{"id":211151,"date":"2016-05-03T15:30:38","date_gmt":"2016-05-03T15:30:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=211151"},"modified":"2016-05-03T15:30:38","modified_gmt":"2016-05-03T15:30:38","slug":"bawumias-critics-hypocritical-awuku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/05\/bawumias-critics-hypocritical-awuku\/","title":{"rendered":"Bawumia\u2019s critics hypocritical \u2013Awuku"},"content":{"rendered":"

The National Youth Organizer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Awuku, has defended the party\u2019s running mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia over his claims that the\u00a0presidency is \u00a0biased against Muslims<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n

According to Mr. Awuku, those criticizing\u00a0Dr. Bawumia are being too \u201chypocritical\u201d since to him, \u201creligion has a role to play in our politics.\u201d<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”5xXLsX6JTZledGE5gxVyA8sB2IhvpCjV”]Dr. Bawumia while addressing NPP supporters in the Sissala East District of the Upper West Region, suggested that the Flagstaff House is not balanced enough to reflect Muslims and Christians, which are the two main religions in the country.<\/p>\n

He stated that \u00a0the\u00a0NPP administration is always concerned about religious balance particularly in the selection its flagbearers and running mates.<\/p>\n

His comments have\u00a0been \u00a0widely\u00a0condemned\u00a0by a section of Ghanaians while the National Peace Council, Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante has lambasted Dr. Bawumia describing his comments as \u201cunfortunate<\/strong><\/a><\/span>.\u201d<\/p>\n

But Sammy Awuku in a Citi News<\/strong> interview said he sees nothing wrong with what Dr. Bawumia said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI do not feel offended by what Dr. Bawumia said. People are just being hypocritical on this Dr. Bawumia matter. What Dr. Bawumia said was that our diversity should manifest at every stage of our economy, every stage of our governance system. In our constitution it talks about ethnic and regional balance in appointments,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Sammy Awuku further argued that what Dr. Bawumia sought to do was to explain that \u201cwhen it comes to balance at the seat of government religious-wise there seems to be some kind of imbalance.”<\/p>\n

\u201c\u2026And if as a country we have Christians and Muslims living in it and he is only praying that just as it existed under the NPP administration\u2026the combine effects of these two religious groups and two gentlemen and the team put together took Ghana from a HIPC-riddled economy to a middle income bracket lower. Religion has a role to play in our politics,\u201d he argued.<\/p>\n

Don’t compare Bawumia’s comments to Attivor<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sammy Awuku further urged Ghanaians not to compare Dr. Bawumia’s comments to that of former Transport Minister, Dzifa Attivor.<\/p>\n

Dzifa Attivor <\/a><\/strong><\/span>was recently bashed by the\u00a0public for urging NDC supporters to retain the party in power \u00a0to prevent her and the current Transport Minister, Fiifi Kwetey \u00a0from being jailed under an NPP government simply because they are Ewes.<\/p>\n

“You cannot compare what Dr. Bawumia said to that of Dzifa Attivor,” he argued.<\/p>\n

–<\/p>\n

By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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