Deputy
General Secretary of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC),
Kofi Adams has downplayed the call on the Chief Justice to mount an
investigation into the allegations leveled against Nana Oye Lithur,
Minister of Gender, Children and Social Protection.
Ms. Victoria
Hammah, former Deputy Communications Minister, last Thursday,
volunteered information albeit unknowingly on the outcome of the court
ruling on the Presidential election dispute between leaders of the
opposition New Patriotic Party and the Electoral Commission at the
Supreme Court.
She was heard on a leaked tape recording claiming
that the Gender Minister, prior to the court verdict on the election
case, met with the Supreme Court Judges and her influence supposedly
resulted in President Mahama being declared "validly elected" Head of
State after a fierce legal battle.
But according to Kofi Adams,
who was speaking on PeaceFM’s “Kokrokoo” Morning Show, the revelations
by Ms. Hammah are just "market place talk imported by a Minister of
State who should have known better.”
To him, she said nothing serious to incriminate Nana Oye Lithur for which the leadership of the NPP should petition the CJ.
Also,
he lauded the President for the swift dismissal of Ms. Hammah because
to him, he (President Mahama) is vested with the power to fire any
government official for "non-performance. You can be fired for finishing
your assignment. You can be fired for divulging information that should
not be made public by a Minister or by an appointee of that status…the
fact that Victoria Hammah has been fired does not mean she was fired
because what she said was true. That line of argument…is absolute
fallacy.
“The government has taken a very responsible decision in
dealing with this issue by firing the Deputy Minister…that what you’ve
said whether true or false, you’re dismissed; in the first place, nobody
would want to have such a person in government.” |
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