<<Print>>

The Director of Policy Monitoring and Evaluation at the Presidency, Dr Tony Aidoo, has emphatically stated that National Democratic Congress will not stop the airing of an audio clip of Pastor Mensa Otabil allegedly speaking out against free education, (and by extension the free senior high school platform of the opposition party) in its ad campaign. Dr. Aidoo insists the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC) founder�s tape is a commercial commodity and the NDC is not perturb by calls to stop playing it. He has therefore urged the ICGC General Overseer to go to court and seek an injunction if he thinks he was misrepresented. According to him, the �doctored tape� contained �words of wisdom� and for that matter, the NDC has every right to use it for any purpose it deems fit. On Monday, the renowned man of God held a press conference and earnestly pleaded with President Mahama to rein in �surrogates� he claimed had twisted his messages for political gain. He further accused the surrogates of piecing together separate messages he had preached in the past to make it appear as though he was ridiculing the free SHS policy being preached by the opposition NPP. �My voice and sermons have been sampled, spliced and manipulated to appear to take a political position on a very heated political issue�.But for the mischief and persistence, I would have remained quiet over this matter. Let me state clearly that the sound bites that have been played with my voice have been taken totally out of context�This is defamatory. It is unethical. It is criminal. It is malicious. It is Machiavellian and it is evil,� the livid pastor stated.