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Former
General
Secretary
of
the
Teacher
Trainees’
Association
of
Ghana
(TTAG)
EKow
Gyan
has
described
the
running
mate
to
the
flagbearer
of
the
New
Patriotic
Party
(NPP)
Dr
Matthew
Opoku
Prempeh
(Napo)
as
disrespectful
and
arrogant.
In
a
statement,
he
recalled
that
during
his
tenure
as
a
National
Executive
Member
of
the
TTAG,
he
encountered
Dr.
Opoku-Prempeh,
who
was
then
the
Minister
of
Education,
numerous
times.
“What
I
personally
experienced
was
the
disrespectfulness
that
accompanied
his
arrogance.
On
June
4,
2018,
the
leadership
of
TTAG
met
with
Dr.
Opoku-
Prempeh
and
Professor
Salifu,
who
was
then
the
Executive
Secretary
for
the
National
Council
for
Tertiary
Education
(NCTE).
During
this
meeting,
Napo
shouted
at
me
for
referencing
a
memo
he
presented
to
the
cabinet
concerning
Teacher
Education
Reforms.
“I
have
a
picture
taken
by
his
official
photographer,
showing
Napo
looking
at
the
screen
of
a
mobile
phone
while
I
was
being
berated
for
providing
evidence
from
his
memo.
Insults
from
Napo
were
so
frequent
that
this
incident
seemed
almost
normal,”
he
said
in
a
statement…
Below
is
his
full
statement…
NAPO
IS
DISRESPECTFULLY
ARROGANT—
FORMER
TTAG
GENERAL
SECRETARY
A
few
hours
ago,
Vice
President
Bawumia
presented
Dr.
Mathew
Opoku
Prempeh
to
the
National
Council
of
the
New
Patriotic
Party
as
his
choice
of
Running
Mate—a
choice
I
consider
disastrous.
During
my
tenure
as
a
National
Executive
Member
of
the
Teacher
Trainees’
Association
of
Ghana
(TTAG),
I
encountered
Dr.
Opoku-Prempeh,
who
was
then
the
Minister
of
Education,
numerous
times.
From
these
encounters,
I
can
affirm
that
“Napo
is
arrogant.”
What
I
personally
experienced
was
the
disrespectfulness
that
accompanied
his
arrogance.
On
June
4,
2018,
the
leadership
of
TTAG
met
with
Dr.
Opoku-
Prempeh
and
Professor
Salifu,
who
was
then
the
Executive
Secretary
for
the
National
Council
for
Tertiary
Education
(NCTE).
During
this
meeting,
Napo
shouted
at
me
for
referencing
a
memo
he
presented
to
the
cabinet
concerning
Teacher
Education
Reforms.
I
have
a
picture
taken
by
his
official
photographer,
showing
Napo
looking
at
the
screen
of
a
mobile
phone
while
I
was
being
berated
for
providing
evidence
from
his
memo.
Insults
from
Napo
were
so
frequent
that
this
incident
seemed
almost
normal.
A
colleague
of
mine
faced
a
similar
ordeal
in
the
same
meeting.
His
“crime”
was
suggesting
that
Napo
consider
expanding
the
colleges
of
education
to
accommodate
more
students.
Mohammed
also
endured
insults
from
Napo,
which
had
become
the
norm.
However,
the
most
traumatizing
moment
was
Napo’s
ability
to
hurl
insults
at
Mrs.
Eva
Haizel,
then
Director
of
Tertiary
Education
at
the
Ministry
of
Education.
This
is
a
woman
who
could
be
the
mother
of
almost
all
the
TTAG
executives
present,
and
Napo
had
the
audacity
to
insult
her
to
the
point
of
making
her
weep
in
front
of
us.
I
have
never
been
able
to
come
to
terms
with
that
moment
and
cannot
forgive
Napo
for
it.
While
I
have
personally
faced
insults
from
Napo
and
bear
no
grudges,
as
I
consider
it
normal
due
to
our
age
difference,
insulting
someone
who
could
be
my
mother
is
entirely
unacceptable.
Whenever
I
had
the
chance
to
grant
interviews
on
radio
or
TV,
I
made
sure
to
retaliate
by
throwing
jabs
at
him
for
what
he
put
us
through.
I
know
Napo
had
no
respect
of
trainee
teachers
and
teachers
while
serving
as
the
Sector
Minister.
Several
times
he
fought
with
labour
unions
and
student
unions.
Minister
Napo
similarly
scolded
former
CETAG
General
Secretary
,
Mr
Hemeng.
Several
times,
I
know
he
locked
horns
with
PRINCOF
and
Vice
Chancellors
council,
and
he
didn’t
“spare”
them.
If
all
unions
leaders
in
the
education
space
would
attest
to
this.
Napo?
Not
not
not!!!
Once,
at
the
studios
of
Asempa
FM,
a
journalist
shared
a
similar
experience
with
me.
She
recounted
how,
after
a
press
conference
at
the
Ministry
of
Information,
Napo
ordered
the
journalists
to
pick
up
the
room
as
if
they
were
his
children.
A
man
who
has
no
respect
for
humanity
does
not
deserve
to
be
Vice
President
of
this
country.
This
is
a
man
I
have
personally
encountered,
and
I
know
he
is
indeed
disrespectfully
arrogant.
Wherever
and
whenever
he
calls
me
to
respond,
I
shall
gladly
make
myself
available.
Did
I
forget,
he’s
blocked
me
on
WhatsApp?
That
was
done
even
when
I
was
a
National
Executive
of
TTAG.
EKOW
DJAN
FORMER
TTAG
GENERAL
SECRETARY
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