The director of public relations and external affairs of the Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) Nana Yaa Jantuah has expressed her displeasure over unpleasant ‘tags’ people give her on social media.
Speaking in an interview with Morning Starr’s Kafui Dey on Starr 103.5FM, she fumed and said, “I’m not a prostitute.”
Ms. Jantuah, who has been the primary spokesperson for the PURC regarding issues related to inadequate power supply, has faced increasing public backlash.
This comes after the Commission announced increases in electricity and water tariffs, despite a worsening power crisis that has led to the implementation of load shedding measures.
“I heard people say that I am wicked; I am a prostitute. They say it on social media… [it makes me feel] bad,” she complained.
She said the constant abuse has made her contemplate resigning on several occasions but she was stopped by her boss each time.
“Maybe when the time comes, I’ll resign,” she said. “I wish I could just pick up my bag one day and say I’m gone, seriously. [I’ve given it serious thought]. Last night I was thinking about, ‘Why don’t I leave’.
“I was taught by my father [F A Jantuah, who served in the Nkrumah government] to do what is right and if I decide to take up a responsibility, I have to do it to the fullest at the time that I’m still there and when the time comes for me to leave, then I’m gone.
“Ask my boss how many times I’ve said I’m leaving. Because you see some of the things and [they] hit you: that somebody will say that you are a prostitute, and a prostitute is somebody who solicits for sex openly, and I don’t solicit for sex; I don’t do that, and you find somebody you are older than just insulting you and talking to you anyhow. I’m getting to 50, but you get somebody [as young as] 24… [talking to you anyhow]. And that’s somebody I could give birth to,” she bemoaned.
“I’ll tell you a story: I was praying in church when somebody saw me and the person said he stopped praying and was looking at me to make sure it was me. So when we finished, he walked up to me and said: ‘Is that you?’ I said: ‘Why?’ He said: ‘You pray?’ I said, ‘Yes, I’m a human being.
I pray…I’m just doing a job and I do it to the best of my ability. some people say I’m a disgrace, and some people say I’m not a good Christian, but Kafui, if you’re given a job, you do it to the best of your ability.”