[ 2012-07-20 ]

Disgraced Sekou Nkrumah can’t judge me – Hassan Ayariga
The flag bearer of the People’s National
Convention has described the son of Ghana’s first
President, Sekou Nkrumah as a disgrace to the
nation, his family and his father’s memory.

According to the under fire flagbearer, Sekou
Nkrumah does not have the wherewithal to criticize
him on any platform because he has lost all
credibility.

The PNC flagbearer has come under much attack
following his performance at the Institute of
Economic Affairs (IEA) Presidential Encounter with
several commentators noting that he did not
deserve to run for president.

Several others such as think tank IMANI Ghana and
the Ghana Trades Union Congress say he was
disappointing especially when compared to Dr Abu
Sakara of the CPP at an earlier session.

Dr. Sekou Nkrumah in a recent interview questioned
the intellect of Hassan Ayariga and described his
performance as a “terrible and a disastrous
performance.”

“Hassan Ayariga was a disaster (at the IEA), I was
very happy when the party elected a young person;
we need young people to represent us in
presidential and parliamentary elections but youth
is not enough; I think we need substance and that
was clearly lacking in Hassan Ayariga’s
presentation.

"I think his intellect seems to be weak, his
performance during the questions and answers time
was terrible; he is not fit to be president, it is
a shame and disgraceful,” he is reported to have
said.

In a sharp rebuttal however, the youngest
presidential candidate for the 2012 election
pointed out on Citi FM's weekly news analysis
programme Inside Politics that “Sekou Nkrumah
himself is a disgrace to his father and to Ghana.


"He is a big disgrace to the society. What does
Sekou Nkrumah have to offer? Jumping from one pot
to another, looking for political advantages. You
believe in one thing and you stand for one thing
and you fight for one thing. If Sekou Nkrumah does
not believe in his father, who then does he
believe in?”

“He does not believe in his anybody. He believes
in himself! Today he is this, tomorrow he is with
this political party. He jumps like a frog from
one place to another and I don’t listen such
comments from such people.”

Further criticizing the son of the Ghana’s first
president, Hassan Ayariga said “the man said his
own father is a madman. How can somebody call his
father a madman and you want to put such a person
in society and you want people to listen to such a
person.

"Let’s get people who will incite others to be
more mature than people who will drive people into
the bush.”

Source - Citifmonline

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