{"id":238486,"date":"2016-08-11T19:39:24","date_gmt":"2016-08-11T19:39:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=238486"},"modified":"2016-08-11T19:39:24","modified_gmt":"2016-08-11T19:39:24","slug":"npp-has-never-liked-zongo-communities-collins-dauda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/08\/npp-has-never-liked-zongo-communities-collins-dauda\/","title":{"rendered":"‘NPP has never liked Zongo Communities’ – Collins Dauda"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Alhaji Collins Dauda, has implored people in Zongos in the country not to vote for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) because it is a party that discriminates against their kind.<\/p>\n
\u201cPeople from the UP [United Party] tradition are not our friends and such we should not be in bed with them. They are people the Zongo community cannot rely on\u2026 They are like lions, no matter what, they will not have good intentions for us,\u201d he pronounced to NDC supporters in Koforidua in the Eastern Region.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”Bqdl2Tcn3gkJsMQ43EsO5L4FpWWDz6ES”]Alhaji Dauda asserted that the NPP has a long history of discriminating against people living in Zongo communities and \u201cif you allow the NPP to come to power again, they will exhibit this same character of discrimination.\u201d<\/p>\n
Sharing his experience, he recounted that, \u201cIn 2004, the NPP told me that I am a foreigner, I am a Mossi and that I am not a Ghanaian. They challenged my citizenship and even prevented me from voting. This case ended up at the court. The court cleared me to contest.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThey were not happy with the court\u2019s decision and filed for review at the Sunyani High Court. I was lucky that the then judge, Justice Mariama ruled in my favour,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
\u2018We should let them know that we are not with them\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n Alhaji Dauda further implored the Zongos to be wary of a perceived front of kindness shown by the NPP warning them that they had treated their kin like aliens in past times.<\/p>\n \u201cThese are same people who are begging for votes from the Zongo community. We should be very careful of these people. They treated our ancestors as aliens and today they are pretending to be our friends.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe are not like the animals who do not have emotions and remembrance. Because they have not liked us from the start, we should give them chance to even campaign to us. We should let them know that we are not with them.\u201d<\/p>\n Ethnic and\u00a0religious\u00a0arguments\u00a0ahead of 2016 polls<\/strong><\/p>\n In April 2016, the Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Eric Opoku, suffered criticism from Muslims who belong to the\u00a0NPP after he suggested that Muslims who\u00a0support the opposition NPP,\u00a0are not true to their religion.<\/p>\n Mr. Opoku said the Quran frowned on Muslims getting close to an Elephant which is the symbol of the NPP.<\/p>\n Quoting a chapter in the Quran, Mr. Opoku said any Muslim who\u00a0associates with an elephant is not\u00a0authentic.<\/p>\n I will be jailed if…<\/strong><\/p>\n Former Transport Minister, Dzifa Attivor, also made headlines for\u00a0perceived\u00a0tribal comments<\/a><\/strong><\/span> after she\u00a0pleaded with Voltarians not to vote for the opposition NPP with rhetoric doused in fear and ethnic sentiments.<\/p>\n