Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Okudzeto Ablakwa swerved his national service; why make him a Deputy Minister?


Outspoken Communications Director of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Ernest Owusu Bempah has revealed that the Deputy Minister designate for the Ministry of Education and a Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa did not do his national service after graduating from his alma mater.

Owusu Bempah disclosed this during a panel discussion programme on Oman FM Thursday morning.

Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa unlike thousands of Ghanaian youth who take up postings to remote villages to serve the nation after completing their academic calenders in tertiary institutions, shortchanged the nation by refusing to do National Service as mandated by the law.

The NDP orator volunteered the information when he took turns with other panelists to comment on President Mahama’s newly appointed Deputy Ministers.

The President in a statement signed by his Executive Secretary, Raymond Atuguba, on Tuesday, March 26, 2013 announced the fourth list of deputy Minister nominees in accordance with article 79 of the 1992 Constitution.

26 government officials were appointed and will soon commence official duties in their respective Ministries.

Hon. Okudzeto Ablakwa made the list of the first batch of Deputy Ministers who were appointed by the President and was mandated to assist the sector Minister, Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang, in the Ministry of Education.

Doubting the performance of Mr. Ablakwa, Owusu Bempah believed his ministerial appointment is calculated to deceive the Ghanaian populace because to him, the Deputy Minister appointee is well-known for actively involving himself in the politics of insults and making fallacious statements.

To him, his (Okudzeto Ablakwa) appointment raises eyebrows because “he doesn’t even understand the concept of education in Ghana, historical concepts; anything to do with education in Ghana…It means that our educational system is in trouble. It’s in serious trouble, serious trouble, serious crises.”


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