Audio Attachment:Listen to Kweku Baako Jnr. on Peace FM's 'kokrokoo' programme |
Seasoned journalist Kweku Baako has come to the defence of Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia for responding to the claims by former President John Dramani Mahama over the National Digital Property Addressing System (NDPAS) that he (Dr. Bawumia) has embarrassed President Akufo-Addo by introducing the project.
Ex-President Mahama, addressing party faithfuls at their Unity walk in the Central Region, rubbished the government's project to digitize the economy - GhanaPost GPS - describing it as a "419 scam".
“How can you launch a Google GPS system that is freely available on our mobile phone and say it is a national addressing system. It is such a pity. Why will you embarrass the president so much? You go and take a whole president to bring him to come and launch a system that is 419.
"When we talk about accountability, this is where the president should show that he is serious about corruption...The toughness of the fight against corruption is that you are able to take action against your own people and that is what we did when we were in office. Here the NPP seems unable to take, the president seems unable to take self-action in anything," Mr. Mahama said.
Following the former President's comments on the project, Vice President Dr. Bawumia released a statement demystifying issues to Mr. Mahama.
"When I read his (Mr. Mahama) reasoning for such a description, it was evident to me that he has no clue about what he was talking about and was just engaged in parroting propaganda. I actually had a good laugh. Let me therefore take this opportunity to educate him and others who may think like him about Ghana’s landmark digital property addressing which has been achieved in less than one year, something his government could not do in eight years!" Dr. Bawumia replied during a Consultative Forum towards a Marshall plan for Agriculture.
Addressing both leaders on the Wednesday edition of Peace FM's Kokrokoo, Kweku Baako stated emphatically that he supports Dr. Bawumia and so, expected him to have a more "robust" response to the former President.
To him, he had wanted Dr. Bawumia's statements to Mr. Mahama to have been stronger than he did because the former President intended to criminalize the digital address system, an initiative by the government.
“I think it wasn’t robust. What else did you want him to say when you criminalized the project? The project was criminalized”.
Mr. Baako also targeted critics of Dr. Bawumia, following his quick riposte to the former President, saying "I don’t see where Bawumia insulted former President Mahama. It was harsh. It was direct and I think that it was right...What did he say that was indecent? You know if I felt that way (that Bawumia's response wa indecent), I’d say it".
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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WILL KWEKU BAKOO EVER SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH NPP
I think Bawumia was so gentle on him. I could not understand Bawumia at all. He spoke so gentled or was it because he wanted to use the opportunity to explain things better to Ghanaians what the GPS was?. Aaaaaah Bawumiah, you should have given it to him very squarely. I think Mahama even used 'pigs' somewhere in his speech right. How can an ex-president who is supposed to be a statesman talk like that. Ooooooo Dr. Bawumiah next time don't spare him at all. Anyway is good you ask him to go and read.
NDC MEMBERS DOESNT READ..DASOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOORR
IT IS A PITY A PARTY LIKE NDC IS STILL BANKING ON MAHAMA TO WIN POWER FOR THEM IN 2020.ARE THERE NO MEN AND WOMEN OF INTEGRITY IN THE NDC? OR YOU ARE ALL FOLLOWING HIM BECAUSE OF THE MILLIONS HE STACK AWAY IN ORDER TO HAVE A BITE OF THE CHERRY?
I never knew that Kweku Baako is just as hypocrite as a Pharisee. After all, it is not wrong to be a CPP member but switches to become NPP as Mr. Blay has done. But for Baako to live such a pretentious life smacks more of a Pharisee and as dangerous as the Viper. Akufo Addo shouldn't hesitate to offer him appointment, maybe as an ambassador to South Africa to replace Mr. Ayisi. Bull ***barred word***!
BAWUMIA WAS EVEN GENTLE WITH HIS RESPONSE. I WOULD HAVE USED MORE HARSH WORDS FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT. HOW DO YOU REFER TO A GOVERNMENT'S PROJECT AS 419 OR CRIMINAL WHEN YOU DON'T HAVE YOUR FACTS RIGHT. MAHAMA DESERVED BAWUMIA'S RESPONSE. IF MAHAMA HAS THE RIGHT TO ATTACK THE VICE PRESIDENT IN THAT MANNER, BAWUMIA ALSO HAS EVERY RIGHT TO REACT THE WAY HE DID. MAHAMA AND HIS KRIMINAL FRIENDS MUST STOP WASTING OUR TIME
NDC just doesn't get it as a result, they engage in pettiness
Bawumia even took it easy with that lazy man call mahama who doesnt want to read just like his followers. ndc's main problem is reading. they dont like to read and end up making ***barred word*** of them self. imagine a whole ex president still talking like a todler. i think Bawumia was too patient with him.
In Kaku Baako view NDC must never talk in Ghana, anything they say always hurt him, is Bawumia's GPS still the most advanced than USA, BRITAIN, GERMANY e.t.c? and if not then why should it not be called a 419 GPS?
NDC are not clever at all. A whole party who thought Franklin Templeton was a person, can never get my respect. They know absolutely nothing. NDC needs a new bred of leaders. Dr.Bawumia is far too intelligent. NDC must stop the insults and deal with the substance of Dr Bawumia's response.