Vice-President Kwesi Amissah Arthur says short people need to be carried to help them see President Mahama’s massive achievements, a humorous jab that sent supporters of the governing National Democratic Congress ecstastic laughter.
He made the comment at a campaign event in the Eastern region Friday, when the attention of his audience had drifted to a young woman in her twenties who was 'vertically challenged' and was carried shoulder high by some persons in the crowd in order for her to see what was happening on the dais.
Distracted by the incident, the Vice-President paused for a while to ask why the woman had been carried. The crowd responded that it was to help the young voter get a better view of the campaign event.
Served with what appeared to be an irresistible analogy, the Vice-President told the cheering audience that short people should be carried in order for them to see the achievements of President Mahama.
The crowd burst into uncontrollable laughter.
In a campaign of high stakes, government officials have found space for humour by targeting the height of NPP Presidential candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
The Sports minister was the first to make reference to Akufo-Addo’s height after he said at the campaign launch in the Central region that the presidency is not for short people.
The reaction from the NPP was thick condemnation.
The Vice-President said the loyalty of the constituents to the NPP during elections has not been commensurate with the level of developments in the region.
He said leading figures in the party like Osafo Maafo who hail from the region have failed to develop the road network.
The NDC has vowed to split the votes in the region that has been a second stronghold for the opposition NPP.
Since 2000, the NPP has won a majority of seats in the region grabbing 18 out of 26 seats in the elections. In 2004, the NPP nearly wiped off the NDC’s presence in the region after a commanding control of 22 out of 28 seats.
The grip loosened slightly in 2012 after the NPP won 20 out of 28 seats and in 2012, the NPP won 26 seats out of 33. This was after new constituencies were created.
The NDC has launched Agenda 50/50 to share the spoils with the NPP, a target the NPP has laughed off as impossible.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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Gays like him should also be thought common sense and economics
Is your cranium functioning correctly? I don't think so. Check it!
Mr Vice President, why are you doing this to those of us who are short? or may be you have not seen or checked the height of your Chief of Staff. You are also insulting him too. Lets forget, your General Secretary Mosquito also falls in that category. Right? I don't think ***barred word***
Ghana VP Kwasi Amissah Arthur is a BIG F00L and his behavior is like a kindergarten kid with search an a comment .......
***barred word*** ARE ALSO ALWAYS BLIND TO REALITY
when s_tupi!d people like this id++iot talk u just watch their a_n_uS leaking.. check your pampers sir
You like sleeping too much that is why you cannot see the development that is going on. You did the same to Kwame Nkrumah. When he was developing Ghana's infrastructure, you went around crying that he was borrowing too much. You insulted him, published all sorts of lies about him. Hypocrites. Today, you have the audacity to celebrate Kwame Nkrumah's birthday. No way for you this time. We shall torment you until you can't pretend anymore. At first you said JM has not done anything at all. Now you have admitted that he has done something but at to high a cost, very soon you will forget about the cost.
Why This man tolk like that ?
If you live in a glass house don't throw stones. Nana and Bawumia begun the insults and now NPP is crying.The short cannot see, the deaf cannot hear and the lame cannot walk. Please sympathizers should help them to see. Put them on your shoulders, give them ladders or consult Fiffi Kwettey about who is really incompetent. Musu koraa na y3y3nomoreeeee
People who are not wise and not intelligent need to be told the desperate economy of Ghana. An economy Paa Kwesi Amissah-Arthur and his bunch of inept greedy people have mismanaged.