The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is accusing Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia of stoking the flames of tribalism in his recent interaction with Kwami Sefa Kayi on Peace FM.
Dr Bawumia in an exclusive interview on Tuesday, justified the intention of the NPP administration to construct an airport in the Central Region.
He asked why those opposing this decision didn’t do so when an airport was being constructed in the Volta Region.
“It is an idea whose time has come . . . there’s more of a case for an airport in Cape Coast than there was for an airport in Ho. But I didn’t see a lot of resistance to the airport in Ho as I’m seeing the airport in Cape Coast; but in terms of tourist potential Cape Coast is bigger. It’s fine we have an airport in Ho but I’m saying that the economic case is stronger in Cape Coast; much stronger,” he intimated on "Kokrokoo".
Dzifa Tegah, a member of the Communication team of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) described his comments as unfortunate.
“He should have gone ahead to make his comments, bringing in Ho airport was needless. There wasn’t any need for comparison; comparing Ho to Cape Coast; it was completely unnecessary,” she said on Neat FM's "Me Man Nti" show.
But in a sharp rebuttal on the same platform, Madam Ellen Ama Darku, a member of the Communication team of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) dismissed her assertions, insisting there was "nothing wrong with the Vice President's comment".
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