Ursula Owusu
A leading member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mrs Ursula Owusu Ekuful, has condemned statements made by the National Security Adviser, Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah (rtd), to the effect that workers who are not willing to sacrifice should take their passports and get out of the country.
Mrs Ekufu, who is also the Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, said the statements were unbecoming of a national security adviser.
She said it was unacceptable that at a time that the President was calling on Ghanaians abroad to come home and contribute their quota to the country’s development, his security adviser was encouraging “brain drain”.
She was speaking Thursday on Accra-based Peace FM.
Mrs Ekuful said Brigadier-General Nunoo-Mensah (rtd) could have put forward his views in a more refined manner, saying it was unfortunate that he had refused to apologise, despite calls for him to do so.
She, however, echoed calls for the retired Brigadier-General to apologise.
She said: “I don’t want to speak too much – he didn’t speak well at all. It is as if he has no respect for Ghanaians. If he withdraws the comments, it will be in his own interest. A lot of people look up to him.”
Brigadier-General Nunoo-Mensah (rtd ) has been in the news for calling on public workers who are not ready to sacrifice and work to take their passports and “get out of the country”.
Speaking at the inauguration of a nine-unit classroom block at the O’Reilly Senior High School Saturday, he had stated that the government should no longer tolerate the phenomenon of workers laying down their tools every now and then, instead of using dialogue to resolve their grievances.
“If anybody goes on strike, he should not be paid. If you cannot sacrifice for the country the way some of us have done, then get out,” he said.
His comments have triggered criticism and condemnation from a cross-section of the public, with the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Monday calling for his dismissal.
Source Graphic Ghana News
Ursula Owusu Ekuful blasts Nunoo-Mensah over "get out of the country" comments
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