Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has chastised former Minister of Communication in the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah for speaking ill of the Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II after revealing that he persuaded former President Mahama to concede defeat in the 2016 election.
The Information Minister described his comment as an act of disrespect and denigration to the Asantehene.
“ . . Omane Boamah was my senior at the Secondary School and he has said something against the Asantehene and I cannot say it on the radio; there was no honour and respect to Otumfuo with regard to what Omane Boamah wrote about him . . . he was very insolent,” he chastised.
Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show, the Ofoase-Ayerebi Member of Parliament insisted it is typical of the youth in the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to rain insults on elders.
The Asantehene, Otumfuo Osei Tutu II in a bombshell remark said it was through his effort that the former President who was unwilling to accept defeat, conceded.
Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, who was speaking at the United Nations General Assembly, said: "at the conclusion of the last presidential and parliamentary elections, the country stood on the edge of disaster. The United Nations representative and the diplomatic community were aghast and alarmed that Ghana was about to slip down the slope of the electoral violence. Fortunately, the moral authority of the palace was at hand. We were able to intervene to persuade the losing candidate to accept his fate and to fly both candidates for a quiet encounter to pave way for a smooth handover."
But the Information Minister maintained that the comment of the Asantehene is not new as he has already mentioned it during his celebration of 20 years on the throne.
“This is not the first time Otumfuo has said this, he said the same thing when we were invited to his 20th anniversary at the Manhyia Palace on live television and perhaps they [NDC] are agitated because he said it on an International platform,” he indicated.
He again indicated that a careful assessment of the speech of the Asantehene reveals that it is what happened in the 2016 election, when the NDC led by former President Mahama was not ready to step down.
He alluded his claim to the fact that the NDC held a press conference to announce that they were in a "comfortable lead" immediately after the EC Chairperson had issued a statement that the EC website had been hacked.
The Information Minister, however, wondered why former President John Dramani Mahama is so eager to go back to the Presidency after being successful as “MP, Deputy Minister, Minister, Vice President, President and now former President”.
“Someone will ask that, what at all was around the Presidency that Mahama didn’t want to let go? And, what is it that he wants with the Presidency again that he is still struggling at all cost . . . what at all is he looking for at the Presidency that he wants to go back to?” he wondered.
But in a sharp response, former Minister of Communication, Dr. Edward Omane Boamah has said that the Information Minister is being petty for drawing that conclusion.
Dr. Omane Boamah on his social media handle had written that, “Ahead of election 2020 expect more lies against John Mahama” #Bigmencanlie. “Big men too can lie! Oh, Ghana!
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DRUNKARD OMANI BOAMAH AND HIS CORRUPT NDC PARTY HAS NO RESPECT FOR THE ELDERLY, WE GHANANIANS WILL REJECT THAT CORRUPT PARTY THE NDC COME DECEMBER 2020 ELECTION.NDC HAS NOTHTING NEW TO OFFER GHANAIANS. WHAT THEY KNOW IS TO COME TO POWER STEAL OUR TAX PAYER'S MONEY, FLY THIER GIRLFRIENDS TO DUBAI FOR UNNCESSARY SHOPPING, BUYING V8 FOR JOHN DUMELO, MAKING LIVES OF GHANAIANS UNBEARABLE.ETC.THEIVES WHO ARE WILLING TO COME TO POWER AGAIN AND BE STEALING OUR MONEY.VOTE NDC OUT COME DECEMBER 2020 ELECTION.MAHAMA IS INCOMPETENT, MAHAMA IS CORRUPT, MAHAMA IS INDECISIVE. MAHAMA CAME TO POWER TO MAKE HIMSELF AND FAMILY RICH. DO NOT VOTE FOR THAT ***barred word***.
OTUMFOUR SHOULD ***barred word***. THE COUNTRY WAS NOT AT ANY VERGE OF GOING DOWN IN 2016. THIS IS IRRESPONSIBLE TALK FROM HE. PERIOD. HE SHOULD ***barred word*** AND STOP STEALING THE WEALTH OF ASHANTI REGION AND HIDING IT IN BRITAIN.
OMANE BUAMA'S FACE LIKE A DRUNKARD.#NDCBIGMENARELIARS.
HAHAHAAAA GHANA SWEET ROUGH COZ SOME MIGHTY BRETHREN BRAND OTHERS BABIES WITH SHARP TEETH'S. YET THEY FORGET THEY ARE DOING THE SAME THING THEY CHASTISE OTHERS ABOUT. YOU READ CERTAIN COMMENTS AND WONDER IF THIS ARE NOT BABIES WITH FANGS INSTEAD OF SHARP TEETH'S. GOD HELP US ALL. GOOD AFTERNOON.
Those insulting Otoumfuo are the NPP members pretending to be NDC. Otumfuo rest assured, NDC loves you big time.
So they shouldn’t talk when your chief is lying. Please otumfour is not above criticism.
Pls NPP concentrate on ruling Ghana better than you are doing, We all know that NDC loves Otumfuo more than NPP.
As for these BABIES WITH SHARP TEETH, they don't hesitate at all when it comes to insulting elders in society oo. They have little regard for anybody except their JM and the NDC. No matter who you are, these NDC acidic tongues will lash hard at you. Imagine these things back in power. They would turn this country upside-down.
Has the minister of information now become the Asantehene's spokes person?
I am really surprised why people like you want the minister to address an issue which is directly in the purview of the police. What do you want the minister to say or day about Taasi girls? Minister's work is to inform and after that what? Grow up and stop this childish talk. Is the minister also spoke man for the police or the family of the girls? Your Mahama is power drunk and did not want to leave the presidency after a heavy electoral defeat in the history of this country. We thank God for this revelation we now know how to proceed with him as candidate of your miserable corrupt laden NDC. Never again!