The Chairman of the National Peace Council, Most Reverend Professor Emmanuel Asante, is asking Ghanaians offended by the “unguarded” tribal comments of the deputy Agric Minister, William Quaitoo to forgive him.
Mr. Quaitoo in an interview with Starr News recently went berserk, describing farmers from the North, demanding compensation for their crops destroyed by the army worm epidemic as people who cannot be trusted.
Despite rendering an unqualified apology after he was heavily trolled by residents of the Northern region, the Minority in Parliament led by their leader Haruna Iddrisu asked for his sacking.
Describing the deputy Minister’s comments as unjustified and unacceptable, the minority said in a statement that “We find it totally unjustifiable and unacceptable that the Deputy Minister would label the entire people of the three Northern Regions who he says he has lived with for 27 years, as unreasonable people, accomplished and persistent liars, people with a high propensity for perpetrating fraud, people who all the time use these fraudulent acts to steal money from the state.
“…Should he fail to quit these office voluntarily and now, we call on the President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo, to fire him immediately as a mark of his revulsion against this unprovoked and reckless ethnocentric bigotry against the entire people of the three Northern Regions”.
In his comments on the matter Tuesday, Prof. Asante urged Ghanaians to let go.
“We should also know that when somebody says something and the person comes round to say…’on second thought I think I didn’t do the right thing…I did not exercise circumspection in what I said so I apologise profusely for whatever words that I used or the way I expressed my ideas’, I think it is important for us as human beings to forgive. After all, we are all human,” he told Starr News.
“We all wrong others. But if we hold onto it and claim that no; because this person said it, he has not been circumspective enough; he’s insulted me and I am not going to forgive that person, I am going to really give it back to that person, two wrongs don’t make one right. And I think it is important for us to also understand that the decent thing any respectable leader will do is that after the person had done something that is wrong and it is pointed out to him, he comes back to realize that I didn’t do the right. And then if the person comes to apologise for the wrong thing he did, let’s forget and move forward,” he added.
Source: Starrfmonline.com
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Ethnocentrism exists in Ghana. Now Southern Ghana is ruling Northern Ghana. Eastern Ghana wants special attention because the President is from the South. Western Ghana wants special recognition for the energy sector. Ashanti Ghana has the air of superiority over other ethnic groups because of the stronghold of NPP. Because of DemonCracy, FORGIVENESS has no place in Politics. What is needed is TRANSFORMATION by the renewing of our NATIONAL mind. Truth be known.
Where are those NPP members who were accusing NDC member of arrogance? just eight months into office you start describing people with tribal comments. But Ghanaians especially northerners shouldn't be surprise because this kind of comments started during NPP days in opposition when Ursula Owusu the now Minister for Information insult Inusah Fuseini by describing him with tribal comments, fellow by Yaw Osarfo Marfo now Senior Minister.So Agric minister is only re-emphasizing what the Npp is use to and nothing less. If northerners are difficult as he claim would THEY have listen to you during the campaign? count the number seats and votes NPP gathered in election 2016 in northern region. Posterity would judge the NPP.