NPP:Sack Kobby Acheampong as Minister

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has called on President Mills to remove Mr. Kwabena Acheampong from the position of Deputy Minister of State.

The NPP said in a statement on Monday signed by Communications Director Nana Akomea that, “Mr. Acheampong’s insulting behavior, rudeness and arrogance does not befit the high position of Deputy Minister and is a disgrace to governance in our country”.

The statement recalled that, “in the run-up to the 2008 elections, Mr. Acheampong’s insulting behavior, rudeness and arrogance as a political activist directly led to his removal as a lecturer in Communication Studies at The African University College of Communications.

“Mr. Acheampong in recent times has insulted and denigrated residents of Kumasi and the countryside, by his “infamous” “cocoase kurasenii” outburst.

Mr. Acheampong again, just last week, unprovoked, has described the NPP Flagbearer Nana Akufo-Addo, as an untidy person and a fruitcake (mad)” the statement noted.

The NPP therefore said Mr. Acheampong’s outburst and insults directly makes nonsense of President Mills’ constant admonition against the politics of insults.

“It also threatens to throw political discourse in our country into free for all denigrations and insults.

The NPP believes our political discourse and governance should be spared the indecency that the likes of Mr. Acheampong represent.

The statement therefore believes this call on President Mills to foster decency in our political discourse by relieving Mr. Acheampong of his post as Deputy Minister.

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