The humiliating defeat of President John Mahama and his NDC seems to have had more than telling effects on the former Ghanaian leader than what can be considered to be normalcy.
Much as everyone has the inalienable right to express his or her sentiments on matters of national importance, going to the extent of labeling fellow human beings as animals is a tragedy of an epic magnitude.
Former President John Dramani Mahama, it is sad, has sunk so low to the extent that he is able to call members of the ruling party, including His Excellency, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo as pigs.
Addressing party faithfuls who had gathered in Cape Coast after their unity walk, the former president uncharitably described the current president and his team with an expressions far less dishonourable than expected of a statesman.
“When they [NPP] were looking for your votes, President Akufo-Addo said they shall open the opportunities of this country to all Ghanaians, irrespective of their party or ethnic affiliations. He came to power and now that the *pigs* are enjoying, they say some Ghanaians are more Ghanaian than others. For something like this, you don’t call the person to the Flagstaff House, draft an apology letter for him and ask him to sign. You sack him at once.” President Mahama said.
This is the lowest ebb a former president could descend to. Describing fellow human beings as pigs is not something our society expects to hear from the ordinary person out there, let alone a former president.
Inasmuch as nothing debars him from expression his aversion towards how the Ayisi-Boateng matter has been handled doesn't warrant him from employing such dictions to describe the President of the Republic.
Mahama has brought the name of the President, Nana Akufo-Addo, his Veep and the entire Presidency into disrepute.
It appears referring to political opponents as pigs is something that’s veined in the bloodstreams of members of the opposition party.
Not long ago, Alhassan Suhuyini referred to a young man as a pig and wouldn’t wrestle with him on the flimsy ground that he was Akan.
This repulsive as well as repugnant behaviour of the former president must be condemned by all and sundry as it sharply departs from the cultural values with which Ghanaians are raised.
Source: ghananewsreporters.com
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This could only come from incompetent, clueless, corrupt and ***barred word*** person like armed robber JDM
poor journalist we have in this ctry ... its a shame media men dont use common sense in employing otherwise alot will be out of jobs ..... mtweew
who is this reporter.so dump ***barred word***.media kabal
Lies! He was drawing an analogy. Unfortunately those who lack wisdom took it to a different level. Ghana folks waste time on UNNECESSARY things. Brofo y3 duro ma most JOURNALISTS!
MAHAMA YOU HAVE LOST ELECTION OUT OF PAIN YOU NOW CALL NANA AKUFO ADO A PIG WHY. PLEASE RESPECT YOURSELF
I blame nana addo he is not jailing this fffooolish mammals.jail lordina mahama for that fraudulent cocoa deals with opuni
Stephen Anti apologises for misquoting JM on the ***barred word*** farm (pigs) analogy. Edudzi Kudzo Tameklo, I hope you and other NDC sympathisers will now leave him alone. Stephen is a responsible, fair minded and credible journalist. Below is Stephen's full apology: 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽 "I have watched and listened to the full video and speech of the closing comments of Former President Mahama ( at the Unity Walk in Cape Coast), from the full audio and video sent to me from our Sister station connect fm and as tagged on my Facebook by my friend Stan Xoese Dogbe. This was not previously available to me In comparison to the earlier video I sampled from event footage which came in small bits to enable easy transmission, I am convinced that the former president before the culled out portion I used, had started his speech with a clear explanation of the analogy of "***barred word*** Farm " . It would be absolutely clear in the minds of everyone who listened to him speak from beginning that he was seeking to analyse based on George Owell's "***barred word*** Farm " It would appear I had a sinister motive to use the bit I used in drawing my opinionated conclusion that the former President was "UNSTATESMAN". Anyone drawing such conclusion about my intent would be fair, although sincerely I would have no basis for such motive. I unreservedly apologise first to the former President and his handlers for such "UNINFORMED CONCLUSION" having come to same on the basis of a culled out piece of the entire speech. The professional thing to do was to have apprised myself of the full speech before any "Opinionated conclusions" As professionals in our kind of Job we have no excuses not to do due diligence before drawing conclusions of this kind, and I would have no reason to believe the professional tenets that guide our work won't apply to me. I sincerely apologise." - STEPHEN ANTI.
he is the same person who said there some people even if you use gold to construct road for them they will never appreciate it now he says pigs. eeiiish state man paa nie? am loosing respect for this man when he opens his mouth on certain issues. we know his records before he left office wai. maturity is comes from the head not talk.#mahamaloserespect challenge start now.
S i-ll y Head Line, the analogy Ex- Mahama made doesn't in any way suggested that NPP are pigs. Peace FM on line who paid you to do this filthy journalist work? Or you just want us to know that your English teacher died before you completed school, If none of these are the cause of putting up this caption then I do not know the exact adjective to tag you with. Sha-me less entity.
Only a fuuuuuuuuuul will take Mahama seriously. That ex-prez was a ***barred word*** and continues to be an edddiot.