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‘It’s about covid-19’ – Defence Minister condemns tribal rhetoric over military deployments
Jun 29, 2020
The Defence Minister Dominic Ntiwul has criticised ethnocentric rhetoric over the military deployments to border towns, sparked by an NPP MP’s comment.
The minister at a press conference to defuse tensions stressed the deployment was to combat the threat of covid-19 from the bordering towns.
It was NPP MP for Adansi Asokwa, KT Hammond who in a viral video explained the military presence in the Volta region was to “make sure that you vote if you are a Ghanaian.”
“They are not electoral officers but they are a peace-keeping force,” he said.
K.T Hammond further explained that election results have been severely impacted by Togolese.
“The Togolese and the Voltarians…they are the same tribe but they are not Ghanaians,” he said and complained about votes from Ketu South constituency of the Volta region.
“Where did they come from?. Everybody from wherever they came to vote. So this is what we want to disallow,” K.T Hammond said.
The military is there to make sure that you vote if you are a Ghanaian. They are not electoral officers but they are a peace-keeping force.”
A raging and vituperative commentary has been going on on social media over the weekend.
The opposition NDC elevated the matter in a press conference Monday morning. It’s Volta regional caucus in Parliament has called for the immediate withdrawal of the soldiers.
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