{"id":275285,"date":"2011-02-02T04:49:49","date_gmt":"2011-02-02T04:49:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/?p=50464"},"modified":"2011-02-02T04:49:49","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T04:49:49","slug":"npp-chides-critics-over-nana-addos-bottoms-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/02\/02\/npp-chides-critics-over-nana-addos-bottoms-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP Chides Critics Over Nana Addo\u2019s \u201cBottoms\u201d Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure id=\"attachment_28300\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28300\" style=\"width: 280px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-28300\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2010\/10\/30\/akufo-addo-mourns-lawyer-appiah-in-tamale\/akufo_nana_addo3-2\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-28300\" title=\"akufo_nana_addo3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/10\/akufo_nana_addo32.jpg\" alt=\"Nana Akufo-Addo\" width=\"280\" height=\"274\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28300\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe Opposition New Patriotic Party  says it care less about how their political opponent, particularly the  National Democratic Congress (NDC), would want to interpret the  Flagbearer\u2019s tribute to the late Theresa Amerley Tagoe.<br \/>\nIn the  said tribute to the late Member of Parliament for Ablekuma South  Constituency, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo referred to Volta Hall, the  all-female hall at the University of Ghana as \u201cthe cynosure of all  healthy young males at Legon\u201d.<br \/>\nAkufo-Addo continued in his  tribute that \u201cit was during our time at Legon that for the rest of her  life, I came to call her \u2018Bottoms\u2019 as against the more familiar \u2018TT\u2019.  The origin of the nickname will continue to remain confidential between  us\u201d.<br \/>\nThe mere mention of the nick name and the confidentiality  behind it seems to have stirred controversy, and interest into what  exactly is the story line behind the name, \u2018Bottoms\u2019.<br \/>\nMany,  especially opponents of the NPP are finding it hard to comprehend the  thought of these references, especially in a tribute where one is  expected to honour the memory of the departed.<br \/>\nIn an interview  with the party\u2019s Deputy Communications Director, Perry Okudzeto, he says  Nana Addo\u2019s tribute had no secret meanings and intentions and would not  want to be dragged into offering explanations.<br \/>\n\u201cNana Addo has  paid a tribute to Theresa Tagoe; it is up to Theresa Tagoe for her soul  to rest in peace. It is not for us to determine whether what he said was  good in the eyes of the political opponent or not,\u201d Perry Okudzeto was  speaking in an interview with Emefa Apawu, host of the Big Bite on Xfm  95.1, a privately owned commercial radio station in Accra.<br \/>\nHe  says, \u201cNana Addo has said what he had to say. We have buried a friend, a  mother and someone who has contributed immensely to the building of our  party, especially, to the building of the Women\u2019s wing of our party. We  cherish her; all we did was to remember the fond memories of what we  shared with her. As to whether people want to interpret it as whatever,  it is their problem; we have buried our departed and we have said what  we have to say in burying her\u201d.<br \/>\nMr. Okudzeto also wondered the  new twist to Ghana\u2019s politics, remarking, \u201cGhanaian politics sometimes  discern into a certain realm that worries some of us.\u201d<br \/>\n\u201cSo if you  are a political figure in Ghana, or you want to be a politician in  Ghana, are we saying that you simply cannot crack jokes, you cannot be  sincere, and you cannot create humour? Is that what we are saying in  Ghana?&#8230;So a flagbearer of a political party writes a tribute to a  friend\u2026 and people want to turn it into political football and play it  all over,\u201d he observed.<br \/>\nTheresa Tagoe was MP of the Ablekuma  South Constituency in 1996 when she was elected as an MP for Ablekumka  South and won two subsequent elections to retain the seat until her  decision not to contest in 2008, which coincidentally led the NPP to  concede that seat to the National Democratic Congress (NDC).<br \/>\nSource: Abena Asiedua Tenkorang\/Xfm 95.1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Opposition New Patriotic Party says it care less about how their political opponent, particularly the National Democratic Congress (NDC), would want to interpret the Flagbearer\u2019s tribute to the late Theresa Amerley Tagoe. 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