Vice-President Kwesi Amissah Arthur says short people need to be carried to help them see President Mahama’s massive achievements, a humorous jab that sent supporters of the governing National Democratic Congress ecstastic laughter.
He made the comment at a campaign event in the Eastern region Friday, when the attention of his audience had drifted to a young woman in her twenties who was 'vertically challenged' and was carried shoulder high by some persons in the crowd in order for her to see what was happening on the dais.
Distracted by the incident, the Vice-President paused for a while to ask why the woman had been carried. The crowd responded that it was to help the young voter get a better view of the campaign event.
Served with what appeared to be an irresistible analogy, the Vice-President told the cheering audience that short people should be carried in order for them to see the achievements of President Mahama.
The crowd burst into uncontrollable laughter.
In a campaign of high stakes, government officials have found space for humour by targeting the height of NPP Presidential candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The Sports minister was the first to make reference to Akufo-Addo’s height after he said at the campaign launch in the Central region that the presidency is not for short people.
The reaction from the NPP was thick condemnation.
The Vice-President said the loyalty of the constituents to the NPP during elections has not been commensurate with the level of developments in the region.
He said leading figures in the party like Osafo Maafo who hail from the region have failed to develop the road network.
The NDC has vowed to split the votes in the region that has been a second stronghold for the opposition NPP.
Since 2000, the NPP has won a majority of seats in the region grabbing 18 out of 26 seats in the elections. In 2004, the NPP nearly wiped off the NDC’s presence in the region after a commanding control of 22 out of 28 seats.
The grip loosened slightly in 2012 after the NPP won 20 out of 28 seats and in 2012, the NPP won 26 seats out of 33. This was after new constituencies were created.
The NDC has launched Agenda 50/50 to share the spoils with the NPP, a target the NPP has laughed off as impossible.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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I voted for NDC in the last electing and was hoping to give Mahama another chance but not again after this rhetoric statement made about short people. I am a short person with reputation , education and common sense and for that reason I refuse to vote again for Mahama and his Vice President. Will vote for NPP and going to advice all sound minded short men in Ghana to vote for NPP.
Bra gayy u better concentrate with ur as.ss lickinn. U ***barred word*** mulfakka hippo.
If a whole Veep is talking this way,then we shd expect worse from his ministers. Short does not mean we have no brains or we don't deserve respect.
Hahahahaaha this man is not serious at all . Someone been short is far better than ***barred word*** gayy we have as vice president. Heard you wear beads sometime koo gayy
So there is a lot of t-r-a-s-h in this big headed man! He has never spoken anything sensible. No wonder their performance is so abysmal! Nothing good from this big, yet empty-headed veep!
and dumb ple like urself must be sent back to school to get their senses back. i really pity this man. he is always trying to be what he is not. to be relevant in the ndc u must be ready to insult ple and that is what this man is trying to do. i thought he will be different but his own case is worse bcos he looks dumb anytime he talks. he will be completely out of the picture once the ndc is kicked out this year.
I think the Vice President will do himself a lot of good if he speaks like a Leader and Father of a Nation. His office is the second highest in Ghana and only a few can occupy that office. If for nothing at all, decency demands that he respects his office as Vice President. There must always be a difference between a foot-soldier and a commander, party activist and a party leader, a vice president and a boy walking on the street. Politics should change our well formed character.
you are ***barred word***
SO DOES U-G-L-Y PEOPLE NEED PLASTIC SURGERY TO CHANGE THEIR CHIMPANZEE FACE TO BE RECOGNIZED AS VICE-PRESIDENT. HE NEED PLASTIC SURGERY ALSO TO REPAIR HIS BUSTED ***barred word***-H-O-L-E WHICH MAHAMA OFFERED TO ANDREW SOLOMON IN EXCHANGE TO APPOINT YOU HIS VICE.
THIS U-G-L-Y POO-OFTR IS TRYING VERY HARD TO BECOME RELEVANT AT THE TAIL END OF THEIR DISASTROUS GOVERNANCE BY JOINING THE BLOCK HEADS IN HIS PARTY. LET THIS FANTE FO-O-O-LL KNOW THAT NONE OF HIS INSULTS WILL CHANGE HIS PARTY'S IMMINENT DEFEAT. HE SHOULD RESPOND TO DR. BAWUMIAH INSTEAD OF SENDING THE CAT FACED CHIEF PROPAGANDIST FROM TOGO. IF HE HAS NOTHING TO SAY,HE SHOULD SHUT HIS FACE. IF THIS GUY WERE IN MY FAMILY I WOULD DENY HIM FOR BEING TOO U-G-L-Y AND AN A-SSSSS H-O-L-E. SIMPA PANYIN AB--O-A