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A member of the Government�s Communication Team, Felix Ofosu Kwakye, says it is absurd how members of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) try to hush him up by bringing up the issue of his �small boy� status anytime he questions the aptitude of their flag bearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, to run for the highest office of the land. To him, if the NPP considers his critique of their presidential candidate, who they believe is a self-made politician to be in bad taste, for the simple reason that he (Felix) is a �small boy�, they should also in like manner tame the mouth of some of their communicators, especially Sammy Awuku and Samuel Abu Jinapor, since they are equally guilty of slamming President Mills, a University Lecturer and a Professor of Law. �Does the NPP only want people of Methuselah�s age to criticize Nana Addo?� he asked. Clearly irritated by comments from the NPP directed at his age, Felix, who disclosed that he is in his thirties, stated on PeaceFM�s �Kokrokoo� programme that empirical evidence shows Nana Addo was a vociferous critic of the late Kutu �Acheampong�s government at the age of thirty three�. To him, so long as political parties continue to campaign to the youth, some of whom are eighteen years old and above, �they should be prepared to take criticism from them�. He minced no words in labeling the NPP a �hypocritical institution� made up of hypocrites who are quick to jump on him for wrongs they themselves cannot claim not to have committed before. �Samuel Awuku, either I am older than him or we are of the same age, had the guts to stand in front of TESCON members and call the IGP a hapless son of a woman (obaa ba)�At that time, didn�t they (NPP) know that younger persons should season their words when talking to older people? Abu Jinapor can also sit on radio and call the president a hypocrite�isn�t this also disrespectful?� he quizzed. Ofosu Kwakye, who also doubles as the Executive Director of Research and Advocacy Platform (RAP), a youth advocacy group within the ruling NDC, admitted describing the NPP Presidential candidate as �irresponsible� for issuing a �goodwill� message to president Mills.