Ursula, John Jinapor 'hit' at each other

Ms Ursula Owusu

The Vice President of FIDA International, Ursula Owusu, is advising Ghanaian women who aspire to be politicians to bear in mind that some misguided persons are out there to label them as prostitutes.

She said the political climate in Ghana is unfair to women and that those who defy the odds to walk that terrain are unfortunately referred to as sluts, however, that should not deter them.

Ms Owusu was speaking on Metro TV's Good Morning Ghana programme Monday in reaction to remarks made by her co-panelist John Jinapor, spokesperson for the Vice President, who sought to infer that she prostituted to build her house.

Mr Jinapor's comment was in response to Ursula's earlier statement that six months into office, some members of the Mills government had put up houses.

She was asked to withdraw her statement but she declined, saying she did not attribute what she said to a particular person in government.

However, the Vice President's spokesperson, who insisted Ms Owusu apologizes or withdraws her accusation, said “I can confidently tell Ghanaians that I did not engage in prostitution with big men to build my house”.

He insisted he equally did not make specific reference to Ursula but that “who the cup fits wears it”.

But Ms Owusu pointed out that though she has been vilified by opponents and some newspapers, she is proud to add up to the list of illustrious women – Joyce Aryee, Gina Blay, Gifty Afenyi-Dadzie - who have been mistreated this same way in the name of politics.

She maintained that “that is not going to stop me. I have chosen this path, I will continue on it until the end that is scheduled for me.”

Ursula Owusu cautioned that “if you continue labeling women like this, we will never get the kind of quality that we want to sanitize the politics you have made so filthy.”

Listen to Ursula and Jinapor in the attached audio

By: Dorcas Efe Mensah/myjoyonline.com/Ghana