Fred Agbenyo Can Be Ghana's Prez But... - Sammy Awuku

Sammy Awuku

Sammy Awuku has condemned what he believes are diversionary tactics by the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) to highlight the alleged leaked tape purportedly containing the voice of the former Finance Minister Mr. Yaw Osafo Marfo.

The New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Organizer expressed disappointment in leading members of the NDC who seem to be in high heavens over the contents of the leaked tape.

Mr. Yaw Osafo Marfo, a Minister in the erstwhile Kufour administration, has recently come under a barrage of heavy criticisms after a tape containing a male voice spewing tribal comments emerged in the public domain.

The voice alleged to be that of Osafo Marfo's is heard wondering why Akan-speaking Ghanaians are not the ones managing the affairs of the nation.

“…You have all the resources, but you have no say in the management of your resources and that is what is happening. Your development depends on the one who has no resources…you can’t say this openly,” the voice said.

After the voice was heard in public, some leading figures in the ruling party have come out to speak against the comments that were poured out.

One key figure is the NDC Deputy Communications Director, Fred Agbenyo, who speaking on Adom FM is reported to have said the ruling party has some secret tapes from the camp of the opposition party.

Speaking on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo", Sammy Awuku was alarmed by the posture of the NDC when it comes to leaked tapes.

He recounted some previous incidents where some NDC members had had to doctor tapes in order to put the opposition in a bad light.

Alluding to a tape that was leaked about the Founder and Leader of the International Central Gospel Church (ICGC), Dr. Mensah Otabil and other political figures on the opposition bench, Sammy Awuku was not surprised at the conduct of the NDC over the recent leaked audio tape.

According to him, the NDC has a track record of doctoring tapes, making seditious statements on tapes and later on denying them.

Sammy Awuku however spoke against any tape that may cause havoc in the nation.

Fred Agbenyo

In his conviction, this culture of leaked tapes should not be entertained by the youth in the country. “I am deeply saddened and hurt but I pray the young generation of the NDC will not stray into that path because [Kwami], we’re only part of today (we, the young ones). It’s tomorrow that belongs to us. Ghana will not end today but if we don’t take care and don’t hold our leaders responsible to bequeath a better legacy to us, the youth will be left with a fragmented Ghana (it will be spare parts). We want to drive a Ghana that is a complete car, not a Ghana that is spare parts,” he said. To Sammy Awuku, his colleague Fred Agbenyo should not allow himself to be used by his party for any diabolic activities, so far as the issue of leaked tapes is concerned. He stressed that if he were functioning in Fred Agbenyo's capacity in the NDC; he would have told his party's Chairman not to use him as a medium to perpetuate such things. “I would have told him to let his child do it. Doesn’t President Mahama have children? Doesn’t Portuphy have children? Vice President, doesn’t he have children? If I was the one who was sent to do this, I would have told you to allow your child to do it. Because you see [1] I’m going to put my life on the line. [2] I’m going to put my family on the line and thirdly, my future on the line," he stated because "Fred Agbenyo can become President in the future," Sammy Awuku added.

Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com