Ghanaians in Canada Walked Out On Foreign Minister

Hon. Hackman Owusu Agyemang, the Ghanaian Foreign Minister and MP for New Juaben North was shell-shocked when some Ghanaians and Canadians he was addressing in Toronto walked out on him, reports The Ghanaian Voice.

According to the paper, the Foreign Minister was addressing a meeting at TOWN HALL at the Howard Johnson Hotel in Toronto Canada on November 3, 2001. In attendance were the President’s entourage including his wife, Mrs. Theresa Kufuor, Dr. Agambilla, Deputy Minister of Finance, Ms Elizabeth Ohene, Mr. D.K. Osei, Secretary to the President and Mr. Gabby Nketia, Special Assistant to the President.

Those who walked out in protest were some Ghanaians who did not understand the language he was communicating with. Hon Hackman was speaking in impeccable Twi language, which some of the people did not make head or tail of.

Although the walk out was not meant to run down the Foreign Minister they could not understand why a whole Foreign Minister should speak Twi at a TOWN HALL meeting, which was not attended by Akans only.

One Ghanaian said he could not understand why a whole Minister did not use the English language to reach out to all present.