Member of Parliament for Ningo-Prampram, Sam Nartey Goerge, has refused to render an apology to Wing Commander Kwame Asare Boateng for his watchman comment.
On Tuesday, the Bank of Ghana Governor, Dr Ernest Addison failed to show up to receive the petition from the NDC MPs who participated in the #OccupyBoGprotest.
The leadership of the OccupyBoG protest was met by Wing Commander Kwame Asare Boateng and a host of the Bank’s leaders, who told the protesters that Dr Addison was in a meeting with a team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and was therefore unavailable to receive the petition.
Upset by the development, Mr Sam George called Dr Addison a coward for sending a “watchman to come and meet us” instead of being present.
“We were told stories that he wasn’t well and later told that he would come and receive our petition and we stood there for an hour and more and still failed to show up and sent a watchman to come and meet us.”
“I’ve always maintained that man (Dr. Ernest Addison) is a coward, and we will protest till he comes out to receive our petition,” he said.
His comment did not bode well for some members of the public, including Pius Enam Hadzide, Chief Executive Officer of the National Youth Authority (NYA). He called on Mr George to apologise.
But according to the Ningo-Prampram MP, he finds no reason to do so.
“I owe nobody an apology,” he stressed.
He made this statement during an interview on TV3’s New Day show.