Minister for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Madam, Otiko Afisa Djaba, is facing some backlash from Ghanaians for her comments on rape, where she stated that short skirts attract rapists – a comment many have called unfortunate.
Even before the level of criticism subsides, the Minister is on record to have branded her fellow Minister as an albino, a comment that may not go down well with that Minister.
In a radio interview on Starr FM on the subject of disability, the Minister, in defending the rights of the disabled, called the Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid an albino.
“Persons with albinism in some places are not supposed to operate but our Minister of Information, Mustapha Hamid, is an albino.”
The intriguing bit about her comment, is the fact that, Mr. Hamid is said to have never accepted the tag of an albino on his persona, www.entertainmentgh.com has learnt.
Madam Djaba went on to talk about how persons with disability are useful and have potential.
Source: entertainmentgh.com
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The man actually resembles albino. And being albino is just a genetic alteration that is constitutional of the individual. So to me is not a tag. If he is one, he is one! Period. For Otiko Djaba to want to use Mustapha Hamid, the info minister to make a point that NPP also engaged a Person With Disabilities PWD in Akufo Addo's govt is naive and immature.
Albino to me. Hamid is just light skin guy. There is a wrong statement in the first place - his eyes are not an Albino type.
This reporter is a weak reporter. He or she needs to go back to school again. Where lies the negativity in the Minster's speech. She made a perfect statement backed with substantiated evidence. After all the Guy is Albino and his contribution to the country is well known and massive. So what's the beef with the Minister's speech. Peace Fm wise up
you see what i told you guys, seem we as NPP did not struggle to get power and seem we are getting appointments too cheap and easy. , when i look back at the days of kuffour, i saw a real team was set up. calling ya fellow minister or repeating a tag s/he hate is like calling a good friend a name he hates in shs days.which bring fury or bad path between you guys, we dont want early fighting or alienation in npp ministers pls, is too early to get shocks like in mahama days , otiko, seem the portfolio is too big for you, madam, slow down, consult former 1st ladies, current 1st and 2nd ladies, npp elder women , state recognised women, npp manifesto, class or categories of ghanaian women like aged, physically challenged, christian, moslem etc women associations, npp women communicators, creative arts twi and english class , movies, music, concert etc and many more to make a strategy plan in handling that ministry,. she should make the ministry as a kids or styling ministry, is a ministry more so of Ghana enbodiment, involving women and kids isnt a joke,. she gat to be serious and even move to prez kufour for as to why he even set that ministry first time in Ghana,. otiko, the ministry is not hair style or insulting mahama, its a ministry to work and for us to see massive positive change in our society, once our mother , sisters , friends etc women are in a positive change, we the base voices (male) will follow suite and make Ghana a better place, even visiting girls schools like LOUIS, YAGGS, etc, some training colleges purely or mixed etc can be a way of shaping the woman class in Ghana,. if our women are possitively shaped, Ghana will be where and what we all wanna see
VERY BAD JOURNALISM AND GUTTER JOURNALISM!!! THE JOURNALIST WHO WROTE THIS HAS DONE A DISSERVICE TO MOTHER GHANA AND SHOULD BOW HIS HEAD IN SHAME. THESE ARE SOME OF THE SUBMISSIONS THAT CREATE CRITICISMS AND AGITATIONS. MINISTER OTIKO WAS EMPHASISING THAT THE FACT THAT SOMEONE HAS A DISABILITY DOES NOT MEAN THE PERSON IS INCAPABLE. SHE WAS INSTILLING CONFIDENCE IN THOSE WITH DISABILITY TO RISE ABOVE THE CHALLENGE AND MAKE USE OF THEIR TALENTS, SKILLS AND KNOWLEDGE AND USED HER COLLEAGUE MUSTAPHA HAMID AS AN EXAMPLE. EVERYONE KNOWS MUSTAPHA IS AN ALBINO SO WHAT MAKES IT A MOCKERY????? JOSHUA ALABI IS AN ALBINO BUT WAS APPOINTED MINISTER UNDER FORMER PREZ JERRY RAWLINGS. THIS WRITER IS DIA..BOLICAL AND EV..IL.