In justifying his comment, he gave the analogy of how a husband cannot overlook his wife and children’s welfare to cater for outsiders, insisting they must be the first priority.

He thus insisted that he finds nothing wrong with his open declaration to prioritize NPP members because he believes they are “more Ghanaian than others.”

[contextly_sidebar id=”6G3KBQ9rlGbnlBmFIVlSYypm0tV381Bz”]Speaking on Kumasi-based Abusua FM on Tuesday, Mr. Ayisi Boateng said he still stands by his words despite the backlash.

“I didn’t speak evil at all… When you have a large family but you first make your wife and children eat first before others, what is wrong with that? I am not divisive. E.T Mensah is my senior colleague, when he came to South Africa, find out what I did for him. I have not said anything bad, I stand by my words,” he said.

While addressing some party youth at the Kumasi Technical University over the weekend, Mr. Ayisi Boateng said, “this government is doing its best to create job opportunities and me for instance, I told my people over there [that], it is because of NPP that I’m here, so the NPP man is my priority. I told them when NDC was in power it was Kwesi Ahwoi who was there, now we are in power, so Ayisi-Boateng is here with you. My topmost priority is the problems of an NPP person before any other Ghanaian, take it or leave it.”

“Indeed I’m not boasting, but I’ve started meeting the NPP groups. Every weekend I meet some group members and I tell you if I had my way, every job opportunity that will come will go to a TESCON member before any other person. And I know my colleague appointees also have the same feeling except that because of IMF we cannot do anything now,” he added

His comment, which has not gone down well with some members of the public have seen many calling for his head.

The Minority spokesperson on Foreign Affairs, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has also called on President Akufo-Addo to immediately terminate his appointment as High Commissioner, since his comment is divisive and reprehensible.

But Mr. Ayisi Boateng has said he is unperturbed. Whilst attempting to deny making the statement, he said he stands by it.

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George Ayisi Boateng said he is of the firm belief that it is the right thing to do because the efforts of the party loyalists won them the December 2016 election and they must be rewarded accordingly.

The High Commissioner made these comments when he addressed some TESCON members in Kumasi at a ceremony over the weekend, to usher in fresh students of Kumasi Technical University into the network.

While urging other government appointees to follow suit and ensure party members are satisfied before other citizens, he said, “this government is doing its best to create job opportunities and me for instance, I told my people over there [that], it is because of NPP that I’m here, so the NPP man is my priority. I told them when NDC was in power it was Kwesi Ahwoi who was there, now we are in power, so Ayisi-Boateng is here with you. My topmost priority is the problems of an NPP person before any other Ghanaian, take it or leave it.”

“Indeed I’m not boasting, but I’ve started meeting the NPP groups. Every weekend I meet some group members and I tell you if I had my way, every job opportunity that will come will go to a TESCON member before any other person. And I know my colleague appointees also have the same feeling except that because of IMF we cannot do anything now…,”he added
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Iain Walker will replace Jon Benjamin, a man whose tenure in Ghana as a diplomat has been deemed controversial due to some of his utterances and actions.

The Foreign Office made the announcement on its official Twitter handle on Friday February 17, 2017.

Mr. Walker expressed his delight about the appointment. In a twitter post, he said he would be starting his official diplomatic work in Ghana in August 2017.

Iain Walker has worked for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for the past 6 years, spending four of those years as Director of the Board.

As a law graduate from the University of Dundee, his experience is wide-ranging, including a consulting role for PwC, a two year stint in the UK Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit as a policy lead in transformational government and a four year role at EY (formerly Ernst & Young – one of the ‘Big Four’ accounting firms).

Ghana and the U.K. maintained relationship ties and remained commonwealth members after independence. But many Ghanaians are unhappy about what they describe as unequal relationship even after independence.

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President Mills died on July 24, 2014 at the 37 Military Hospital.

The ceremony was attended by President John Mahama, President John Rawlings, leading members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and hundreds of Ghanaians.

President Mahama and Naadu Mills laid a wreath on behalf of Ghanaians at the ceremony.

Speaking at the ceremony,the former Majority leader in Parliament,  Cletus  Avoka described the late President as “a very loving, disciplined and religious man.”

“As a President, he led a moral crusade for this country. He preached discipline, he preached unity, he preached love, he preached understanding. Those were very big virtues that Presidnet Mills stood for,” he said.

The former Director of Communications at the presidency, Koku Anyidoho also described the late President Mills as a great leader.

“President Mills was no ordinary person, as humble as he was and never flaunted who he was. Its so practicable that he was really a great leader, a great father, a great tutor, a great mentor and a great person to be around.”

Speaking to Citi News, the son of the late President, Fiifi Mills said  “it’s been a different experience” since his father passed on.

“It’s been a very major transition in my life. It just happened suddenly so we have to try and adjust to the new changes, “he said.

He mentioned that his father’s death also “brought another level of maturity and growth and taught him a lot of things in life.”

Fiifi Mills further expressed his gratitude to the NDC and Ghanaians for taking the decision  to commemorate his father’s death saying “I am very happy that two years on he is still being celebrated. I didn’t really expect much but for the people of Ghana and government to remember him two years on, I was very happy about that .”

President Mills was from Ekumfi Otuam in the Central region of Ghana.

He was born in Tarkwa on 21 July 1994.

By: Marian Efe Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana

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