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Director of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akomea, says the MP
for Assin Central has been advised by the party to apologise to the Chairperson
of the Electoral Commission for his disparaging comments.
He says
the party did not only see the comment as “unfortunate” but also found it
“regrettable” hence the decision to have Kennedy Agyapong apologized.
“The
party has engaged him [Mr Agyapong] in the matter and the party has urged him
to do the honourable thing,” he told Sampson Anyenini Lardi, host of Joy
FM/MultiTV news analysis programme, Newsfile Saturday.
Mr Agyapong,
while addressing some NPP faithful, accused the EC Chair Charlotte Osei of
trading sex for her position
The
comment triggered severe backlash from leading female politicians, gender
activists with some calling on parliament to have the outspoken NPP MP
punished. A demonstration was also organised by some NDC women peeved at the
sex-for-job comment.
Executive
Director of the Ark Foundation, Angela Dwamena Aboagye, described the comment
made by the MP as “unacceptable.”
She
believes this cast doubts on how the Mr Agyapong was able to become a Member of
Parliament.
Editor-in-chief
of the New Crusading Guide Newspaper, Kweku Baako, was convinced the MP’s
comment denigrated both Parliament and the NPP as a whole.
He said
“It is not good PR or Public image for the party which Kennedy Agyapong belongs
to.”
The MP’s
party, the NPP, also came under severe attack with some persons accusing the
flagbearer, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of countenancing the behavior of the Mr
Agyapong.
Weeks
later, the MP said his comment was a joke. Speaking on Adom
FM, he said he was not expecting the media to hype it as it was done.
Mr Akomea
says the NPP equally reprimanded the MP contrary to what is believed by some
sections of Ghanaians.“There is no doubt this comment against women is terribly
unfortunate,” he said.
Lecturer
at GIMPA, Dr Jemima Nunoo
He,
however, believes the latest reaction of Mr Agyapong regarding the comment
means he has regretted but says “I wish he would have done the honourable thing
to apologise.”
Mr Akomea
says the constant attack on women in the country cuts across political divides,
adding, it is about time something was done about it.
Lecturer
at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA) Business
School, Dr Jemima Nunoo, could not comprehend why the MP will brush his comment
as a joke.
“Some
jokes are too expensive,” she said, adding, the MP should have known better
that his irresponsible comment was an attack on meritocracy in the Ghanaian
society.
He
believes the manner persons attribute the rise of women in the society to
everything but on grounds of merit should be discouraged immediately.
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