Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah, a former Chief of Defence Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces has chastised the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for being 'troublesome'.
"The people have already intended to be troublesome and it's bad; it's sad," he said in reaction to the hullabaloo surrounding a new voters' register.
The former National Security Advisor to the late Prof. John Evans Atta Mills was speaking in a one-on-one interview on Me Man Nti programme on Neat FM said there is no way President Akufo-Addo will do anything to jeopardize this country and that since he is the President, he should be allowed to make decisions in the interest of the country.
"Akufo-Addo is not going to do anything which will harm Ghana . . . So why should the NDC fight him over a new voters' register? I don't think Akufo-Addo will intentionally do anything that will harm the country. Is he not a Ghanaian?"
According to him, "compiling a new voters' register should not be a source of tension".
"Why should I raise hell over a new voters' register? We need to stop it. If you are a bad person, you suspect every other person is also bad . . . we should think Ghana first," he added.
Meanwhile, the largest opposition NDC has accused two bodies: National Identification Authority (NIA) and the Electoral Commission (EC) of conniving to disenfranchise Ghanaian youths all in a bid to rig the elections in favour of the ruling NPP government.
EC's Denial
The Electoral Commission (EC) has denied claims by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the Commission is plotting to rig the 2020 elections in favour of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).
In a press statement signed by its acting Director of Public Affairs, Mrs Sylvia Annor, the EC described the allegations as a calculated attempt by the NDC to tarnish the image of the Commission.
"It is impossible for the Commission to conspire with any political party or institution as is being speculated by Mr Ofosu-Ampofo and the NDC since the electoral process remains transparent at all levels,” the EC said.
NIA not conspiring with EC
The National Identification Authority (NIA) has reacted to the allegation by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) that it was conspiring with the Electoral Commission (EC) to rig the 2020 general elections in favour of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The NIA in a press statement on Friday challenged the NDC to provide evidence to support the allegation.
“NIA is not part of the election management architecture in Ghana. There is no conspiracy between NIA and EC to rig the 2020 elections. Election rigging is a serious criminal matter with dire political, economic and social consequences for any nation.
“Any person, party or institution alleging such a criminal conspiracy has a duty to report same to the police and provide the requisite evidence to support investigations and/or prosecution,” the NIA said.
Listen to Nunoo-Mensah in the video below
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Well said the EC must be allowed to do her own thing
Why Bg Nuno cannot find out from Kelvin Taylor the following allegations he always mentioned and get all documents for the govt to deal with: SSNIT SCANDAL BY KEN OFORI, AMERI DEAL, MISSIN EXCAVATORS, BOST SCANDAL, KROLL SCANDAL, AKER OIL DEAL, 700 TRICYCLES KELNI GVG and PDS SCANDAL
They problem with the NDC is about their leader. They've come to realize that they can't win the elections with Mahama. What they're doing now is to look for an excuses to cover their defeat. Mahama has discredited himself with so many scandals which have attracted international concern. It started with Ndebugri bribery with money and car, followed by money and Ford. Airbus also came to pass and now is Karl power bank which led to the dismissal of TOR CEO.. Mahama would have started answering questions if not the COVID19. The bottom line is that, the NDC have seen they cannot win elections with somebody with allege criminal allegations which will also affect the country's reputation.
"if you are a bad person, you suspect every person is a bad person". Quoting from an akan proverb, "anyone who cuts the head of others by the knife, is afraid to lie prostate".
Well said Mr Nunoo Mensah. EC should start voters register now and all COVID 19 politics and games by NDC will stop.
The man is speaking sense. listen to the audio before you comment!.
General Nunoo has lost touch with tradition of coup masters and vote riggers who used bomb throwing to overthrow Dr Nkrumah and later banned his party to usurp power in 1969. Under Kuffour, they created artificial shortage of registration materials in NDC Strongholds to enable them disenfranchise NDC voters after which declared themselves winners of 2004 elections. Today, the strategy is to use the Nana card to disqualify millions of voters in Volta, Northern and Greater Accra after scheming to remove Shallot Osei and other commissioners and replace them with Akyem Mafia.
obviously the old man does not understand the issues if indeed he said that but that is his opinion but he has no right to forced his opinion on NDC if he does not believe in the fact that this uselessss government will plunge this country into chaos with what they are doing with the EC to make a lot of people in so many places not getting opportunity to register then i will question his so called knowledge about issues of national security because this is a serious threat to national security if people do not get their names on the voters register if indeed that comes on
B. Gen, if you talk like that the babies with sharp teeth will descend on you ooo. Remember what they did to Allotey.
I listened to him on neat fm. He never said what is being reported here. He didn't even talked about what nana addo would or wouldn't do. He only said nana addo has been a friend in the past. I now understand why the NDC say the media is in bed with the ruling government. They always want to create confusion. This bogus headline is just to ensnare some NDC supporters to start insulting this man, so he can also come and respond and the circle goes on. Shame on you guys.