{"id":1178735,"date":"2022-08-15T14:59:57","date_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:59:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/15\/god-is-my-witness-i-never-said-northerners-are-only-fit-for-vice-president-position-hopeson-adorye-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-08-15T14:59:57","modified_gmt":"2022-08-15T14:59:57","slug":"god-is-my-witness-i-never-said-northerners-are-only-fit-for-vice-president-position-hopeson-adorye-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/08\/15\/god-is-my-witness-i-never-said-northerners-are-only-fit-for-vice-president-position-hopeson-adorye-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cGod Is My Witness\u201d, I Never Said Northerners Are \u2018Only Fit For Vice President Position\u2019 &#8211; Hopeson Adorye | Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>A leading member of\u00a0Alan Kyerematen&#8217;s NPP flagbearership campaign team, Hopeson Adorye says some comments he made during a pro-Alan walk in the Ashanti Region over the weekend have been twisted to mar the beauty of the event. \u00a0\u00a0<br \/>Addressing thousands of Alan Kyerematen&#8217;s supporters in a walk dubbed \u201c<strong>Walk for Alan<\/strong>\u201d Hopeson Adorye said: \u201c<em>There is one thing I am going to say. The NPP has a tradition. Our tradition is Busia, Danquah and Dombo. Danquah represents Eastern Region and the bottom (south), Danquah represents Ashanti Region and the Bono areas, while Dombo represents Northern Region<\/em>\u201d.\u00a0<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>He continued: \u201c<em>whenever a Dankwa leads the party, the Busia side steps aside but there is a Dombo and whenever a Busia lead, the Dankwa side steps aside but there is a Dombo. As for the Dombos, they are always there.<\/em>\u201d<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>His comments have generated heated arguments within the NPP; with some even calling on Alan Kyerematen to condemn Hopeson\u2019s ethnocentric statement.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>But, Hopeson Adorye in an interview with <strong>NEAT FM<\/strong>\u2019s morning show, <em>Ghana Montie<\/em> maintained that, \u201c<em>There is nothing wrong with what I said<\/em>\u201d.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>According to him, media reports on his speech heightened tension.<br \/>\u00a0<br \/>\u201c<em>There is a viral video regarding my comments, so what is wrong with what I said. I never said Northerners are only fit for vice president position as reported,<\/em>\u201d he noted.\u00a0 <br \/>\u00a0<br \/>Adding that, \u201c<em>God is my witness, I never said that<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<h3><strong\/><\/h3>\n<p><span class=\"peace_black_text_4\">Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo\/peacefmonline.com\/ghana<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" style=\"clear:both\">\n<tr>\n<td><span class=\"peace_red_text_1\">Disclaimer<\/span>: <span class=\"peace_ash_text_1\">Opinions expressed here are those of the writers and do not reflect those of Peacefmonline.com. Peacefmonline.com accepts no responsibility legal or otherwise for their accuracy of . 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