Government officials must stop the insults first - Akosa

A leading member of the Convention Peoples Party Professor Agyeman Badu Akosa has asked members of the NDC Government to start the process of halting the 'politics of insults' which have inundated the political and media landscape.

Although Professor Agyemang Badu Akosah believes the President's caution was in the right direction and did not point accusing fingers at any particular party, he is of the view that it is prudent for members of the Government to set the tone.

President Mills at the commissioning of the Accra-Tema railway line in Tema on Thursday October 28, expressed worry over the deepening culture of insults which he said has tainted Ghanaian politics to the detriment of national development.

He said the use of insults by politicians if not checked will corrupt the young generation which could have dire consequences for societal development.

Speaking to Citi News Prof. Agyeman Badu Akosa commended President Mills for his stance but asked him to first check the conduct and demeanor of his appointees and people within the NDC.

He wants the NDC to first extend courtesy and civility towards members on the other side of the political divide and watch out for the response from the opposition.

“I think the first thing is that members of government must heed to the president's call and live beyond reproach. For them, from now onwards, I think the President must set up a system of monitoring so that he realizes that his people including their serial callers begin to live beyond reproach and speak on issues and use persuasive arguments. Let's see that from Government and let's see how the opposition will respond,” he suggested.

“But as far as we are concerned, some other political parties like the CPP will begin weekly to put out alternatives to let Ghanaians know that politics is not only NDC and NPP in this country. What is important is national development, but Nation building is lost in our body politics and this cannot be accepted because this country needs to move on” he said.