President Nana Akufo-Addo’s removal of Ms Otiko Afisa Djaba from the Ministry of Gender, Child and Social Protection was unjust, the ex-minister’s blood sister, Mrs Joyce Bawa Mogtari, has condemned.
Ms Djaba turned down her appointment by President Akufo-Addo as Ghana’s Ambassador to Italy in his maiden reshuffle in August 2018.
In an interview with the state-owned Daily Graphic last year, Ms Djaba said: “At 56 years, I want to relax and enjoy my family and life and, therefore, I am not ready to take up the appointment as Ambassador to Italy”.
Explaining further, she said she was bowing out of politics to take care of her ex-husband who has had stroke for the past six years. “I am the one who has been taking care of him since he got sick and I cannot abandon him now,” she stated.
Speaking on her sister’s reshuffling by President Akufo-Addo, Mrs Bawa Mogtari, who is an aide to former President John Mahama, with whom Ms Djaba is also related, said: “I actually feel it was great injustice because I do know the sacrifice [and] the level of commitment that she put into that job, the extent she went to serve the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and I will always say that irrespective of whatever their reason for reshuffling is, I think that was a great travesty of political justice”.
“I don’t want to proffer reasons for what qualifications President Akufo-Addo felt he needed; that is beyond my being, but I do think when a woman has worked as hard as she did, has sacrificed as much or even more to bring your party to power, I think some level of respect, some modicum of respect is required”, Mrs Mogtari told Class FM Thursday, 21 November 2019.
Source: classfmonline.com
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You have now realized Otiko is your sis? Were u not the same person who threw your sis personal belongings out of your family in d guise of renovations?? When did u start seeing her as your sis?? Hmmmm Ghana politics
Since when did you become the mouthpiece of your sister? Fire burn you in the professional way.
Really How irrelevant!!!!
Did i read Mahama's God? God is still speaking but he is not listening. God has already anoited a new King and says he should rest.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA! MADAM MOGTARI, I WEEP FOR YOU. DO YOU THINK YOUR POSITION WITH EX-PRESIDENT MAHAMA IS PERMANENT? IT HAS BEEN ONE YEAR PLUS, WHY ARE YOU COMMENTING NOW? THIS PURE PROPAGANDA.
Stop blowing hot air madam and support JDM to put on his thinking cap so that he can develop something that will look like policy document and manifesto for the NDC
Mogtari did you respect Otiko yourself as your older sister? give us a break and find a good message fir your party if you are a woman of substance like Otiko ! you fought with her and weren't talking to her and you are here talking about Otiko! what is the disrespectful about being an envoy (Ambassador) to another country no other than Italy ! shame on you, shame on you ndc ! now the battle is coming to an end and defeat is on your faces and look at the comic relief you giving to yourselves. Is this one going to put food on the table of Ghanaians if you on the unlikely event come to power? so ndc people have no brains to think than nkwasi*a akeka ! Otiko is still one of us, she hasn't neglected us so stop your concert and be serious as a political party if only you want your party to survive.
It will soon be Bawumia's turn. Te wheels of justice grind slowly!
I know what propaganda this woman is playing.it's true that Atiko worked very very hard for the party to come to power but at least if she was not happy with her new role they could have sorted out issues amicably. In fact it pained me because I admired her boldness and courageous. But because of the love for the party she could have had patience and solved the problem amicably. However I don't know whether she really took a right decision. May be this was just a mere issue. But patient was the antidote.
What has this got to do with a policy manifesto Never again bring these double salary ***barred word*** ever to power because they sold Ghana out to the imperialist IMF by a bail out Now the hard working honourable NPP has fixed the giagantuan financial mess Yet these corrupt double salary Incompetent ***barred word*** are halucinating to come back with their ***barred word*** inciteful bookidh Never agsin