{"id":291041,"date":"2017-02-03T16:09:56","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T16:09:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=291041"},"modified":"2017-02-03T16:09:56","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T16:09:56","slug":"otiko-must-apologise-before-we-approve-her-pelpuo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2017\/02\/otiko-must-apologise-before-we-approve-her-pelpuo\/","title":{"rendered":"Otiko must apologise before we approve her – Pelpuo"},"content":{"rendered":"
Member of Parliament for Wa Central Constituency, Rashid Pelpuo, says Otiko Djaba, the \u00a0Minister-nominee for the Gender, Women and Social Protection Ministry, would have to apologize for her comments against former President John Mahama, before she is considered for approval.<\/p>\n
Ms. Djaba is on record to have directed at Mr. Mahama words considered insults by some members of the Minority in Parliament, and Mr. Pelpuo believes such conduct is not befitting of someone looking to head the Gender Ministry.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”GO9ncFh1IallMdceLfwrZZ2NwYqktRF3″]Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Friday before Ms. Djaba’s approval was put on hold<\/a><\/strong><\/span>, the MP said he was amazed by her posture during her vetting, which he said depicted\u00a0a lack of humility and compassion.<\/p>\n \u201cMy surprise is that, she is coming to occupy a ministry that demands a lot of compassion. She is going to occupy a ministry that demands a lot of humility, but she did not show any of these things when she was confronted with the question of insulting a former President. In our tradition, you don\u2019t look in the face of the elderly and say; you are stupid, your head is big and you are evil; Nobody does that in our tradition.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Pelpuo explained that, Ms. Djaba would be expected to relate\u00a0with the vulnerable sections of society and “for these areas the person occupying them would have to show that she can forgive.\u201d<\/p>\n She should also show that she can draw people together and can also demonstrate that they can show humility \u201cbut she did not show an inkling of humility, respect for elders and a demonstration that she can bring people together.”<\/p>\n Otiko must withdraw everything<\/strong><\/p>\n Mr. Pelpuo further suggested that, Ms. Djaba should withdraw her comments in the media, and use the same medium to apologize to Mr. Mahama and the people of Ghana.<\/p>\n \u201cIf she has the opportunity, she should withdraw everything she said because the whole of the county was watching her, the psyche of the young people who were watching her was pricked negatively and I think that it has to be repaired.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cMr. Speaker, because she did not reflect the kind of person who should occupy that position, I want to reflect that we suspend her approval and bring it up at a later time\u2026 she should go to the same media she went to insult the president and tell the people of Ghana that the position she is occupying does not merit the utterances she made,\u201d an adamant Mr. Pelpuo stated.<\/p>\n I don’t\u00a0owe Mahama an apology<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/a><\/p>\n