{"id":401586,"date":"2017-07-15T15:54:18","date_gmt":"2017-07-15T15:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/07\/15\/ahomka-lindsay-missed-the-point-attitude-appeared-arrogant-loh\/"},"modified":"2017-07-15T15:54:18","modified_gmt":"2017-07-15T15:54:18","slug":"ahomka-lindsay-missed-the-point-attitude-appeared-arrogant-loh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/07\/15\/ahomka-lindsay-missed-the-point-attitude-appeared-arrogant-loh\/","title":{"rendered":"Ahomka Lindsay missed the point, attitude; appeared arrogant – Loh"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Former Member of Parliament for Dayi Constituency says the Deputy Trades Minister lost the fact that he is now a politician and not a diasporan, as he wanted to be seen by the Diasporan community he addressed.<\/p>\n

George Loh says Robert Ahomka Lindsay now comes in a political cloak and that is how he is going to be judged.<\/p>\n

He told the host of Newsfile on Joy FM\/MultiTV, Samson Lardy Anyenini, Saturday that\u00a0although he understands what he wants to say, the former Ghana Investment Promotion Center boss during Kufuor\u2019s era mistook the capacity he was speaking.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has not been in the political space, he was always been in the corporate space\u2026in the public space, it transposed that attitude [corporate mentality] of arrogance.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe appeared arrogant to people sitting back because the measure of judgement is different and he didn\u2019t seem to have made the impact that he wants to make,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Deputy Trade Minister Robert Ahomka Lindsay has come under heavy public backlash for describing Ghanaians in the diaspora as \u201cwhiners\u201d about conditions in the country.<\/p>\n

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Deputy Trade Minister Robert Ahomka Lindsay<\/b><\/p>\n

Speaking at an event organised by the diaspora community in Accra last week, the Deputy Minister was unhappy about complaints by members of the diaspora about challenges they faced in accessing government officials in their bid to return home and invest in the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cNobody likes whiners, people that spend all the time whining all the time really get on people\u2019s nerves so stop whining,\u201d the Deputy Minister said at the Diaspora Homecoming Summit at the Accra International Conference Centre on Thursday.<\/p>\n

He entreated the investors to spend the time to understand the process and avoid taking shortcuts because that can only get them into trouble.<\/p>\n

Mr Ahomka-Lindsay later came out to explain that he was taken out of context stressing that his comments\u00a0were not meant to offend Ghanaians.<\/p>\n

\u201cI wish to assure the people of Ghana and all those who have been offended by my comments that I did not in any way intend to sound offensive in my presentation,\u201d he noted on Thursday.<\/p>\n

But, Mr Loh warned those in the corporate world who get to\u00a0serve the public\u00a0in a political capacity ought to understand that in the political space the accountability and standard demanded from them is different.<\/p>\n

He observed that Ghanaians attitude of speaking the truth being equated to being arrogant.<\/p>\n

\u201cMany of us have been tagged as too known and arrogant because you say things the way they have to be said because you feel strongly about them.<\/p>\n

\u201cHard luck for him, he is a politician\u2026he missed the point, attitude and he appeared arrogant,\u201d Mr Loh said.<\/p>\n

Contributing to the discussion, National Youth Authority CEO, Emmanuel Asigiri, bemoaned the fact that what the Deputy Minister said was taken out of context by most people.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you get the chance to listen to the whole tape you would appreciate what he said\u2026his delivery was excellent but he got caught up in what Mr Loh was talking about being at the other side.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen you find yourself at the other side, you need to be careful of what kind of things come out of your mouth and some of us will be very careful,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Also commenting on the issue, Editor-in-chief of the Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kweku Baako believes there was a trigger and not just Ahomka Linsay\u2019s comments.<\/p>\n

He complained about how key government officers connected to the event only came to deliver their messages and leave without sitting down to follow the discussions.<\/p>\n

Mr Baako said the programme should have been properly organised considering the premium government has placed on it.<\/p>\n

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