The Managing Editor of the Al-Hajj newspaper, Alhaji Iddrisu Bature says Ghanaians respect former Director of the National Cardiothoracic Centre, Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng more than President John Mills.
According to him, what Prof Frimpong Boateng has given to Ghana is bigger than what any president has given to this country, adding that regardless of people’s political, religious and tribal affiliations, Ghanaians revere the heart surgeon more than the President.
Speaking on Dwaso Nsem on Adom FM Thursday, he maintained that the sacrifices Prof Frimpong Boateng has made for the country necessitated his honorary title at the National Cardiothoracic Center (NCC).
Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng’s appointment was terminated last week by the Health Minister, Joseph Yieleh Chireh. The dismissal of the first black surgeon has raised a lot of issues with his colleague surgeons and nurses at the NCC embarking on strike to show their solidarity for their dismissed Director.
Alhaji Bature stressed that “saving a man’s life is no mean a joke at all and look at the amount of sacrifices this man has made for the country,”
He however said it was a mistake for Prof Frimpong to have entered into politics, because this has dented his image, resulting in his political opponents saying all sorts of things against him.
The staunch NDC activist said it is very sad for a person who has selflessly served the country diligently to receive this humiliation.
Meanwhile, the General Secretary for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie has described the decision as a move by the ruling NDC to victimize their political opponents.
Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie who is known in political circles as ‘Sir John’, argued that President Atta Mills before embarking on his trip to South Africa, was aware of plans to sack Prof Kwabena Frimpong Boateng.
He noted that it is therefore hypocritical on the part of President Atta Mills to give Prof Frimpong Boateng one month to prepare his handing over notes.
Kwadwo Owusu Afriyie said what President Atta Mills should have done was to tell Prof Frimpong Boateng that he can no longer work with him, because he (Frimpong Boateng) is a member of the opposition NPP rather saying it was due to the fact that Prof Frimpong Boateng had gone beyond the compulsory retirement of 60.
He added it is immature for President Atta Mills to sack Prof Frimpong Boateng based on retirement age.
Akuamoah Boateng/Adom News/Ghana
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