The National Democratic Congress (NDC) General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has assured that the discriminatory utterances by a presidential hopeful, Alban Bagbin, have not been on the blindside of the party.
Having already warned aspirants to ensure a clean campaign, Mr. Asiedu Nketia said the party was “taking steps to ensure that regulations will be [respected].”
This was in response to calls for Mr. Bagbin to be sanctioned for the derogatory comments.Mr. Bagbin, the Nadwoli Kaleo MP, told delegates in the Volta Region that the appointment of Dr. Edward Omane Boamah and Dr. Henry Seidu Danaa as Minister for Communications and Minister for Chieftaincy respectively, contributed to the NDC election 2016 defeat because the former was a stammerer, and the latter was visually impaired.
He suggested that these appointments affected the party.
Following this, Mr. Asiedu has cautioned against “offended parties also taking the law into their own hands and firing back.”
He also said “the various structures will look at all these issues and take the appropriate steps… when we talk about structures, some of them will do investigations, some of them will do fact-finding. If there is evidence, some of them will sit on it.”
Bagbin must resign
Mr. Bagbin’s comments have been met with calls for his resignation.
The NDC Deputy National Communications Officer, Jacob Atule Adongo, told Citi News he must immediately resignation, also demanded an apology.
“He [Alban Bagin] has disappointed me and has made comments that I think must lead him to resign as an MP and deputy speaker and apologize to all persons with disability.”
A flagbearer hopeful of the NDC, Goosie Tanoh, also disagreed with Mr. Bagbin for dismissing the capabilities of two of then-President John Mahama’s appointees.
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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa/citinewsroom.coom/Ghana
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