The National Youth Organiser of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Awuku has been asked to stop encouraging hooliganism ‘especially in the Greater Accra region’.
Lawyer Edudzi Tamakloe, Greater Accra deputy regional organizer for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who was also one of the lawyers for Montie 3 cautioned “Sammy Awuku and his other youth organisers particularly in Greater Accra that they must desist from this crude attitude of getting their supporters to hoot at the President. It is contrive, it is dangerous, it is provocative and it can be repeated and they should stop it before it degenerates into something very messy”.
Hundreds of traders and residents on Tuesday shocked President John Dramani Mahama at Kokompe, a suburb of Accra by waving the change sign after the president stormed the area to campaign. Some hooted at him and screamed “change, change, change.”
According to Mr Tamakloe who was contributing to a panel discussion on Radio Gold’s Alhaji and Alhaji, the act of hooting at the President can be ‘repeated’ by another group of people; hence needs to be condemned.
“Let me issue what I will call a warning to our political opponents; particularly the New Patriotic Party. I believe that the kind of politics we do should be the politics that allows for constructive engagement; where political parties should have the opportunity to freely express their association with any leader that they like. But where in this case; a political party decides that the old and crude method of doing politics where the president goes for a visit only for political parties to mobilise their supporters to hoot at him; it is not only dangerous and provocative, it is very crude and ought not to be entertained…” he said
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Ghanaians grow up and stop this childish behavior! What do you gain from hooting at a president? Ghana doesn't need a change every time a president chooses to take the difficult decisions to make Ghana a better place. Changing only puts a stop to whatever achievement might have been made. As it usual is in Africa, everybody begins their own and nobody ever gets it fully done. This time we need to bite the bullet and to get ourselves developed. For long, we every time find ourselves at the beginning and never move any further. It maybe hard and difficult but that is what it takes to get things done. Mahama should be encouraged to get all his plans implemented. Is it not impressive his take on Education?? Look at all the school edifices springing up in all districts of Ghana! My friends, dams in every village maybe OK but I believe schools in every village is more urgent. I don't hope we want to vote to stop the schools so we go to build dams.
npp is a ffoolish party and its only ffools who belong to it
***barred word*** man can't u smell de scent of de change coming.Ghana need change.we will change.change is a must
Tamakloe is the latest baby with sharp teeth. Full.lllllllllll
I was there among the crowd who made the change signs at the President and I do not belong to the NPP. Besides I know of about 20 other guys on my lane who do not belong to any political party but think that Ghana needs a big change from this NDC incompetent govt. So the NDC must not think this was a mere political gimmick designed to merely embarrass the govt. Ghana truly truly needs change
Fo00olish mammal...did you see Sammy awuku in the crowd?
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