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Chief Executive Officer of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Henry Kwabena Kokofu has reprimanded Sam George over his comments about the Head of Security at the Bank of Ghana.

The Ningo-Prampram MP, Sam George labeled the BoG Head of Security, Wing Commander Kwame Asare Boateng, as a "watchman" after the latter met the #OccupyBoG protesters and received their petition on behalf of the BoG Governor, Dr. Ernest Addison.

"Parliament invites the Bank of Ghana at least twice a year and he has appeared only three times in seven years so it's not strange. It is the height of disrespect that we will come here and he will send the watchman, the watchman at the Bank of Ghana to come and receive the petition."

"Okay, the watchman should come to Parliament as well, when next he needs anything from Parliament he should send the watchman as well but we will be back. We will give the Police some days to rest but we will be back," Sam George told TV3.

Responding to these statements during Peace FM's morning show "Kokrokoo", Mr. Kwabena Kokofu asserted that Wing Commander Kwame Asare-Boateng was most qualified to recieve the protesters' petition, hence blasting Sam George for disrespecting him.

Wing Commander Kwame Asare-Boateng served with the Ghana Air Force for 26 years, rose through the ranks terminating as a Wing Commander and Deputy Director of the Legal Directorate at the Air Force Headquarters to go to the Bank of Ghan.

He's also served in various capacities in the military as Intelligence Operator, Administrator and Legal Officer. 

Looking at these credentials of the BoG Security boss, the EPA Chief Executive warned Sam George to stop displaying an arrogant behavior.

"Do you know the place is a security zone? So, he is the most appropriate person; he is qualified in all matters to watch what is going on and receive whatever you are bringing. If you were bringing a bomb, he has the knowledge on how to handle bomb...So, if you think you won't respect him and that the only people you respect are yourselves; if you are not an NDC member or leader, then you don't deserve respect. That is what they displayed yesterday. What kind of arrogance is that?"

"In any case, is a watchman not human? If someone is a watchman, does it mean the person is not a human being? We being here today is because of some watchman who didn't sleep in the night but watched over us. Even in biblical terms, we know God, our Maker, is our watchman. He is a watchman; God watches over us. When you are a parent with children in the home, you watches [sic] over them", he remarked.