Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the National Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), has revealed why he changed his name from John to Johnson.
According to Asiedu Nketia, when he first went to the Presbyterian school, the catechist gave him the name John.
He revealed that he had no issue with the name until he topped an examination to enter middle school.
Asiedu Nketia narrated that he topped the exams, consisting of pupils from ten other schools in the area.
The NDC National Chairman revealed that after the exams, his mates used the name John to tease him.
Speaking in an interview on UTV’s Adekye Nsroma Asiedu Nketiah recounted, “So, during the admission, the catechist gave me John, and that was the name I used in my early age education.
So, when I topped the exams, they didn’t understand how someone called ‘John’ could be the best. They started teasing me, calling me ‘John’ to make fun of me, like how people refer to you as John, which means useless kind of,” he narrated.
He added with a smile, “Because of the insults, I decided to change my name from John to Johnson. I felt Johnson sounded more respectable than John”.
Meanwhile, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, in the same interview, rebuked Sam George, the Minister of Communications, and others for endorsing Ablekuma North violence.
According to Asiedu Nketiah, it was wrong for Sam George and others to endorse the chaotic scene at Ablekuma North.
He asserted that Sam George is a minister of state now, so he needs to speak as one.
Asiedu Nketiah stated, “It was wrong because democracy does not give anyone the chance to exact punishment apart from the state. So if someone has slapped you before, and today you want to beat that person, you have both committed a crime.
So you cannot use that as justification. I listened to my brother, Sam George, and he was also threatening that this is just the beginning. He has been a victim before, so if you put yourself into his shoes, you might say he is not wrong.”
He added, “But he is a minister of state today, so when you are talking, you must speak as a minister of state. He has to overcome his own feelings. It is painful to be slapped. Emotion sometimes will lead you to say things before you realise yourself.
I don’t think that is the way to solve the problem, because of that we must call on the State agencies to do their work. Places where the state agencies work are not being done properly with respect to criminal prosecution, leads to instant justice”.
“In a society where someone steals and people beat up the person, that society’s criminal justice system does not work. They do not have trust in the law. We must all put our trust in the laws for them to work”, Asiedu Nketia reiterated.
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