I never agreed to appear on Newsfile or send my deputy General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has denied claims that he had agreed to send his deputy to represent him on Joy FM news analysis programme Newsfile after other panelists boycotted the show in protest to his absence. He said he had duly informed host and producer of the Saturday morning programme that other engagements required his presence thus making it impossible for him to be present at the programme. According to him, it would have been totally impossible for him to send any deputy because none of his two asistants were in Accra on the day of the popular programme. Speaking on Adom FMs morning show ‘Dwaso Nsem’, Mr Asiedu Nketia said he had properly informed producer of the show, Sedem Ofori that he had to attend a funeral outside Accra hence it was impossible for him to be at the programme. General Mosquito as he is popularly called, told the host Captain Smart, he is not an employee of Joy FM, he is entitled to run his life. His personal and private issues needed his attention more than attending a radio programme, the politician explained. Mr Asiedu Nketia together with General Secretaries of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Kwabena Agyepong, Convention People’s Party (CPP), Ivor Greenstreet and Progressive People’s Party (PPP), Kofi Asamoah Siaw were billed to appear on one of the most listened to political discussion programme in the country. The panelists were to discuss some key proposals among the political parties for electoral reforms in the country. Producer of the programme believed that General Secretaries of political parties in Ghana being the administrative heads of parties will be key in providing their perspectives on electoral reforms. However, the programme could not come off due to the absence of the NDC’s General Secretary. The three other General Secretaries refused to sit in for the show although they had driven to the studios of Multi TV. They all went back home after they learnt that Mr Asiedu Nketia was not going to be available. The General Secretary of the NPP Kwabena Agyapong said that that was not the first time Mr Asiedu Nketia had failed to attend a programme General Secretaries had been invited to. He claimed that Mr Asiedu Nketia had on three occasions refused to turn to turn up at a forum meant for General Secretaries of political parties in the country. But in a sharp rebuttal, the NDC’s General Secretary said he had never been invited to a forum where Kwabena Agyapong was meant to be present at and that he was surprised at comments of the General Secretary. He however, blamed Joy FM and producers of the show for misinforming the panelists and asked that any questions concerning the boycott be addressed to them. Meanwhile, producer of Newsfile Sedem Ofori said the General Secretary had been duly informed and had agreed to be on the programme. He said the production team had once postponed the programme to accomodate Aseidu Nketia after he said an earlier proposed date was not convenient. Sedem said several attempts to get in touch with Mr Asiedu Nketia and remind him of the date proved futile. The General Secretary refused to pick his calls or reply the several text messages he had sent to him in order to confirm and remind him about the impending programme, he said. He also stated that the other General Secretaries were informed about the development even though it was late and they could not find an alternative to replace the NDC’s General Secretary.
Posted on: Mon, 26 Jan 2015 10:36:24 +0000
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