Deputy Minister of Environment Science and Technology, Dr. Edward Omane-Boamah says those endorsing the “all die be die” comments need psychiatric examination.
He was speaking on Metro TV Good Morning Ghana Show. Dr. Omane-Boamah, even though did not mention names, he noted that just like people who commit incest need psychiatric examination, likewise those who say “all die be die”.
Earlier, his co-panelist, Youth Organizer of the CPP, James Kwabena Bomfeh had said Ghana “needs more psychiatric hospitals in Ghana to examine people who commit incest.” To this, Dr. Omane-Boamah interjected saying “yes we need more psychiatric hospitals to examine all these people, including those who say ‘all die be die’”.
Early on, in the programme, he also accused the Executive Secretary of Danquah Institute, Gabby Okyere-Darko of deliberately avoiding to appear on the show to avoid commenting on the “all die be die” issue. “Myself and Gabby come on this show every Tuesday but today he has swerved the show because he does not want to talk about ‘all die be die’ —in fact Gabby and Nana Akomea have been dodging the ‘all die be die’ statement since,” he said.
Dr. Omane-Boamah said those who claim “all die be die” should be abreast with problems facing different Ghanaians and they would know that “all die not be same die”.
The panelists also discussed issues about how squatters across the capital, Accra, are impeding smooth development, particularly around the Korle Lagoon, Agbogbloshie, Sodom and Gomorrah, West Legon and other parts of the city. The Deputy Minister said an effective plan has been designed to ensure that within the next two to three weeks, squatters around the Korle Lagoon, Sodom and Gomorrah and Agbogbloshie would begin a resettlement process.
Mr. Bomfeh, aka, Kabila said there was no justification in allowing squatters to mass up, provide them with utility and collect revenue from them and when they become problematic “we want to oust them to score political points.” “We need to arrest the squatting problem as it emerges before it becomes a human rights issue when they have grown and [that is why] we want to evict them,” he said.
Source: Adom FM