[ 2012-03-11 ]

Josiah Ayerh chides government over libation ban
A former General Secretary of the National
Democratic Congress is questioning government's
decision not to allow the pouring of libation at
the country's Independence Day parade.

Josiah Ayerh maintains the seeming ban is
unacceptable.

Government has come under heavy criticism for
excluding the pouring libation during the 55th
Independence Anniversary parade.

A deputy Information Minister Samuel Okudzeto
Ablakwa attributed the exclusion to the rumpus in
the Ga state.

Allotey Jacobs, a leading member of the party in
the Central Region insists president Mills has
vowed to serve the Lord and will not bee seen to
be meddling in idol worship.

But speaking on Joy FM's news analysis program
Newsfile Dr. Ayerh said both explanations are
untenable.

Citing a news paper report, Ayerh quoted
Archbishop Akwasi Sarpong who minced no words in
condemning the decision to exclude the libation
from the parade.

He said the question of who to do it does not
arise at all. “It has never been an issue. It has
never been an issue among gas. The question is
whether or not the opportunity is given for
libation to be poured,” he stated.

The Managing Editor of the New Crusading Guide
newspaper who was also on the show Kweku Baako Jnr
admonished government to do a little research
before coming out with its information on
sensitive issues.

He said if the deputy Information Minister Samuel
Okudzeto Ablakwa had done a little research he
would have known that the argument as to who has
the powers to pour libation during state function
does not arise at all.

He was critical of the government over what he
said was contradictory explanation being proffered
by government sources on the issues.

Source - Joy News

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