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PRESS STATEMENT
Women of Faith and
Substance
Aug 03, 2016
NANA OYE LITHUR MUST
RESIGN!
It
goes without saying that the Chief Justice, Georgina
Theodora Woode, has been left in the lurch by the very
person whose duty it is to stand up and shield her from
any attack that may emanate from a section of the
public.
The
recent spate of attacks and threats to the very
existence of the fourth most powerful personality in the
country, and arguably, the most powerful woman around,
have been treated with undeserved disdain by the
minister of gender and social protection, Nana
Oye-Lithur.
It is
needless for us to bombard Ghanaians once again with the
hideously distasteful words employed by the incarcerated
Montie gang to threaten the Chief Justice, but what we
find extremely difficult to fathom is the failure of
Oye-Lithur, the woman charged with the responsibility of
overseeing the interests of women, to not only condemn
these never-ending attacks and threats on the Chief
Justice, but also organize series of demonstrations with
the sole intention to press home the ministry's aversion
to such abhorrent behavioural attitudes. These core
duties, strangely enough, have been overlooked by Nana
Oye-Lithur! The rather deafening silence of the gender
minister in the face of these threats to the life of the
CJ is puzzling, to say the least!
In an
ideal situation, these graphic descriptions and threats
of mayhem to the life of the Chief Justice should have
been ruthlessly tackled and dealt with, but for whatever
reason, Nana Oye-Lithur finds it ideal to offer
protection for the criminals who nurtured these inhumane
thoughts.
Nana
Oye-Lithur, it could be recalled, issued a statement to
publicly condemn and chastise Hon.Ken Ohene Agyepong
when he was alleged to have made a comment to the effect
that the chairperson of the EC couldn't have got her
position based on competence but on another reason
altogether. She went further to organize demonstrations
against the Assin Central MP over the same issue. No
sooner had this episode ended than the Montie gang
threatened to rape and assassinate the Chief Justice,
but Nana Oye-Lithur has conveniently sidestepped this
all-important matter which has assumed international
headlines.
In her
haste to criticize Hon.Kennedy Agyepong when he
allegedly made comments which slighted the chairperson
of the EC, Nana Oye-Lithur had this to say,
Women
of Ghana will not countenance such comments and personal
attacks on women who have committed to serve Ghana in
public office
Her
reaction to these threats and attacks on these Justices
of the Supreme Court is hypocritical.
What
we find disappointingly heartrending is the decision of
the gender minister to sign for the release of the
criminals who are hell-bent to eliminate the Chief
Justice off the face of the earth. It is disgusting,
putting it mildly, to see Oye-Lithur displaying such an
oafish posture which is at variance with the advocacy
she used to loudly and vehemently run for women before
this position she occupies now. In our view, she has
lost the moral authority to head the Gender Ministry
with her conduct in this particular issue and must
resign.
Women
of Faith and Substance use this medium to appeal to all
women's groups to rally round the Chief Justice in these
trying times. Chief Justice Georgina Theodora Wood needs
our support and protection at a time the Mahama
administration in general, and the gender minister
specifically, have marooned her! We must not fail our
fellow woman! Let's rise up and shield the Chief Justice
now!
Whilst
we fervently appeal to well meaning Ghanaian women to
solidarize with the Chief Justice and Justice Sophia
Akuffo over these senseless attacks on their persons, we
are seizing this opportunity to ask Oye-Lithur to take a
backseat as she has proven beyond reasonable doubt that
she is a walking disaster being the woman in charge of
such a sensitive outfit! She is too biased to hold such
a post. In any serious jurisdiction, such a woman would
have been sidelined from the corridors of power.
Oye-Lithur, bow out voluntarily if the president has no
balls to do so!
Spokespersons:
Gifty
Oware 0244984307
Jennifer Queen 0508032788
Hassanatu Darkey 0556770642
Olivia Quartey 0244297810
Nana Afua 0264253740
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