{"id":754456,"date":"2022-01-17T19:35:08","date_gmt":"2022-01-17T19:35:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/17\/my-folish-comment-in-response-to-earl-ankrahs-supposed-comment-was-inappropriate-gyampo\/"},"modified":"2022-01-17T19:35:08","modified_gmt":"2022-01-17T19:35:08","slug":"my-folish-comment-in-response-to-earl-ankrahs-supposed-comment-was-inappropriate-gyampo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/01\/17\/my-folish-comment-in-response-to-earl-ankrahs-supposed-comment-was-inappropriate-gyampo\/","title":{"rendered":"My \u2018f*olish\u2019 comment in response to Earl Ankrah\u2019s supposed comment was inappropriate \u2013 Gyampo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Prof.-Ransford-Gyampo-Lecturer-University-of-Ghana.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Secretary of the University of Ghana chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UG UTAG), Prof. Ransford Gyampo, has admitted that some comments he made about the Head of Public Affairs for the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), Earl Ankrah, were inappropriate.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in an interview on JoyNews\u2019\u00a0<strong>AM Show,\u00a0<\/strong>the Political Science lecturer said he will henceforth be more circumspect in his choice of words whenever making such public utterances.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI must admit that as a Christian, my attention has been drawn to my usage of the word \u2018foolish\u2019 as being inappropriate, and I have since not been happy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think I could have used a better word whether he said it or didn\u2019t say it. If I get the opportunity, I won\u2019t use those words publicly,\u201d he assured.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/22191989129,1002554\/MGL\/mgl_ado_atunwa_300x250 --><\/p>\n<p><strong>ALSO READ:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Prof Gyampo wades into Majority-Minority fiasco<\/p>\n<p>Parliament heading for another brawl if\u2026 Gyampo predicts<\/p>\n<p>Budget drama: Gyampo calls for more dialogue not showdowns<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Prof. Gyampo took a swipe at Earl Ankrah in a Facebook post, following claims that the latter had asked aggrieved labour unions to resign if they were not satisfied with their conditions of service.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote: \u201cTelling teachers that if they aren\u2019t happy with their conditions of service, they should resign is the most foolish talk that can only proceed from the buccal cavity of a small-minded person who couldn\u2019t fully benefit from formal education.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The FWSC has responded, saying Earl Ankrah\u2019s words were taken out of context.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/drive.google.com\/file\/d\/10ueeZuNlw2kltcQoHlgTtbb4pma14U5o\/preview\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" allow=\"autoplay\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>However, Prof. Gyampo wants the Fair Wages\u2019 Head of Public Affairs to clarify his statement to avoid misinterpretations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy position is clear. He must publicly clarify that he never said that if we\u2019re not happy with the conditions of service, we must resign.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf he\u2019s able to publicly clarify, then I\u2019d also know how to tweak my response, but generally, as they say, the one cutting the path doesn\u2019t know his back is crooked. So I have decent people behind me who\u2019d also counsel me,\u201d he said in response to a question that asked whether he would apologise for his comments.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"JOg4rtnm23U\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"UTAG strike: If I have to respond I won&#039;t use those words - Prof Gyampo to FWSC\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JOg4rtnm23U?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"z7Owf6wQZok\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Adom TV News (17-1-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/z7Owf6wQZok?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Secretary of the University of Ghana chapter of the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UG UTAG), Prof. Ransford Gyampo, has admitted that some comments he made about the Head of Public Affairs for the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission (FWSC), Earl Ankrah, were inappropriate. Speaking in an interview on JoyNews\u2019\u00a0AM Show,\u00a0the Political Science lecturer said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":280902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[187],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-754456","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754456","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=754456"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/754456\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=754456"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=754456"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=754456"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}