The Member of Parliament for Korle Klottey, Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings has come under fire from Nana Akomea, the chief executive officer of the Intercity State Transport Corporation (STC), over a comment she made following the approval of six cabinet nominations by Parliament.
Dr. Zanetor made a statement stating that her late father, Jerry John Rawlings, would have asked all National Democratic Congress (NDC) MPs to swear on Antoa (shrine) or take a lie-detector test after the secret voting that witnessed the acceptance of President Akufo Addo’s ministerial candidates.
Nana Akomea rebuked the Korle Klottey politician in response, telling her to watch her words and to leave her departed father to rest rather than involving him in situations that would cause further problems.
The late President Rawlings, who served as president for more than 20 years, never sought the advice of the well-known shrine “Antoa,” according to Nana Akomea, who made this claim during a panel discussion on Peace FM.
Additionally, he emphasized that Rawlings had never taken an oath while in office.
All that we said about him (Rawlings), did he ever go there (Antoa) … to swear about anything? So, what is his daughter telling us? If you will remember, during his father’s time as president, the females that were losing their lives and he couldn’t even manage the situation until president Kufour’s time.
“Kufour provided the police CID detectives with the necessary logistics to solve the situation … after her father was done with his tenure in office…that was when he said he knew the killers and even went ahead to mention their names.
“Later on, when the detectives went to him for evidence, he said they should go for chemical interrogation, did he say ‘Antoa’? So, Zanetor should stop what she is saying there before it triggers other issues, the father is dead and gone, and he should rest,” he said
Zanetor was further admonished by Nana Akomea to quit making such comments because they could lead to other problems.
He reminded her that her father had passed away and that she should get some rest.
After the National Democratic Congress (NDC) instructed its MPs to reject the nominees in order to demand a reduction in the size of the present government, the ministerial nominees were approved.
The six nominees received resounding votes during the secret ballot despite there being equal representation on both sides of the House, which prompted allegations of betrayal against the minority Members.
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