The Eastern Regional Deputy Nasara Coordinator for the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), Musah Adamu Raha is asking the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) for National Identification Authority (NIA), Prof. Kenneth Agyeman Attafuah as matter of urgency to come out publicly to retract his “Political Neutrality” statement and apologise to NPP youth or face their wrath.
This according to him, during the 2020 general elections, the NPP youth did a fantastic work to ensure the party retained in power, and noted that it is through their hard work that made Prof. Attafuah to grabbed the NIA position as the CEO.
It can be recalled that, the NIA boss granted an interview on one of the radio stations in Ghana about their new recruitment, stating that, the recruitment will based on the Political Neutrality and this statement didn’t go down well with most of the NPP members.
“So if you’re recruiting new workers at your work place why don’t you recruits our youth who sacrificed their lives for the party of which you’re benefiting from rather than telling us you’re there to ensure a political neutrality” he said.
“The NPP youth worked tirelessly for the party to win power both 2016 and 2020 Ghana’s general elections. Therefore they also deserved to get job appointment at the NIA”.
Musah Raha indicated that due to former Prez John Mahama’s IMF conditionalities they couldn’t employed more workers into the public sectors which has led to a lot of unemployed graduates.
“But thanks to Prez Nana Addo who came to power to absorbed most of these graduates into our education, health, and other sectors to reduced the country’s unemployment rate”.
He told Kingdom FM’s KONTIHEN KOFI OBOH in interview, adding that, it will be better for Prof. Kenneth Agyeman Attafuah to immediately retract his earlier comment before the NPP youth descend their anger at him.
He continue that when NDC was in power for 8yrs they did it strictly partisan to employ and work with only party members. But noted that, with God’s will that led things to turn around in their favour, they would also give job appointments to only the NPP youth to work at the NIA and get something for their families because they are also a Ghanaians.
“What worsened the case is that; he said Mr. Prez ordered him to ensure the political neutrality because that’s how the public service work is being done”.
Adamu Raha added, former Prez John A. Kufuor began the NIA work when Prof. Kenneth Attafuah became the CEO before he got sacked when NDC came to power from 2009 to 2016 before got reappointed when NPP came into power.
“If the political neutrality works in Ghana why didn’t he kept at his post by NDC to continue his work as NIA boss. We are telling him [Prof. Agyeman Attafuah] to rescind that statement and come again other than that we won’t forgive him to go scott free”.
By// Kontihen Kofi Oboh.
Source//Obohnews.
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