Sentences with phrase «making ethnocentric»

The Akim Oda MP tendered in his resignation on Thursday, following pressure from the Minority, and some civil society groups for making ethnocentric comments, which was triggered during a conversation on how government has dealt with the fall army worm invasion in the three regions of the North.

A former deputy agric minister under the Akufo - Addo - led government was forced to resign under similar circumstance when he was accused of making ethnocentric comments, though he apologised profusely.

Comparisons were made to the former deputy Agriculture Minister, William Quaitoo, who resigned from his portfolio after making ethnocentric comments.

The Akim Oda MP, William Quaitoo, tendered in his resignation in August 2017, following pressure from the Minority, and some civil society groups for making ethnocentric comments, which was triggered during a conversation on how government has dealt with the fall army worm invasion in the three regions of the North.

Mr. Quaitoo, who is also the Member of Parliament for Akim Oda, faced the scorn of the public, the National Democratic Congress Minority, and some civil society groups, for making ethnocentric comments, after saying northern farmers could not be trusted in their assessment of the damage from the army worm.

A portion of a statement issued by the former President read: I find it distasteful that aside making ethnocentric references accusing the NPP Presidential candidate of being tribalistic, she also insinuated that because I was the Founder of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), the electorate in the Volta Region should vote for the party on that basis.

A group in the Northern region has rejected the apology by Deputy Agric Minister William Quaitoo after he made ethnocentric remarks about farmers in the north.

It is easy to understand why people make ethnocentric assumptions about cat behavior.

Not exact matches

Such history often makes intriguing and interesting reading, but at bottom it has heavy ethnocentric and anachronistic strains.

Akufo - Addom's comment comes on the back of a wave of bashing President John Mahama received for making some remarks deemed ethnocentric against the running mate of the NPP,...

Touching on ethnocentrism, the NPP secretary debunked the assertion that the party was ethnocentric and blamed the ruling NDC for espousing such mischievous propaganda, spinning deliberate exaggeration on comments some individuals in the NPP may have made.

Comments like this, with ethnocentric undertones, make the New Patriotic Party look bad in northern Ghana, she added.

Mr. Nyarko replaces William Quaitoo who resigned from the position following some comments he made which were deemed as ethnocentric in relation to the fall army worm invasion saga.

The former deputy minister was heavily criticised for making what many considered ethnocentric comments with regards to people from the north in the heat of the destructive fall armyworms invasion.

Meanwhile President John Mahama has been asked by the Media Foundation for West Africa (MFWA) to apologize for making the comments which has been deemed ethnocentric.

Obasanjo now writes of the Buhari administration's ethnocentric governance: «This has led to wittingly or unwittingly making the nation more divided and inequality has widened and become more pronounced.

The NDC has in some instances accused Nana Addo for silently condoning supposed ethnocentric comments made by some members of his party.

5] I am happy to read some positive news on attempts to make people at least geographically hold on to the view beyond their ethnocentric pride and xenophobic aversion that life could be or possibly is better in other places as well as from people belonging to other cultures too.