President Nana Akufo-Addo missed a fine opportunity to send a strong signal to his appointees on his “robustness”, when he failed to take the first step in getting the deputy minister for agriculture out of office, A.B.A. Fuseini assessed.
Mr. William Quaitoo whom until Tuesday evening was the deputy minister for agriculture resigned following incessant pressure on him to do so. He was accused of insulting people from the north when he called them “difficult people”.
He was responding to farmers’ agitations on the level of destruction caused by the fall armyworms on their farms. He had retracted and apologised for his explosive and ethnocentric comments, but failed to impress his accusers who insisted on his resignation. The presidency confirmed his resignation and announced it was accepted by President Akufo-Addo on Tuesday.
But the Member of Parliament for Sagnarigu, in the Northern Region, Alhaji A.B.A. Fuseini believes the minister should have been fired instead of resigning. Alhaji A.B.A. Fuseini had wanted the minister fired by the president.
The MP was however part of the Minority in Parliament who gave him the first option to resign. Though some persons in government condemned Mr. Quaitoo, there was no official government statement on his unguarded utterance.
Alhaji Fuseini discredited the presidency on that score and told TV3 Tuesday that the gravity of the offence should have attracted a government statement at least. Though he welcomed the deputy minister’s resignation, he said being sacked by the president would have “served a better purpose”.
The president should have “fired him to send a strong signal that public office is not for people to come and showcase their anger” on people. The MP explained that the president should have issued “a very strong statement, to come out and state that [the president] will not take this kind of arrogance from his ministers, appointees”. He commended a presidential staffer Clara Napaga Tia Sulemana who condemned Mr. Quaitoo, asserting that the issue transcends beyond politics. Mr. William Quaitoo is the Member of Parliament of Akim Oda constituency in the Eastern Region.
Source: 3news.com
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ITS SAD TO READ THESE COMMENTS ABOUT OUR OWN FELLOW GHANAIANS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE THEY SHARE A COUNTRY AND IN SOME CASES BLOOD WITH. THESE SAME PEOPLE ARE DISGUSTED BY TRUMP WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT BLACKS AND ARE SAD ABOUT SLAVERY AND DEMEANING OF OTHER HUMAN BEINGS. BUT HERE WE ARE DOING THIS BECAUSE A GROUP OF PEOPLE ARE FROM THE NORTHERN PART OF YOUR OWN COUNTRY. NO HUMAN IS BETTER THAN ANOTHER. SHAME ON YOU ALL.. SHAME
every body in Ghana and elsewhere knows that moslems are very difficult people to deal with. ndc said worst things than an mp just saying "difficult people". this time you will stay in opposition for years because there is no way you can lie your way to power. free shs has come therefore people will go to school basaaaa. ABA fuseini, Otanii ab0a should ***barred word*** and eat his dog meat whiles in opposition.ndc cannot teach npp anything in politics because their founder never believe democracy but had no choice. ***barred word***
Northerners behave like animals...when did difficult become an insult? They themselves know they have annimal-like behaviors...mtchwee !!!
Another stuuuuupid NDC man who talks as if he was not conceived and born by a woman being.A good leader is capable and has what it takes to choose leaders who recognize their responsibilities and when they goof they accept and become solely responsible for their deeds and resign on their own accord when it is expedient to do so. This quality of Leadership and maturity is alien to NDC. No wonder Mr Fuseini
@Nketiah, thank you very much. Since when did "difficult" becomes an insult?
Who is A B A Fusieni,he should give us a break or he thinks he is still in power.***barred word*** talk,he should go and fired him.
N Wen did "difficult people" became an insult. However is he wrong? U people know u r difficult. Hypocrisy at its best. others made more dangerous comments then this but no one called for their heads . inferiority complex is killing northerners. Stop exposing yourselves n get a life.shame on dos who called for his resignation. Difficult people. Lol
and ndc ple and the phrase "should have...." they always know the good thing that should have been done but never did anything good. I am not trying to be tribalistic here but truth be told northerners are the most complicated ple you can ever deal with. their level of understanding issues is so weird. the minister could not handle his anger and i understand. i may have exploded the same way if i were to be dealing with those ple. they are too difficult and i dont know why.
Dear Mr. president and the MP of tema east, please on behave of the unemployed youth who have struggle to put up containers to fund themselves, THE new metropolitan assembly engineer is fighting hard just to demolish we the citizens of Ghana containers. so how do we survive without a job. what does this government want us to do? is it prostitution/ robbery.? please sit down the new METROPOLIAN CHIEF EXECUTIVE DOWN. they are trying hard to sabotage your administration. thank you.
Dear Mr. president and the MP of tema east, please on behave of the employed youth who have struggle to put up containers to fund themselves, THE new metropolitan assembly engineer is fighting hard just to demolish we the citizens of Ghana containers. so how do we survive without a job. what does this government want us to do? is it prostitution/ robbery.? please sit dowm the new METROPOLIAN CHIEF EXECUTIVE DOWN. they are trying hard to sabotage your administration. thank you.