Minister-designate for Gender, Children and Social Protection, Madam Otiko Afisa Djaba has rebuff attempts by some members of the vetting committee to impress on her to apologize to former President John Dramani Mahama for comments she made a couple of months ago.
Madam Afisah Djaba was emphatic to the committee that she owes the former president no apology when she was referred to what Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyin, MP for Tamale North constituency labeled as “unfortunate and unpalatable” statement made against the former president.
The nominee is reported to have made some scathing comments about former President Mahama in the line up to the 2016 general elections.
The polyglot minister-designate was quoted to have said “President Mahama's time is up...President Mahama is extremely wicked and so he must step down...He has the heart of the devil. We need change, we need someone is passionate about this country. You have to vote massively for Nana Akufo Addo. We need change this year. Your time is up President Mahama,”
“…You have to step down this year so Nana Addo can take over the management of this country,'' She told a teeming crowd of NPP supporters during the campaign season last year.
But Madam Otiko, who is related to the former president, said her comments were made without any malice intended.
Asked if she would apology for her comments, Madam Afisa Djaba said she has no apology to render.
“The president is my brother and I spoke from my convictions. I made the statement as a wakeup call for him. We are building a nation and he [John Mahama] was running for re-election and I felt the people who should tell him as it is were not telling him as it was,” she said.
Madam Otiko further explained that “When I said the president was an embarrassment, I referred to SADA. SADA is very dear to my heart. The incident of poverty in the three Northern region where my mother comes from is very high. But the president who comes from the North did nothing to help the region. It was an embarrassment”
“I don’t owe him [President Mahama] or you [Alhassan Sayibu Suhuyin] any apology. We are developing and building a nation” she firmly said.
However, the Minority Leader and Member of Parliament for Tamale South, Haruna Iddrisu interjected and in some way attempt to corece Madam Otiko to retract and apologize to the former president.
But the nominee, who is also the NPP's National Women's Organizer, strongly rebuff the call and maintained that “I don’t regret my comment. The president embarrassed Northerners and their chiefs have complained bitterly about that. When I talked about his [Ex-Prez Mahama] wickedness, Ghanaians were crying due to Dumsor and high tariffs.”
When asked to dissociate herself from those words by the ranking member, she quizzed - “Are you trying to say that we cannot criticize? Are you saying that I don’t have my right to speak? My words weren’t an insults, it was a criticism!”
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WHAT I LISTENED TO YESTERDAY WAS NOTHING BEYOND ARROGANCE BORNE OUT OF LACK OF PROPER UPBRINGING AND COMMONSENSE. ARE THESE THE KIND OF PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BE ROLE MODELS FOR OUR CHILDREN. GOD SAVE GHANA!!!
WHAT DID SUHUYINU AND HIS COHORTS AT RADIO GOLD AND HIS ROGUE COLLEAGUES AT MONTIE FM NOT DO ON AIR??? THIS STUUUPID UPSTART SUHUYINU MUST KNOW THAT NANA ADDO IS PRESIDENT AND WHEN HE WAS CANDIDATE WAS SUBJECTED TO SCANDAL OUS VILIFICATION BY HIM AND HIS UNREPENTANT MISCREANTS !!! AS AN MP, AND SO-CALLED HONORABLE MEMBER HAS HE EVER THOUGHT IT WISE AND HONORABLE TO APOLOGISE TO THE PRESIDENT FOR ALL THE INCENDIARY RIGMAROLE AND EFFUSIONS??? SUHUYINU MUST RTEALIZE THAT HE WILL BE THE FIRST MP TO BE REMOVED FROM PARLIAMENT FOR UNCIVILIZED AND DISCOURTEOUS BEHAVIOUR!! SOME OF US EVEN WILL LIKE TO ELIMINATE HIM COMPLETELY!!!
Madam Djaba said the truth and why do you people hate the truth? Ask me why and I will prove it to you.
if these words you said, were meted to you i dont think you will be in a comfortable mood by now.as a citizen you dont use such words on your president it doesnt show respect and you have to correct yourself well
Hahahahah, another Hawa Yakubu-Ogeni in the making,even if she is not married , wouldn't marry someone like John Mahama, madam , i like your statement to expunge babys with sharp teeeth from the beginning , so they dont grow to enter our body politics via parliament.Mahama Ayarega where are the tractors you ve stolennn, coming days will definitely cast their shadows
There is no wisdom in this for the reason being even if the Minority on the vetting committee does not approve Agyarko's nomination, it will go to the floor of parliament for deliberation and voting. Now, what is the number of the minority compared to the majority? At the end of the day there is no way the minority could prevent Agyarko from becoming the substantive minister. So why would he want to give Bribe? IT'S A TOTAL LIE. Look at the people Okudzato is calling as witnesses; Nii Lantey and the likes. You guys are not wise because the angle with which you want to pay Agyarko back is so full of flaws.
SHE IS IN COMFORTABLE STAND KODUS
I like this lady for her courage. She is the kind of people we need to lead the country. When intelligent minds speaks the dummpp ones struggles to comprehend. I will marry such a character a million times. Well done Madam.
You have said it all. That is the reality. Like someone said, the west or the white will hail characters like Otiko but you will have some primitive individuals like Anita Desoso who have no clue how to even construct one credible sentence there speaking f00Olishly about this noble lady.