A former Deputy Minister of Tourism, Abla Dzifa Gomashie, has appealed to President Nana Akufo-Addo to protect the Chairperson of the Electoral Commission (EC), Charlotte Osei, and Constance Ama Emefa Edjeani-Afenu, the first female to attain the rank of Brigadier General in the Ghana Armed Forces (GAF).
The EC boss is facing impeachment as a group of staff at the commission has petitioned the president for her removal over fraud and financial malfeasance allegations.
Apart from the petition against Mrs Osei, the former minister said she has also sighted an article about Brigadier-General Edjeani-Afenu which does not augur well for her status as a woman rising in the Ghana Armed Forces.
“Please protect these women as you would your sisters. I have read a petition and an article by a soldier online and I am really upset and horrified,” she said in a Facebook post on Thursday, July 20.
She was of the view that “the journey to 30% Affirmative Action for women is a long one” and those in positions of higher authority need support.
Her Post below-
Agooo
Tin kon kon kon tin kon
Agooo
Dear H. E. President Nana Akufo-Addo,
Please protect these women as you would your sisters. I have read a petition and an article by a soldier online and I am really upset and horrified.
Please leave them alone.
These women are intelligent and have earned the positions they occupy.
The journey to 30% Affirmative Action for women is a long one. ...
This is a personal request/favour I am making to you.
Thank you, Sir.
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De protection of the EC boss only comes in thru her hardwork sincerity of service to state etc bt not only thru calling for her protection sake,she must account for her stewardship to de state rather than oral proclamation of her protection .Her behavior alone shd hav bn able to protect her job .Mad.Dzifa Pls come again.
Gomashie lady should spare us those words, the watch word here is competency. Her party NDC will appoint people who are incompetent.It not about making up the numbers, it not about gender balance it about competency and due delligence in the discharge of your duty.We all most former Prez Mahama let most of them in office becuase of making up the numbers and not base of quality tag to performance. The staffs at EC have raise some legitimate concerns and we need to investigate those concerns as a nation.
when former chraj boss lauretta lamptey misbehaved she was shown the exit. what is special about charlotte? some women can misbehave when given opportunities. Remember Betty Mould iddrissu. if the points in the petition are meritorious then she must be impeached. No one is above the law. period