The resigned Deputy Minister for food and Agriculture William Quaitoo has said he left the post in order to bring peace among those offended by his comments.
“Thank you all for your kind words."
In addition to the sincere apology, I resigned to bring peace among all those who were offended and to save the President and the entire party from further rancour and disaffection. The party is bigger than any individual member. I pray for a better future for all of us. Good night,” Quaitoo told his friends in a text after he submitted his resignation to the President.
President Akufo-Addo received the deputy minister’s resignation letter Tuesday night after a massive public backlash over some tribal comments he made in a radio interview.
“The President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, this evening accepted the resignation from office of the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Hon. William Quaitoo, MP, which takes immediate effect. The President wished him the very best in his future endeavors,” a statement from the Presidency read Tuesday.
Mr. Quaitoo in an interview with Starr News last week went berserk, describing farmers from the North, demanding compensation for their crops destroyed by the army worm epidemic as people who cannot be trusted.
Despite rendering an unqualified apology after he was heavily trolled by residents of the Northern region, the Minority in Parliament led by their leader Haruna Iddrisu asked for his sacking.
Source: Starrfmonline.com
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his resignation will not stop you people from being kayayo and armed robbbers who are dirty and difficult
Whether he resigns or not, the northerners are difficult and they will continue to be underdeveloped and we shall still say they are stuuuuuuuuppppid.
North is under-developed because they are difficult. Am i lying?????
You should not have resigned. Bawumiah is from the north and he is a serial liar so I know what you were saying was true for at least one person from the north. Bawumiah made you have that impression
Please resign from parliament too. People like you will pass laws that will not favour the northerners you hate so much.
At least one incompetent person has resigned. Now we have 109 ministerial appointees
You did not resign for any peace. You are incompetent for the position. The fact is there is army worm invasion but you were too incompetent to know what is happening in your sector. And you are very tribalistic and arrogant. I don't pity you at all. Only uneducated 1diots will pity you.
Kwas1a. Next time open your st1nky mouth to insult other tribes. Nansis
You are better than our president man. He never apologized for "y3n akanfor" and "all die be die". Elsewhere, Nana Addo will never get close to the presidency
It is good to admit your mistakes. If I were Pastor Otabil, I will learn from you and I will resign as a man of God for saying people created in God's image look like insult