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Honorable Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, Member of Parliament for North Tongu has called on Parliament to question the Education Minister, Dr Yaw Osei Adutwum on the newly-authored history textbooks titled ‘History of Ghana’.
According to the MP, the book contains ““bigoted publications” targeted at denigrating the Ewe ethnic group.
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In a lengthy post on his Facebook wall, Mr Ablakwa described the book as as “offensive, divisive and incendiary.”
He further noted that, it is imperative the Education Minister is called on to answer some question concerning the book before students get polluted.
Revealing the content of the question he has filed, he outlined: “To ask the Honourable Minister responsible for Education whether the publications titled: History of Ghana, Text Book 3 by Badu Nkansah Publications authored by Badu Nkansah and Nelly Martinson Anim and Golden English Basic 4 authored by Okyere Baafi Alexander both of which contain bigoted content targeted at the Ewe ethnic group have come to his Ministry’s attention.”
“Were they approved by any of his Ministry’s agencies and what steps government is taking to purge our schools and bookshops from offensive, divisive and incendiary publications of this nature?”
Check his post below:
The aforementioned textbooks have generated a public uproar since portions of them went viral on social media over the weekend.
Meanwhile, the publisher of the History of Ghana textbook, Mr Nkansah has rendered an unqualified apology to Ghanaians.
Source: Ghanaarticles.com
