North Tongu Member of Parliament, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has asked President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to retract his response to the Chief of Aflao over the abandoned E-Block in the area.
Mr Ablakwa said Mr Akufo-Addo’s response smacks of disrespect and condescension.
President Akufo-Addo has said most of the E-block projects started by the Mahama administration have been completed by his government.
Others are also at various stages of completion, he said.
His comments came after the Chief of Aflao The Paramount Chief of the Aflao Traditional Area, Torgbui Adzonugaga Amenya Fiti, had given the government a four-month ultimatum to open the e-block community day senior high school which in his view, has stalled since 2016.
The ¢9 million project which was part of some 200 classroom blocks the erstwhile Mahama administration started was supposed to have some 26 classrooms attached and 5 departments including a science block.
Torgbui Adzonugaga Amenya Fiti speaking with the Minority side of the Education Committee who toured the uncompleted school buildings in the Ketu South constituency says, government’s approach to education is appalling.
“After senior high school education, the next degree that my people have to do is to go to border and go and do kayayo, no school.
“The only school that we have is the RC Senior High School that belongs to the Catholic Mission Minor Seminary. So this thick population have no place to go and people sit down in that big hall called parliament and not thinking about Aflao, a place after the Tema Harbour, the next revenue generation is from the Aflao border.
“I had to push the former President Mahama for the structure to be constructed over there. I had to be running from here to Accra begging. Should we beg for education?”
But Mr Akufo-Addo questioned why the Chief is giving the sector minister an ultimatum. He said on Peace FM Thursday, October 21 that “Many of the E-blocks are being worked on across the country.
“Is he [Aflao Chief] the one to give the minister ultimatum then he should go ahead and complete the project.”
Reacting to President Akufo-Addo’s comment, Mr Ablakwa said in a Facebook post that “Our revered chiefs and custodians of our proud traditions deserve utmost respect at all times regardless of which part of the country they exercise their authority.
“The venerable Torgbui Adzongaga Amenya Fiti V and the people of Aflao deserve an immediate retraction and apology from President Akufo-Addo.
“No chief anywhere in Ghana should be spoken to with such derision, disrespect and condescension.
“Torgbui Fiti V rather deserves commendation for his courage in speaking out against the reckless wasteful culture of abandoning inherited projects.
“We are one people united in our collective successes and challenges; intemperate language from the President who ordinarily should be strengthening national cohesion with his pronouncements ought to be condemned by all well meaning Ghanaians.”
Source: 3news.com
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Guys lets all be decorous in our comments . In fact the Chief should not have issued ultimatums to the government but rather appeal to them to complete the project since the community is severely affected by the lack of completion of the project. Also I think the president should not have responded in that manner. As a leader there are some comments you have to ignore so you don't fall into public vitriolic traps. Simple saying we will do our best to complete the project is enough. This will have even disarm the chief if he is being propaganda mouth piece of the opposition.
Ablakwa should give us a break
Indeed, this is the POT calling the Kettle BLACK. MP Okudzeto, who is more disrespectful than you. Other than that, why would late JJ include you in the "babies with sharp teeth" description. Pls stop making politics that cheap & unattractive. Long live Ghana, Long live the President.
What was the level of completion of the E -block on January 7, 2017 and now. Has there not been ongoing construction work on the project? If there is, then the chief's comment were politically jaundiced and he received the appropriate response. " Go and do it yourself!"
2024 elections should be about electing those who have one way or another have achieved success in their private or public enterprises. Ghanaians should not elect non achievers to represent them in government. This should not be restricted to only those who have had a formal education. Only achievers and their lot would improve.
***barred word*** ***barred word*** gyimigyimii Samuel okudzeto ablakwah
Okudzeto n his cohorts only find voices wen it is about people not in his party. Akyem mafia comment was not disrespectful and condescending. Cheap cheap partisanship.
Use1ess MP go back and advise your propaganda chief; elsewhere you are not qualified to be a member of parliament. Baby with sharp teeth.
Chiefs are revered if only they exhibit reverence. If a chief starts talking ***barred word***, he will be replied with ***barred word***. Why does Ablakwa think that it is OK for a chief to give ultimatums to government, but it is wrong if government responds? Is he the only chief in the country where development is lacking?
All Parliamentarians should donate half of the amount of their Car Loans and give it to the Chief or the Educational Minister to use to complete the Projects Honorables that is what I will see as Patriotisms and love for Mother Ghana