Mr Alban Kingsford Sumana Bagbin, Second Deputy Speaker and Member of Parliament for Nadowli/Kaleo has cautioned against politicising issues on grounds of ethnicity and Religion.
“Ghana is a unitary state and we cannot afford to sacrifice our lovely country on the altar of ethnicity and religion, which will end up dividing us as a people.
Mr Bagbin who was speaking to the Ghana News Agency on his political career and recent ethnic comments said Ghana was moving on and therefore reducing her to ethnicity and religious lines could undermine the gains she made over the years.
The Member of Parliament also cautioned the media against wrong reportage that could create problems especially on issues of ethnicity and religion.
The MP for Nadowli/Kaleo and Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament particularly cautioned the media against the alleged friction between the Ashantis and Akyems adding that; “these are not issues we want to be hearing as they are not so healthy.”
He faulted the media for what he said was an unfortunate attempt to whip up an Akyem and Ashanti fault line from the issue saying ‘it is not fair andreminded those who tried to stir up the matter that irrespective of who a person was in a given context, the person was first and foremost a Ghanaian.
“Ghana, is the supreme owner of all its citizens and from the perspective of Mother Ghana, all its citizens are Ghanaians, “not Akyems, Ashantis among others.”
“We live in a country in which everybody is a relative to somebody because even inter-tribal marriages alone have ensured that we do not truly have tribal identities, it is therefore sad that some people would try to whip up tribal hatred between Ashantis and Akyems.” Mr Bagbin said.
The Legislator reminded that Ghana was a shining example to the world because even though the country arguably had a high number of different ethnic groups living together, she had never experienced a civil war.
Source: GNA
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Nadoli Mugabe.... Tell this to your tribalist NDC m0r0ns like John Ford Kanazoe.....
Mr. MP you looked on for Mahama and his Sada crew to allow the guinea fowls to fly to Burkina at the detriment of your own Northerners. Do you people really care about your people? You have had the opportunity to become MP all these years, Mahama became the president and could not turn the fortunes of the Northerners rather they use the region to enrich themselves. Please go and come again
Bagbin STOP being an MP!! U like free things TOO MUCH!!!!
We want proper people to lead Ghana with solutions. Not joookers who have nothing to offer like this ollld FOOOOOOOOOL from the north who likes free things like being an MP all the TIME!!!!!
Bagbin is a useeelessss OLD FOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL.
He has been MP since 1993, BUT he ALONE has enjoyed at the expense of taxpayer. Nadowli people live like rattts!!!!!!
Yet he wants to be prez even though he has done VERY LITTLE for his OWN PEOPLE!!! Over my Deadddd body will Bagbin become prez
Northerners are the most ECONOMICALLY parrrasssitic ppl in Ghana
Boss you're the Right Man after Prez. Akuffo Addo and Dr. Bawumia. But wait for Nana Addo to "SIZE MAHAMA OFF" come 2020.
Say this to your John Mahama. Whenever he is in the North, he tries to create "we and them" scenarios. "If they can't do anything for us, they should at least complete this road..." What is he insinuating with such a statement?