The Paramount Chief of Nangodi Traditional Area in the Nabdam District of the Upper East Region, Naba Yelzoya Kosom Asaga II has added his voice to the ongoing controversial remark made by a Menstrual Hygiene Advocate Rita Etornam Sey on 3FM and subsequently on GTV. He Insists Etornam Sey should look for some eminent traditional rulers and come and apologize because she has hurt our tradition and culture.
Granting interviews in two separate media platforms, Ms Etornam stated, “I tell myself I have seen poverty until I went to the North, the girls use clay as a substitute for sanitary pads.”
Her remark has since generated some amount of Controversy after making what the majority have condemned and described as an unfortunate remark against the northern people.
Meanwhile, the Chief of Nangodi is asking Rita Etornam Sey some interesting questions; “Ask the woman which of the traditional authority she has consulted to such act before making a such authoritative statement. Which year did that happen? How feasible is it even if it has happened somewhere in any kingdom? Why will one go for Clay to pad her private part? When there are a lot of materials”.
“These are arrogant people, very myopic people who will talk about other people without investigating and it happens to us as Africans. Have you heard that outside abroad the white people think we sleep on trees, they think Africa is full of trees and we are monkey sleeping on trees. He revealed
Naba Yelzoya Kosom Asaga II said, the Etornam remark came out in the public domain, and he is imagining what pushed her to make such an ugly remark especially when the North and South do things in common.
“So, we are just here, south and north, we went to school together, we go to church together, we go to mosque together, I wonder if the lady is a Ghanaian. She made the statement to deceive white people, she made the statement to create the impression that she is running NGO who are delivering people that are using Clay to pad themselves. So, she has an alternative motive and it is very unfair, she shouldn’t do that”.
Why do you want to deal with blood and you are not looking for an absorbent, at least, you should be looking for something that will absorb the blood, but can the soil, particularly Clay by this nature absorb blood? It doesn’t make sense”. He stressed
However, the angry Chief told Apexnewsgh.com “Etornam must be dealt with, they should let us know her, she should come and plead with us. She should look for some eminent traditional rulers and come and apologize to us because she has hurt our tradition and culture”.
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