With barely 10 days to this year�s General Elections, it appears the two leading political parties, the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), have somewhat relegated issues of Education, Health, Jobs and the Welfare of Ghanaians to the background, and are on a collision course over the academic credentials of each other�s Presidential Candidate.
On Monday, a pro-NDC group, the Research and Advocacy Platform (RAP), led by Felix Kwakye-Ofosu, questioned why the NPP flagbearer failed to disclosed in his curriculum vitae (CV�s) that he schooled at Oxford University and sought to find out reasons for doing so.
Felix showcased an e-mail correspondence with one Jeremy Drew; Manager of the Degree Conferrals office in Oxford confirming Nana Addo was admitted to Oxford in 1962.
According to him, �attempts made to conceal� Nana Addo�s attendance of Oxford and �his failure to tell the truth when the matter became public completely undermines his claims of incorruptibility.�
�It is common knowledge that corruption thrives in an atmosphere of cover ups, untruths and a lack of transparency therefore a man who cannot be forthcoming with the truth regarding his own academic record cannot be relied upon to manage Ghana�s resources. Like one Flagbearer noted at the recent IEA Presidential debate �if you hide things about yourself, it is corruption��We have made enquiries into that subject as well from Oxford University and will put out information regarding that matter in due course. However, we deem it appropriate to afford Mr Akufo Addo or his spokespersons an opportunity to clarify it first,� RAP said.
He even went as far as to say that "some people who claim to have knowledge of the matter have said that he was dismissed from the institution for poor academic performance whilst others have alleged that it was for illicit drug use".
But in a sharp riposte on that same day, the Young Patriots, a youth wing of the NPP, raised red flags over the curriculum vitae (CV�s) of both President John Dramani Mahama and Vice-President Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur and charged both personalities to set the records straight.
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