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A member of the Government�s Communication Team has slated Dr. Tony Aidoo, Head of Policy and Evaluation Unit at the Presidency for verbally attacking General Overseer of the International Central Gospel Church, Pastor Mensa Otabil. Samuel George is of the view that Dr. Tony Aidoo could have �spiced up his words� and still made his point concerning the brouhaha surrounding the man of God�s view on Free Education. He has also advised his colleague NDC communicators to discuss the issue objectively and avoid the personality attack. At a press conference in Accra last week, Pastor Otabil lamented over what he said was the manipulation of his sermons for political expediency and appealed to President Mahama to call to order, NDC members who are piecing together comments he had made in the past, to create the impression that he is against the proposed free senior high school policy being espoused by Nana Akufo-Addo. He described the act as �criminal�, �unethical�, �malicious�, �Machiavellian� and above all �evil�. But Dr. Tony Aidoo, who was obviously unhappy at the renowned Pastor�s remarks, labeled him a coward, a man without integrity, a man whose own theology is replete with internal contradictions. However, Samuel George avers that Dr. Aidoo�s unsavoury language against Pastor Otabil, �cannot be the position of President John Dramani Mahama�.