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31’st December Women’s Movement deny
Maame Dokonu
Accra, Aug. 21, Ghanadot/GNA- The
National Executive of the 31st December Women’s Movement, on
Thursday denied that the President of the organisation was
behind the defection of Madam Grace Omaboe, alias Maame
Dokonu, an ace actress, from the National Democratic
Congress (NDC) to the New Patriotic Party.
A press statement issued by the Movement, said, Madam Omaboe
was engaged by Mrs Konadu Agyeman Rawlings as the hostess
and later a producer of the body’s children educative
programme: “By the Fire side”, which was running on Ghana
Television.
“Maame Dokonu was added to the story tellers and was paid
for every production that she worked on.”
The statement said since it was becoming expensive to
maintain the programme on TV, the National Executive had a
meeting with Madam Omaboe to collect the vehicle and
equipment allotted to her.
“After our meetings and discussions …Maame Dokonu drove to
the Movement’s office in the company of her driver… with the
equipment and handed over the keys to the scheduled officer.
“We wish to deny emphatically that neither Mrs. Rawlings…
nor her husband, the Former Head of State, ever went to her
house with soldiers to collect the bus from her.”
The statement said since 2001, President John Agyekum Kufuor
had withdrawn all Military personnel posted to the former
Head of State’s home and was therefore not possible for the
couple to send soldiers to Madam Omaboe’ residence.
The statement said since the engagement of the actress, she
had benefited immensely from the Movement especially the
footing of her medical expenses and her upkeep.
The Movement supported her to revamp her drinking spot at
Kwame Nkrumah Circle, which was vandalized by a mob that was
part of the “Kumepreko March” during Rawlings
Administration.
Madam Omaboe was also part of a number of international
tours of the Movement including China, at the invitation of
the China Women’s Federation.
The statement said in 2000, Madam Omaboe approached Mrs
Rawlings, to be supported to contest the Parliamentary seat
for Birim as a candidate of the NDC.
She was supported because the Movement places premium on
women and children and embraces all individuals trying to
pursue the same objectives.
The statement said it was therefore untrue for Madam Omaboe
to say that the President of the Movement sent “goons to
chase her out of the party for the simple reason that she
was becoming too vocal and was courting a large women
following due to the gender activist role she was playing.”
“Joining political Parties is a matter of choice and
principle. Maame Dokonu is free as a person under the
Constitution of Ghana to hop from one party to another. But
she must give virtue its due,” the statement said.
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