Ohene Ntow justifies Alan’s comment, says it was political
Nana Ohene Ntow, a member of the Alan Kyerematen campaign team and a former general secretary of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has refuted allegations that the independent presidential candidate was inciting division by advising Ghanaians to cast their ballots for a Christian leader in the next general election.
According to him, the Former Minister of Trade and Industry comment that Christians should vote for a ‘Christian-like’ president in the upcoming December 7 2024 election was had no religious undertone.
In an interview on Joy News on Wednesday, April 3, Mr Ntow a Communications Expert said stated that it is hypocritical of anyone to claim that just because Mr. Kyerematen declared he is a Christian, people need to vote for him—especially political rivals whose candidate has been encouraging Muslims to vote for Muslims.
“This talk, very obviously for anybody who will be honest, is political and has nothing to do with religion. If it has anything to do with religion, it is the advantage that both Bawumia and Alan and others see that they can take of the religious lobby that they are also getting closer, endearing themselves to that.”
“So if anybody turns around and says all these, basically insulting Alan, I see it as political manners,” he said.
The leader of the Movement for Change Alan Kyerematen in an address at the Church of Pentecost, Dr Wyatt Assembly on last Sunday called on Ghanaians to elect a ‘Christlike’ president in the upcoming December 7, 2024 elections.
He said, “As a predominantly Christian nation, as Christians, it is our responsibility that we elect a Christian leader, who is also a Christ-like leader.
“We want a leader who has the vision to bring hope to the hopeless, but we also want a leader who will be a servant leader to serve the people and not to lord over them.
“We also want a leader who has integrity. These were the characteristics of our Lord Jesus who today is risen.”
This comment has been condemned by a section of the public describing it as religious bigotry.
But Nana Ohene Ntow insists that there is nothing wrong with the statement, adding that any smart politician who wants to win an election will solicit votes from religious bodies.
“If you have a majority social segment, a demographic segment, a religious segment and it gets into politics, every smart, sensible politician like Dr Bawumia who is a Muslim candidate and realizes that the numbers for the voters, they are the churches, why is he dancing around churches?
“Has he suddenly become a Christian? Has he confessed? So I’m saying Dr Bawumia going to church, a Muslim, and he’s asking Christians to vote for him, and a Christian going to Church asks Christians to vote for him, and people are telling him he’s creating tension.”
Source: Adinkraradio.com
