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The Member of Parliament (MP) for Ketu South, Dzifa Abla Gomashie, has criticized Majority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin\u2019s remarks about Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, describing them as culturally and professionally unacceptable.<\/p>\n
On Monday, the Minority caucus took exception to the Majority Leader\u2019s claim that the selection of Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, a woman in her 70s, as the NDC\u2019s running mate, signifies a lack of succession planning and visionary leadership within the NDC.<\/p>\n
The Majority Leader\u2019s initial refusal to retract his comment as demanded by the minority caucus led to a disruption in the debate, prompting the Second Deputy Speaker, Andrew Asiamah Amoako, to suspend the house\u2019s proceedings.<\/p>\n
However, when the house resumed sitting, Mr Afenyo-Markin withdrew his statement, saying, \u201cColleagues expressed a concern about the issue of age. Mr Speaker, the submission was to the effect that our opponents don\u2019t have a clear succession plan for the future [and] not to denigrate their running mate based on age. So I withdraw that aspect of the submission that referred to her age as the basis of my contention.\u201d<\/p>\n
Speaking on the matter in an Eyewitness News<\/strong> interview on Citi FM<\/strong> on Monday with Selorm Adonoo, the Ketu South MP stated \u201cI think that it\u2019s unfair. It is culturally unacceptable, professionally unacceptable,\u201d adding that she would not tolerate anyone undermining Prof Opoku-Agyemang, given her accomplishments.<\/p>\nShe also declared that Ghanaian women would not allow anyone to take their peers for granted. The MP thus called on her colleagues to be mindful of their words.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe the women of Ghana will not tolerate anybody running one of the [women] who has dared to achieve what we want, to bring them down with language that is not edifying, that is not celebratory. That is not empowering we will not sit down and have that happen because there are too few women who have dared to do the things that we want to do.<\/p>\n
\u201cNana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, our president is older. Is he not still leading this country? All these that he has done abysmally. Do we say that we should clear him off and call him all kinds of things because he is over 80, NO.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll I am saying is that people should be guided and watch their tongue when they are speaking about Prof Naana Opoku-Agyeman because I will not take that sitting down\u2026and also in that chamber even when we are doing politics let\u2019s be guided how we do the politics,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n
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