The Ashanti Regional Chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr. Frederick Fredua Anto has taken a swipe at the Minister for Trade and Industry Haruna Iddrisu, who doubles as a member of the Appointment Committee of parliament, describing a question he asked the Ashanti Regional Minister designate during his session at the appointment committee as ethnocentric.
Hon Haruna Iddrisu wanted to find out from Mr. Samuel Sarpong during his vetting if other ethnic groups; particularly those from the northern and Volta extraction were safe in the Ashanti region.
His question raised a lot of eye brows within the Ashanti regional caucus of parliament; demanding that he (Haruna Iddrisu) retracts and apologizes for his comments.
Speaking to King Edward on Kumasi based Hello FM, an affiliate station of peace FM, the Ashanti regional chairman described the minister for trade and industry as a 'kid' who did not know what he was about.
According to him, the question he posed during the vetting could have sparked war if it were any other country, adding it was highly unnecessary for him to have asked that question in the first place.
�His apology is not enough�he should do something sensible rather than apologizing. I wonder if his wife is really an Ashanti�, the chairman who was fumed with anger inquired and added that �he should come out with something better than just retracting and apologizing��
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