Gratia Women Demand Apology From NPP For Attacking Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang

A group calling itself Gratia Women of Substance Network is demanding an apology from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for attacking the personality of Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang following her selection as the running mate of the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. John Dramani Mahama.

After several months of waiting, former President John Dramani Mahama finally on Monday, July 6, 2020, confirmed that he will be going into the 2020 general elections with the former Education Minister as his running mate.

Subsequently in the afternoon, the NPP at a press conference addressed by its Director of Communications, Yaw Buaben Asamoa stressed that the choice of Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman is an indication that Mr. John Dramani Mahama does not take the Ghanaian electorates serious.

“We can only conclude that the choice of Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman by Mr. John Dramani Mahama is a clear indication that he does not take the Ghanaian electorate seriously”, the NPP Director of Communications said.

Having noted that the only positive thing about her selection is the fact that she is a woman, Yaw Buaben Asamoa implied that she brings nothing to the table.

At a Press Conference on Tuesday, July 7, 2020, the Gratia Women of Substance Network has not taken kindly to the press conference of the NPP as they furiously consider the attacks on Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyeman as an attack on all women.

They have hence given the NPP and Yaw Buaben Asamoa a 48-hour and 24-hour ultimatum respectively to withdraw and issue an apology for all the attacks on the running mate of the NDC flagbearer.

“An attack on her personality is an attack on all women. In this century we also believe that the NPP'S press conference in response to the choice of running mate by the flagbearer was in a bad faith, gross disrespect, and an insult to women.

“We hereby give the NPP and its leaders a 48-hour ultimatum to withdraw and retract the gibberish they spewed on the personality and credibility of Prof. Naana. Failure to do so will mean that the NPP is a party that do not recognize women”, Theresa Gbekie, the Executive Director of Gratia Women of Substance Network said at the press conference today.

While congratulating Prof. Jane Opoku-Agyemang on her selection as the running mate of John Dramani Mahama, the Group says they believe her credibility and integrity cannot be questioned.

According to them, the former Minister of Education is more qualified to lead the high office in government than the President, H.E Nana Addo and his vice H.E Dr. Bawumia.