Mr. Andah at a mini rally held at Bawjiase in the Central Region last week, challenged the incumbent Member of Parliament, Hanna Tetteh, to show her husband to the constituents.

“I came here with my wife, and children. Please tell Hanna to also come and show us her husband,” Mr. Andah said.

[contextly_sidebar id=”aJ1OqhitVFUfwGoJwKZO65cr2V8WWYM6″]Many have taken to social media to describe his action as chauvinist, and an insult to unmarried women seeking political office.

But the regional executives of the NPP say George Andah cannot be faulted for the comments as Hanna Tetteh was the first to launch an attack on Mr. Andah.

Richard Takyi, the NPP’s Central Regional Communications Director told Citi News George Andah’s comment was “charitable”.

“In the first place, it was Hanna Tetteh who accused George Andah wrongly, calling him an irresponsible man and accused him of being a womanizer without any basis. In my view, George Andah gave Hanna Tetteh a fair response. He was even charitable with Hanna Tetteh,” he added.

Andah’s attack on Hanna Tetteh’s marital status primitive – NDC

Meanwhile, the Central Regional Secretariat of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), has in a strongly worded statement condemned what it calls “retrogressive” and “primitive” the attack on the incumbent Member of Parliament (MP) for Awutu Senya West constituency, Hanna Tetteh.

The NDC said it will “never condone any irresponsible comment against single mothers, unmarried women or career women who are in politics to advance the cause of women and children.”

I won’t apologize; Hanna Tetteh called me ‘irresponsible’

George Andah has however indicated that, his challenge to Hanna Tetteh was misunderstood and therefore sees no need to apologize.

In a Facebook video published last week, he said his comment was in response to allegations by Hanna Tetteh’s campaign team that he [George Andah] was irresponsible.

“I didn’t say she has a husband or she didn’t have a husband. I showed my wife. There are issues going round that I am irresponsible and all I said was that I come to the constituency with my wife, I come to the constituency with my children,” he said.

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According to him, his comment was misunderstood and that he doesn’t have to apologize.

[contextly_sidebar id=”iYHhCCBL9hlvNJVngfPVksPsBAf3cWrK”]“If I bring Nana Addo to Bawjiase and I ask you to bring John Mahama to Bawjiase would that be something you should say I should apologize for?,” he quizzed.

Mr. Andah at a mini rally at Bawjiase in the Central Region this week, threw the open challenge to Hanna Tetteh to introduce her husband to the constituents.

“I came here with my wife, and children. Please tell Hanna to also come and show us her husband,” he said.

Some social media commentators have criticized Mr. Andah for the comments, describing it as misogynistic and chauvinistic.

Others have also urged him to render an apology to the Member of Parliament, and publicly retract it since his comment is considered sexist, and an insult unmarried women seeking leadership particularly in politics.

But Mr. Andah in a Facebook video, said his comment was in response to allegations by Hanna Tetteh’s campaign team that he [George Andah] was irresponsible.

“I didn’t say she has a husband or she didn’t have a husband. I showed my wife. There are issues going round that I am irresponsible and all I said was that I come to the constituency with my wife, I come to the constituency with my children,” he said.

“I think the misunderstanding is that, people feel that I said that Hanna Tetteh is not married. I do not know whether Hanna Tetteh is married or not. It is none of my business. All I said is this is my wife, where is your husband?,” he added.

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Mr. Andah at mini rally at Bawjiase in the Central Region  this week, threw an open challenge to Hanna Tetteh to introduce her husband to the constituents.

[contextly_sidebar id=”SW7uwem5DJPrG0OehDYajYDQ6LPQWMf9″]“I came here with my wife, and children. Please tell Hanna to also come and show us her husband,” he said.

Mr. Andah, who is a first timer aspiring for the seat, invited his wife to the stage and introduced her to the party supporters; who had gathered at the rally amidst cheers and applauds.

In a video which is circulating on social media, Mr. Andah is seen telling the crowd to ask Madam Hanna Tetteh to show them her husband.

Mr. Andah, a marketer  who is widely respected, is seeking to unseat Hanna Tetteh who also serves as Ghana’s Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister .

2012 election performance
Hanna Tetteh in the 2012 elections, won with  49.84 per cent of the total valid votes cast, after polling 23,082 votes.

Her closest contender, the NPP’s Oppey Abbey at the time,  managed 18,487, representing 39.92 per cent.

The Progressive People’s Party’s, (PPP) Moses Arhinful Acquah, polled 3,237 of the total votes cast, representing 6.99 per cent.

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