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Volta Regional House of Chiefs is demanding the immediate withdrawal of the controversial textbooks said to have stereotyped Ewes in the country.
According to the chiefs, the said publication is “distasteful and a disgrace to the authors and publishers”.
They in a statement said: “We deem it highly reprehensible for those responsible for this offensive publication, to harbour such vile thoughts about their fellow citizens of Ghana in the twenty-first century”.
Aside the withdrawal of the books, the Volta Regional chiefs are also demanding an unqualified apology from the publishers.
“We therefore unreservedly condemn this singular demonstration of tribal bigotry and prejudice and call on those responsible for the offensive publication, to withdraw the same from circulation and to destroy every part of the offending material.”
Parliament to summon Education Minister to answer questions on controversial History of Ghana textbooks
By Richard Abayeta Abugre Listen to article
The Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa has revealed that he has asked Parliament for the Education Minister to appear before the House to answer questions regarding the controversial “History of Ghana” textbooks.
The said book and one other have caused public outrage following what the public described as denigrating the Ewe ethnic group and falsely denigrating Ghana’s first President Dr Kwame Nkrumah.
The North Tongu legislator has also described the books as offensive and divisive, demanding such books be withdrawn from the system.