The Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otokunor says government sudden ‘softness’ on its earlier tough measures to help curb the spread of Coronavirus is for a purpose.
He alleged that some decisions are been introduced by government now to aid the Electoral Commission (EC) progress with its compilation of a new voters' register despite the disapproval of the exercise by some Ghanaians.
“All that the President [Nana Addo] said yesterday is for the compilation of the new voters' register. If not, I don’t think the President will ease restrictions when Ghana has recorded over 8,000 COVID-19 cases in the country. It doesn’t make sense,” he said in an interview with NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’.
Final year students eligible to vote
Peter Boamah Otokunor also argued that the reopening of schools for final-year students is a “plot” by government to persuade “eligible students to register.”
“Some of the major universities like Legon are their strong centres so they have reopened for their members to register,” he claimed.
Do your work with COVID-19 in mind – Akufo-Addo to EC, NIA, NCCE
The Electoral Commission of Ghana, National Identification Authority and the National Commission for Civic Education must carry out their activities with sensitivity to the coronavirus pandemic, President Nana Akufo-Addo told them.
In his 10th televised address to the nation on Sunday, 31 May 2020, President Akufo-Addo said: “Constitutional and statutory bodies such as the Electoral Commission, the National Commission for Civic Education and the National Identification Authority, whose activities were exempted from the outset from these restrictions, must conduct their activities in accordance with social-distancing and the necessary hygiene protocols”.
Political Interest
But the NDC deputy chief scribe accused the President of championing his political interest rather than helping the country fight the pandemic.
“This whole agenda of fighting the virus, instead of it being driven by science and desire to protect lives and properties, it is rather underpinned by political interest. The President is doing whatever it takes to secure his second term. It’s so sad,” he told the host Kwesi Aboagye.
Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Now I understand why all students were made to take a science course in secondary school. The General Science courses should have been a bit more detailed to help people like Otokunor !!!
This boy call otokunor with baby sharp teeth is a big foooooooooooool
How can anything make sense to you when you do not have the brain to comprehend.
It’s just irritating to look at this guy’s photo even before reading his immature words. Boys like this and Sammy Gyamfi have succeeded in collapsing ndc party and it’s really shameful. This is not the ndc we know at all and all because of incompetent leadership with Airbus + Berko power bribery scandals which indicate government official 1. Join me to decrees like the Jews said NEVER AGAIN TO NDC. NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU NDC YAAMUTU
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS FOOOOOOOOOOOOOL
With your chicken m.ind, how do you expect to understand what the president said. Che.ap politician.
But all the countries over the world with much higher figures are easing restrictions, In the US, citizens are demonstrating that they should ease restrictiones.In europe barbers ,hair dressers,restuarants owners are all happy restrictions are eased.The beaches are full,everyone is happy. NDC is completely illogical. Come to think of it, if final year students go to campus now and get registered there, they would complete school will not be on campus to even vote in December so where is the sense in this argument or Otokunor? Now he is also talking about restrictions in eating, seriously can any living soul prevent anyone with a mouth like yours from eating, Otokunor?
It will not make sense to you because you don't use your brain to work and earn an honest living, you allow your stomach to direct your mouth to spew ignorance and noise. So yes only lazy minds will continue to stay at home whiles receiving salary when they have not worked for it. The only solution for covid is to wear your mask at all times, wash your hands and observe social distancing. If you can't comprehend such simple logic to run your day to day lives, then you should be kept at a zoo.
OTUKONOR IF YOU WERE TO BE IN AUSTRIA WE WILL PUT A DISPLAY OF FOR SALE ON YOUR FOERHEAD JUST BECAUSE YOU WORTH TO BE SOLD-ig-nor-ant ndc politician.OUR PRIME MINISTER IS JUST 31YEARS OLD ,HIS MARVELOUS PERFORMANCE IS OVER WELHMING AND NONE OF YOU NDC CAN MATCH HIM.IT IS TIME FOR YOU STOP TALKING AND LISTEN TO NANA ADDO AND NPP PARTY. WITH 76YEARS OF AGE ,ARE YOU NOT SATISFIED WITH NANA ADDO,s PERFORMANCE?YOU CAN CONTINUE BEATING WAR DRUMS NDC WILL NOT COME TO POWER- PERIOD
These NDC people now have absolutely nothing to say, yet they will not just keep quiet. I don't know how they hope to win the elections with this attitude.