Deputy Minister-designate for Volta Region apologises for calling the NPP a taboo
Johnson Avuletey, deputy minister-designate for Volta region, on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, retracted an earlier claim that the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) was a taboo in the Volta region.
Avuletey said it was a slip of tongue, and apologised.
“NPP, the party I belong to, is a taboo in the Volta Region? It is a slip of tongue; I’m sorry,” he told the Appointments Committee of Parliament, in Accra, before which he appeared for vetting.
Ghanaweb.com reports that his retraction followed a question from Alhaji Mohammed-Mubarak Muntaka, a member of the Appointments Committee and MP for the Asawase Constituency in the Ashanti region if he stood by an earlier statement during the vetting that the NPP was a taboo in the Volta region.
READ ALSO: 3 arguments that should shut down those who say Ghana doesn't need French as a second language
Source: Original
Alhaji Muntaka pointed out that Michael Yaw Jato, MP for Krachi East, from the Volta Region, is in Parliament on the ticket of the NPP.
Following retraction and the apology, Alhaji Muntaka explained that the NPP’s presence is recognised in the Volta region, and got about 100,000 votes in the last elections.
READ ALSO: Boyfriend who bought his lover a fridge takes it back after she gave another man drink from it (photo)
Equally, he represents the people of the Asawase Constituency in the Ashanti Region, where the NPP is more popular than the NDC, but to him, the Ashanti region is a stronghold of the NDC, and for that, he had being asking his party to work to improve its electoral gains in the Ashanti region.
Alhaji Muntaka then went on to urge politicians to be conscious of making statements that unite the people rather than dividing them.
ATTENTION: Pointers To A Healthy Relationship We All Should Know About
Yenkasa: Can the Gh. Cedi ever catch-up with the U.S. Dollar?| #Yencomgh:
Do you have a story to share with us? Inbox us on our Facebook page and we could feature your story.
Source: YEN.com.gh
