OPK Denies Ethnocentric Remark

Davis Ansah Opoku

 

The Member of Parliament (MP) for Mpraeso, Davis Ansah Opoku, aka OPK, has denied passing an ethnocentric remark against former Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.

The alleged remark, he said, was a misrepresentation of what he said during a private conversation.

In a reaction to the allegation which drew a public backlash, he said that the allegation was a screenshot from a WhatsApp group.

In his reaction, he said “the publication is not only false but also a gross misrepresentation of a private conversation.”

“The suggestion that I objected to a Northerner becoming a flagbearer is completely untrue,” he pointed out.

According to OPK, his original comment was in direct response to a post made on a WhatsApp group by a certain Tamimu, a Northerner who questioned the viability of Bryan Acheampong as a presidential candidate on the basis of regional succession.

OPK referenced President John Mahama, a Northerner, to challenge what he interpreted as Tamimu’s flawed argument and not to attack any ethnic group.

“It was never an attack on Northerners but a rebuttal of a divisive and regionalistic claim made by one of their own,” he explained.

He pointed out that he has high regards for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia just as he does all the other qualified contenders within the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

He concluded that every Ghanaian, irrespective of ethnicity or background, deserves the opportunity to serve. He also called for “focus on merit, unity, and competence rather than ethnocentric rhetoric.”

 

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