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A heated verbal spat occurred on the airwaves of AsempaFM on Thursday between two gentlemen; one a senior journalist and the other a National Executive Officer of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC). The bone of contention had to do with the absence of former President Rawlings at Wednesday�s Founder�s Day Celebration which took place at the Kwame Nkrumah Mausoleum. The fiery barney ensued between the Managing Editor of the �Al-Hajj� newspaper, Alhaji Iddrisu Bature and Deputy General Secretary of the NDC who also doubles as spokesperson for the Rawlingses, Kofi Adams when the host of the Accra-based radio station�s �Ekosei sen� mid-afternoon political talkshow, Bobie Ansah, tried to find out why Mr. Rawlings failed to attend the Founder's Day Celebration. The Founder�s Day, instituted two years ago, is marked on 21st September to commemorate the birthday of Ghana�s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah. President John Evans Atta Mills endorsed 21st September of every year to be celebrated in memory of the first President of Ghana. This is in recognition of his foresight and fortitude which led to Ghana's attainment of independence from British colonial rule in 1957. Expatiating on the matter, Kofi Adams first denied ever saying that the Kufuor administration frustrated Mr. Rawlings in his bid to set up a foundation. However, Mr. Bature, who was reacting to this piece of information, maintained that Kofi Adams did say in an interview with Citi Fm that the Kufuor administration sabotaged the Ex-President in his plans to set up a foundation. Though Kofi Adams denied the statement attributed to him, Mr. Bature still insisted adding that; �This is totally false and I don�t expect Kofi Adams to be embarrassing the former President with this kind of statements. There is no evidence to support that.� Not enthused by Alhaji Bature�s assertions, Kofi Adams quickly interjected by stating that he has always come to know that he (Bature), does listen to social issues with �jaundiced ears�.