[ 2016-05-03 ]

Bawumia’s critics hypocritical –Awuku
The National Youth Organizer of the opposition New
Patriotic Party (NPP), Sammy Awuku, has defended
the party’s running mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia
over his claims that the presidency is biased
against Muslims.

According to Mr. Awuku, those criticizing Dr.
Bawumia are being too “hypocritical” since to
him, “religion has a role to play in our
politics.”

Dr. Bawumia while addressing NPP supporters in the
Sissala East District of the Upper West Region,
suggested that the Flagstaff House is not balanced
enough to reflect Muslims and Christians, which
are the two main religions in the country.

He stated that the NPP administration is always
concerned about religious balance particularly in
the selection its flagbearers and running mates.

His comments have been widely condemned by a
section of Ghanaians while the National Peace
Council, Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante has lambasted
Dr. Bawumia describing his comments as
“unfortunate.”

But Sammy Awuku in a Citi News interview said he
sees nothing wrong with what Dr. Bawumia said.

“I do not feel offended by what Dr. Bawumia
said. People are just being hypocritical on this
Dr. Bawumia matter. What Dr. Bawumia said was that
our diversity should manifest at every stage of
our economy, every stage of our governance system.
In our constitution it talks about ethnic and
regional balance in appointments,” he added.

Sammy Awuku further argued that what Dr. Bawumia
sought to do was to explain that “when it comes
to balance at the seat of government
religious-wise there seems to be some kind of
imbalance.”

“…And if as a country we have Christians and
Muslims living in it and he is only praying that
just as it existed under the NPP
administration…the combine effects of these two
religious groups and two gentlemen and the team
put together took Ghana from a HIPC-riddled
economy to a middle income bracket lower. Religion
has a role to play in our politics,” he argued.

Don’t compare Bawumia’s comments to Attivor

Sammy Awuku further urged Ghanaians not to compare
Dr. Bawumia’s comments to that of former
Transport Minister, Dzifa Attivor.

Dzifa Attivor was recently bashed by the public
for urging NDC supporters to retain the party in
power to prevent her and the current Transport
Minister, Fiifi Kwetey from being jailed under an
NPP government simply because they are Ewes.

“You cannot compare what Dr. Bawumia said to
that of Dzifa Attivor,” he argued.

Source - citifmonline.com

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