{"id":252120,"date":"2016-09-26T14:21:01","date_gmt":"2016-09-26T14:21:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=252120"},"modified":"2016-09-26T14:21:01","modified_gmt":"2016-09-26T14:21:01","slug":"dont-vote-for-women-just-to-empower-them-ndc-chairman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/dont-vote-for-women-just-to-empower-them-ndc-chairman\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t vote for women just to empower them – NDC chairman"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Eastern Regional Chairman of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Bismark Tawiah Boateng, has called on electorates in the Akwatia Constituency in the Eastern Region, to refrain from voting for women, merely\u00a0because they want them\u00a0to feel empowered politically to contribute to governance.<\/p>\n
According to the Regional Chairman, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) female parliamentary nominee, Mercy Adu-Gyamfi, lacks the qualities needed to become a Member of Parliament. He alleged that the NPP’s female nominee cannot \u00a0even prepare good soup.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis year, John Mahama will continue and Baba Jamal will also continue. People are saying a woman is contesting here; but we all know that not all women are women. There are some women whose soup tastes good and some who cannot even cook; but as for this Akwatia woman her soup is not tasty at all.”<\/p>\n
Speaking at the campaign launch of Baba Jamal in Akwatia, Tawiah Boateng also accused the former NPP MP, Akomen Kessi, of not executing a single project in the constituency.<\/p>\n
“I am a Regional Chairman. Hon Kessi is also a Regional Chairman. I am throwing a challenge to him that we should both meet at any radio station so that he tells us what development he brought to the Eastern Region and Akwatia when they were in power. He was an MP in Akwatia. He should point to any projects he undertook. He was an MP in Akwatia before Baba Jamal came but he can\u2019t compete with Baba Jamal.\u201d<\/p>\n
This is not the first time electorates in the constituency have been advised not to vote for Madam Adu-Gyamfi.<\/p>\n
NPP’s hairdresser can’t be an MP – Baba Jamal<\/strong><\/p>\n