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The people of the Volta Region are allegedly being incited by Fiifi Kwetey, the General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), to do everything in their power to prevent their children and youth from making independent political choices and to force them to accept the NDC despite all of the obstacles the party faces that might make it unappealing to the younger generation in the region.
In an undisclosed location in the Volta Region, the former NDC propaganda secretary and current general secretary made the call while addressing a group of NDC supporters as part of the party’s flagbearer’s sensitization campaign ahead of the December 2024 presidential and parliamentary elections.
“It looks as if it is wrong for us, Volta people, to take NDC as a religion. There is nothing wrong with that. Some of our young people from Volta, think it is something of pride to say as for us we are not like our fathers and uncles, we believe we should not [just accept something they believe in, and that it is something of pride to choose to be independent minded].
“This party [NDC] may not be the perfect party. It may not be a party that has always delivered on all its promises, but it is our responsibility to ensure that our children remain loyal to this commission to be able to make it better, Fiifi Kwetey is heard saying in a voice recording.
“If you watch what happens in Ashanti and the Eastern Region, they understand that their party must be their party, and nothing changes. Somehow, they appreciate that they must not forsake their party because this must become a religion. Your religion may not be the best, but that is your religion, and it is your responsibility to make sure you fix it, ” Fiifi Kwetey stated.
“I think we must let our people [Voltarians] appreciate that this is who we are. If you go to America today if you go to New York State, the democratic party is like a religion, through rain or shine, that is your political party. If you go to California, it is the same. If you go to places where the Republicans are, it is the same. There is nothing wrong with it, Mr Kwetey further stated in the audio recording.
Mr. Kwetey has made remarks that are so ethnocentric twice. He had previously exhorted Voltarians to treat the party like a religion and worship it like “God” in January 2023, during a regional retreat for NDC executives.
There had already been a lot of backlash against these comments. Many people have criticized the remarks, and Makafui Woanya, the regional chairman of the NPP Volta, has rejected the idea of unquestioning loyalty to a political party.
Woanya underlined that the NPP’s ability to gain support from the populace would depend on its accomplishments in the area.
The Majority Chief Whip, Frank Annoh-Dompreh, expressed shock and disappointment, and the majority caucus in parliament also denounced Kwetey’s remarks.
He urged Kwetey to take back his remarks and issued a warning against taking the nation’s tolerance for different ethnicities and religions for granted.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
