His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama, had a torrid experience yesterday at the Manhyia Palace when he was met with tumultuous chant of ‘change’ from some NPP supporters.
The president and his entourage were there to commiserate with the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II during the one week celebration of the Queen mother of the Ashanti stool Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa, Ampem II.
The event which was supposed to be solemn one, turned out to be raucous when some of the mourners deliberately shouted and gestured ‘change’ towards the president as he arrived at the funeral grounds.
The security details of the President had difficulties paving way for him. The boisterous act in the Ashanti Region makes it the second time within this year that President Mahama has been hooted at.
During the funeral ceremony of the late Bantamahene, Baffour Asare Owusu Amankwatiah V in March, 2016, some members of the NPP reportedly hooted at the President John Dramani Mahama and his entourage at the funeral grounds.
The mourners - clad in black, carried the flag of the NPP - started hooting at the President after the arrival of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo at the funeral grounds.
The mourners claimed President Mahama had declared himself a persona non-grata at the funeral grounds as according to them, the President had previously spoken ill of the people of Kumasi.
“What are you doing, you claim we are ungrateful beings who would never appreciate whatever you do for us, even if you tar our roads with gold, we would never appreciate your efforts, so what are you doing here….,” some of the angry mourners were reported to have said.
However yesterday’s incident nearly caused chaos as the president's security and sympathizers of the ruling party also attempted to reply their opponents in equal measure.
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Source: Chris Joe Quaicoe/ email: [email protected]
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So will the president had responded to the yea toaso sign, if yes, then is good he kept quiet to the Change is coming sign, In Ejisu the security details beat the person who showed the changed sign, the same person was in the crowd at Manhyia why didn't they beat him again CHANGE IS COMING
THE UNCULTURED BEHAVIOUR OF KUMASI FOR THE SECOND TIME IN THE SAME YEAR TOWARDS PRESIDENT JOHN MAHAMA IS A GREAT SIGN OF THE ASHANTI'S HATRED FOR NORTHERNERS. THIS HAS NOT BEEN DONE TO OTHER PRESIDENTS EXCEPT JOHN MAHAMA ANN FORMER PRESIDENT HILLA LIMANN WHEN HE (LIMANN) WAS BEEN TEASESD AS CHOPPING COALA AND SPITTING IT ALL OVER CASTLE. THIS IS CREATING SOME HEATED HATRED FOR ASHANTIS AMONG SOME NORTHERNERS. I WANT TO STATE THAT IF THESE THINGS ARE NOT CHECKED AND STOPPED I SINCERELY BELIEF WILL RESULT INTO SOME THING THAT WILL RECK THIS NATION WORSE THAN WHAT HAPPENED IN RUWANDA. NO TRIBE HAS GHANA BETTER THAN ANOTHER THAN ANY OTHER TRIBE THN ANY TRIBE. FOR WARNED
i can see that lack of common sense isnt allowing u to think far, so was JJ not civilised when he also did the change sign at the funeral grounds or u want to justify that one. This hypocrisy must stop cos there were people doing Toaso sign but just that the change sign was with the majority. Am speaking from what i saw live there. I was with my asawasi squad even thou we all belong to different parties we were doing our various signs being toaso , usian bolt and change sign. Think ooo
Infact all the northerners and Ewes who are voting of NPP are just f001s. Just see what we the Akans have behaved towards a whole President who is related to you and he is hard working. Nana Addo just finished with his Northern Regions and Volt tour, was that what Nana Addo faced when he went round? F00l1sed Ewes and Norntherners better open your eyes and VOTE against Nana Addo and the NPP.
Infact all the northerners and Ewes who are voting of NPP are just ***barred word***. Just see what we the Akans have behaved towards a whole President who is related to you and he is hard working. Nana Addo just finished with his Northern Regions and Volt tour, was that what Nana Addo faced when he went round? F00l1sed Ewes and Norntherners better open your eyes and VOTE against Nana Addo and the NPP.
This is what I don't understand about NDC supporters, everything they turn it tribal. They forget the Akans also voted for Mahama or he will not be president. Also, if all Akan tribes unit and vote for NPP, no party will ever rule Ghana and Ghana will be doomed. Akans are not tribalistic like voltarians with 100% NDC MPs. At least NDC have MPS in Ashante region. This tribalims must stop before we burn Ghana like Rwanda.
You guys only commented base on the headline but this propaganda wont work, watch the video well, i was there and what i saw was them foing the change sign and even our own founder for NDC even did some so i wonder why people are trying to squeeze this thing. Am an NDC supporter who doesnt support propaganda and per what i saw at manhyia yesterday wasnt a hoot and i see nothing wrong with the change sign at that platform, my friend who are PNC were also doing the same sign so stop the attacks and get ur facts and dont let poor reportage rule ur mind for u. I was doing the Toaso sign with about people so lets not stress this fake heading.
In all my time in Ghana, the Ashanti have proved to be the most objective tribe in Ghana. K. A. Busia was not one of them but they supported him. Adu Boahin, though an Ashanti, was more affiliated to the Eastern region but they supported him when he contested with other Ashantis. The first time Akuffo Addo contested in 1998 he came a record second, though he is not Ashanti. In 2007 he got almost 50% against 15 other contestants though he is not Ashanti. The Ashantis fought the most against Acheampong though he was their own. Which tribe in Ghana can boast of such a high degree of objectivity? Those who call themselves social democrats but have nothing to offer, are jealous of Ashanti daring and ambitious spirit and cant stand it so they have adopted the 'give the dog a bad name and hang it' attitude towards them. Ashantis prevented Nkrumah from making Ghana a socialist one party state. They stood against Rawlings and Boakye Jan's socialist experiment in Ghana. People like President Mahama and Haruna Atta should rather be grateful to them for holding Government positions in Ghana instead of provoking them by calling them ungrateful people.
And you civilisation tells you to hoot and use change signs to attack your president during the funeral of your beloved queen? is there a campaign ground? trying to defend what can not be defended.
If is about civilization here then u people are great decendants of it cos if the people had done the Toaso sign u were same people who will applaud it, i wonder why the change sign is now being described as a hoot. Those saying is a hoot jusct lacks common sense so they should wise up and think