Deputy General Secretary of the ruling New Patriotic Party(NPP) Nana Obiri Boahen has indicated that Fisheries Minister-designate, Mavis Hawa Koomson should not have apologised to the Appointment Committee over the Kasoa shooting incidence.
According to him there was no reason or whatsoever for Mrs Koomson to have offered apologies for trying to defend herself during an attack.
Agoo TV/Kasapa FM, Lawyer Nana Obiri Boahen told host Bonohene Baffuor Awuah that Hawa Koomson should have stood her grounds and not apologize over the incident as she did so to defend her life.
“I strongly disagree with the apology Hawa Koomson rendered during her vetting. Come on, because of a ministerial appointment you can’t stand your grounds? Given that situation, the Constitution of Ghana gives you the right to defend yourself even to the point of killing. When you are under attack and you fire a warning shot and they run away and you appear before a vetting committee how can you say you are sorry. Come on, maybe that is why some of us don’t get such appointments. What offence has Hawa Koomson committed? Because she’s being vetted for a ministerial position and she’s fired a gun for which she has the right, she must at all cost apologize otherwise she’ll not be approved. That is certainly not right,” he was quoted by kasapafm.
Source: GhanaFeed.com
