Host of Good Evening Ghana on Metro TV, Paul Adom Otchere has jumoed to the defense of Hawa Koomson, Minister-designate for Fisheries and Aquaculture on her performance during her vetting at Parliament’s Appointment Committee.
Mrs Hawa Koomson after her vetting on Thursday was trolled on social media for having a terrible English proficiency while others took her on for what they say is her abysmal understanding of work around the ministry.
Reacting to this, Paul Adom Otchere noted that Hawa Koomosn is an accomplished woman who has grabbed lots of opportunities; insisting that her poor English does not define her.
“If you look at Hawa Koomson’s profile and you look at what she has achieved in her life, you will have to give her some credit. For three times she has delivered a seat for the NPP, which the NPP never won.”
“Is it about English? Did she go to Achimota School with you…… We have to understand that life is about opportunities and people get opportunities that they are not able to use…. you have to look at people and the opportunities life has presented her. Those of you that sit on social media finish university that you don’t know anything in your head. Yes, I will say it. Some of you finish University of Ghana and you don’t know anything in your head, blockheaded people who come here for interviews and they don’t know anything,” he fumed.
“When people appear before the Committee let us assess what they have done. Let us not go and say she couldn’t speak good English. That she couldn’t speak English is what is worrying me Because the people who are arguing and teasing and laughing at her on social media, I can bet you 70% of them’ve finished University of Ghana. They walked out of the university with a blockhead and they don’t know anything. They are not employable, you can’t do anything with them,” he went ahead to say.
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