[ 2014-12-05 ]

Rebecca Acheampong aka Becca

Becca writes a letter to MP who says infidelity women must be stoned
Multiple award-winning singer, Becca has written
an open letter to MP for Daboya/Mankarigu
constituency, Nelson Abudu Baani for his recent
suggestion that adulterous women be stoned to
death.

The MP’s comments have received a lot flak and
condemnation both locally and internationally and
here is whaat Becca had to say on subject via
Facebook:

…8,275 representing 53.82% of vote cast by
Ghanaian adults including women, confirmed
Honorable Baani Abudu Nelson to join the highest
decision making body of this great country.

I bear no grudge against the good people of Daboya
constituency in the Northern Region. In fact we
should be grateful to the indigens for luring him
unto the grandest of platforms to exhibit all of
his ‘wares’.

The last time I checked, Men of honour were
supposed to be wise, intelligent, discerning and
most importantly, in the very least appreciate
females and what we stand for.

The African woman has come a long way as part of
her efforts to be left alone to blossom into her
full potential. Evidently, it is too much to ask.

Indeed time has passed since Hon. Baani Abudu
Nelson laid bare his thoughts on marital justice
and unfortunately for Ghana, his only commentary
of note has been a lame attempt to justify his
savagery remarks about women. How and why this MP
is still walking like a dignified adult makes me
cringe and wonder what we are as a people. What
Hon. Nelson Abudu has prescribed for
parliament’s consideration is not only
contemptuous and an affront to the female gender
but an indictment on the sanctity of Ghana’s
parliament.

Hon. Abudu, can you please resign? Can you also
cease to make commentary on any subject that
bothers on national development until after you
have sought help? For the good people of Daboya
and Mankarigu to elect you means you may have
something to offer.

In other words society shouldn’t give up on you.
I will add your item to my prayer list and if you
wouldn’t mind suggest a few remedies to your
situation.

It may interest you to know that not too long ago
as recent as 1970 some women in Europe
(Switzerland) were not allowed to vote. Women
first voted in Europe in 1893 when Yaa Asantewaa
was gearing up to lead men into war. Many Hundreds
of years ago the Ghanaian and for that matter the
African women that you have no respect for were
war Generals, Political power houses, scholars and
nation builders long before we came in contact
with the west. Let me give you some names.

Cleopatra: 44 bc ruler of Egypt

YaaAsantewaa: Leader of the Ashanti uprising
against the British in 1900

Queen Bakwa Turunku : Founder of the Zazzau
Kingdom now known as Kaduna state in Nigeria and
mother of the Great Amina of Zazzau who herself
became a great military strategist and an army
general after taking over from her mother. (15th
century)

Yennenga of Bourkina: Yennenga was the daughter of
Nedega,an early 12th-century king of the Dagomba
Kingdom in what is now northern Ghana.

She was a beautiful and beloved princess who from
the age of 14, fought in battle for her father
against the neighboring Malinkés and commanded
her own battalion to mention a few.

Hon. Abudu, in the Ashanti kingdom, the King is
appointed solely by the Queen mother. It is rather
unfortunate that we have been brain washed to
believe that the African woman is handicapped so
much so that such demeaning words can come from
you a member of parliament. Hon Abudu please do
the honourable thing and resign. A man who
perpetuates cold-blooded murder has no business
being in parliament. This should never be about
politics because I am very confident no political
party in this great country of ours would remotely
allow any individual with such a mentality to be a
member if only they knew. This is about an
individual’s state of mind.

I will be relentless in voicing out my feelings on
this matter.

Source - Ghanamusic

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