddy Blay is a ***barred word*** ***barred word*** of a man. lets wait for the war to begin and lets see what happens next. ***barred word***.
If they are stealing which I know NDC will NPPP guy must stop them from doing so ok .
Lunatic, that is what I can say. NDC's supporters will also soon start to protect the same state assets then we will hear your comment.
What has Come over this npp chairman? If ndc has done a wrong npp must also do wrong. Is dat y ur party was voted into power