National Youth Organizer of the governing New Patriotic Party Salam Mustapha has said Political Science Lecturer with the University of Ghana Prof. Ransford Gyampo knows next to nothing when it comes to the workings of politics.
Despite being a notable political analyst in the country, Professor Ransford Gyampo has been described by the New Patriotic Leader as an analyst who makes political commentary and analysis out of emotions and ill-informed positions.
“Politics is not a classroom business and having data to write on social media and grant zoom interviews to radio stations. Come to the field and experience the real politic. Such undermining and sweeping posts should not be tolerated,” Salam Mustapha said in a post seen by dreamzfmonline.com.
Following the approval of ministerial nominees by parliament despite a directive by the National Democratic Congress leadership to the minority MP’s not to approve the nominees, Professor Gyampo said orders of the leadership of the opposition party carry the force of law as compared to the leadership of the New Patriotic Party who look manipulable.
In a sharp response, Salam Mustapha, in a post on social media, described the claim by the academic as baseless and ridiculous.
“As an academic and self acclaimed researcher, I expected him (Prof. Gyamfo) to have backed such an opinion with his parameters of judgment. What tools did he use to arrive at such a conclusion? I guess it’s just emotions. That is very warped. Emotions are not a substitute for science.
He further makes the point that the NDC duo have been better. This claim, if not ludicrous then it’s totally ridiculous. Yet again, there are no variables to compare. Once more, I guess, it’s emotions,” the National Youth Organiser stated.
Mustapha argued that the NPP’s National Chairman and General Secretary were able to calm tempers in the party’s caucus and got members to back down on their demand for the removal of Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.
This, he said, was not achieved on a silver platter but through rigorous persuasive initiatives and display of competent leadership.
However, same cannot be said of their NDC’s counterparts who could not marshal their parliamentary caucus to carry through with the party’s resolution on the president’s nominees.
He wondered how the political science lecturer could make such an assertion in the face of these facts, suggesting that the academic may have swayed by the NDC National Chairman’s famous traditional attire to make such pronouncements.
“If Prof is swayed by the decorated batakari of the NDC chairman, he should say so. But there’s no variable to show that the NDC has been any better… I challenge the professor to produce it”.
He advised him to stay in his academic field and not venture in political debates as he said the political science lecturer knows next to nothing in politics.
“Tell this to the learned professor that we respect his academic achievements but when it comes to politics. He knows next to nothing”.
