General News of Friday, 31 October 2008

Source: Jerry Tsatro Mordy

Nana Frema on hunger strike

Reports say Nana Frema Busia, daughter of late Prime Minister Dr. Kofi Abrefa Busia has embarked on a hunger strike.

She says the strike will remain until President Kufuor openly responds to publicly to the allegations she has leveled against him, former National Security Minister Francis Poku and Chief of Staff Mr. Kwadwo Mpiani.

Family members are said to be appealing to her to call off her hunger strike which she started on Wednesday shortly after leaving the studios of Asempa FM where she repeated the allegation.

Earlier this morning she was reported to have had some medical crisis which she was attended to.

Meanwhile, family of the late first Prime Minister of Ghana Dr. Abrefa Busia has stated that, although they distance themselves from the pronouncements Nana Frema Busia, she is still a member of the family.

Speaking on Asempa FM´s Ekosii Sen programme, Nana Afia Frema Busia, an auntie to Nana Frema Busia said the family was concerned that president Kufuor´s name was dragged into the mud by their daughter.

In another development, Dr. Ken Atteffuah who was a member of the NRC and now the Executive Director of the National Identification Authority, wondered why some people are branding her as `insane´.

He told Asempa FM that, he knew Nana Frema Busia well as a friend and did not believe she is suffering from any mental disorder.

According to him, Nana Frema reported a case (which he was not ready to disclose) to him which she wanted him to assist her pursue. However his efforts to get the matter addressed yielded little results.