Ghanaians living outside the West African nation have been angered by a deputy minister, Robert Ahomka Lindsay who called them “Whiners” at a public event in Accra.
The deputy minister at an event organized by the diaspora community told the participants many of whom were Ghanaians living abroad that they were individuals who nag and complain about conditions in the country.
Local media quoted the government official as saying at the event that “Nobody likes whiners, people that spend all the time whining really get on people’s nerves. So, stop whining; stop saying this doesn’t work, that doesn’t work; please, we know it doesn’t work so stop whining all the time saying it doesn’t work. If it worked, you probably won’t be sitting there.”
These comments however angered the participants who described as arrogant and disrespected them. After several criticisms from the Ghanaian public, the deputy minister has now apologized.
Starr FM reported that he has rendered an unqualified apology for his comments. “None of my comments were meant to cast aspersions. They were an expression of my personal experience,” the deputy minister said in a statement on Thursday.
Ahomka Lindsay further stated that “I wish to assure the people of Ghana and all those who have been offended by the comments that I did not in any way mean to sound offensive in my presentation. I hold all Ghanaians in the greatest of respect and will not in any way do or say anything that will impugn their integrity.”
Source: Africafeeds.com
