Executive Director of the Ghana Institute of Governance and Security, David Agbee has chided Defence Minister Dominic Nitiwul insisting he has no knowledge about security system because he studied finance in school.
According to him, he is shocked to see senior military officers allow themselves to be used by Nitiwul to harass Ewes and intimidate them from participating in the ongoing voter registration exercise.
Speaking on Class Fm’s news program on August 3, Mr Agbee said ““The most surprising one and the disgusting one is that the military men that I do know, senior men in the military, who know what defence and security is all about, have allowed themselves for Nitiwul, who does not know anything about security systems in our country, [to be] misusing them.”
He added, “who is Nitiwul? Where does Nitiwul actually come from?. He [Nitiwul] has no knowledge about security. He only did finance and finance is totally different from military.”
According to him, “when you study corporate finance and you study finance, it doesn’t mean that you understand what security is all about and the security men that I do know, they know that security is about the sovereignty, the protection of civilians.”
Former President John Mahama had also alleged and condemned Mr Nitiwul for using the army to intimidate Voltarians from registering.
In defence, Dominic Nitiwul said, “the former president is wrong and misled to think that the military is being used to suppress people. The Volta Region he cited, can anybody tell me that the figures in the Volta Region are lower than the national average? Obviously not. So, where is the voter suppression? Are the figures in the Northern Region lower than the national average? Obviously not. Are the figures in the Greater Accra Region also lower than the national average? It is also a no. So, where is the voter suppression here again? We also have over 30,000 registration centres, how many centres have we seen military personnel visit for anybody to conclude there is voter suppression? Of course, they have visited registration centres where there is trouble and they will continue to places where there is trouble but for anybody to conclude, especially a former president and Commander-in-Chief of the Ghana Armed Forces, to conclude there is voter suppression, he is misleading the people.”
Source: GhanaFeed.com