The Former General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwadwo Osei Afriyie popularly called Sir John has stated that the ‘Simpa panyin’ comment made by the party’s presidential nominee describing President Mahama has been misconstrued by chiefs of Simpa.
Nana Addo described the President as a ‘Simpa panyin’ for exhibiting irresponsible leadership but the chiefs in Simpa are calling on him to render an unqualified apology describing the comment ‘derogatory’.
But speaking on Abusua FM’s Abusua Nkommo hosted by Kwame Adinkrah, Sir John explained that it is a proverbial comment most Ghanaians use in their conversations questioning why the traditional leaders have taken Nana Addo’s comment out of context.
The Former General Secretary indicated that the comment is not insulting as perceived by the traditional leaders.
He apologised on behalf of Nana Addo pleading with the chiefs not to drag the issue as the country goes to the polls adding that majority of their supporters hail from Simpa and its surrounding communities.
‘It is not true that the statement is insulting, Nana Addo didn’t insult the chiefs. It is a proverbial statement used by most people, our grandfathers have been using it since. Its not an insult.
Excuse me to say, Nana Addo’s comment has been misconstrued by the chiefs. We are sorry, I on behalf of Nana Addo apologise to the chiefs, we hope they forgive us, we are in election year it won’t be proper for them to meddle in partisan politics.
Nana Addo will never speak against chiefs, he knows customs and will not abuse it, Nana Addo is a royal, he respects people. I am sure Northern chiefs are not happy with President Mahama being tribalistic,’ he said.
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"SIMPA PANYIN", "KONONGO KAYA", "KADE BODAMFO", "KETA SCHOOL BOYS", AND A HOST OF OTHERS ARE PART OF EVERYDAY GHANA LANGUAGE. NOBODY EVER APOLOGIZE FOR USING THESE WORDS IN GHANA BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT OFFENSIVE. SIMPA NDC CHIEF HAS EITHER BEEN GIVEN A TOYOTA V8 OR WANTS ONE FROM JULOR MAHAMA THAT IS WHY HE IS BEING POLITICAL. APOLOGY FOR WHAT? SIMPA NDC CHIEF YOU WON'T GET ONE TODAY OR TOMORROW.
So is it the first time that the chiefs are hearing simpa panyin?, in fact some chiefs are behaving like kids for God's sake. If the simpa chief have been paid to do the bidding of the president, shame unto him and i can assure him that this propaganda wont affect the chances of the NPP in the coming election.
You can deceive some of the people some of the time and all the people some of the time, but not all the people all the time. Times will catch up with catch up with you. Time is catching up with Nana Addo.
Because the chief is either NDC or has been PAID to misbehave. It is too late for NDC. Ghanaians have already made up their minds. The change that is coming is hitting NDC like Tsunami. CHANGE IS COMING.