So over the weekend, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) had what it called a “unity walk” in the Central Region.
The aim of the walk was to bring together a party which had left some of its members feeling estranged from the party after eight years in power. The main celebrant at this unity walk was Ex-President John Mahama.
Mr. Mahama addressed a number of issues. One of which had to do with the attempt by government to digitize the addressing system in Ghana. Specifically, the Ex-President took a shot at the software underlying the digital address initiative – a software which in the view of some experts need some more work in order for it to achieve its aim.
The Ex-President wondered why the President, Nana Akufo-Addo, was made to inaugurate a soft ware which was already in the public domain. And he stepped up his attack on Vice President Bawumia by saying: "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.”
Now I was home wondering, why did the Former President place the current President in a sympathetic position and go all out on the Vice President rather?
The answer for me is simple. There is clearly some bad blood between the two personalities. Remember when the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was in opposition. They always lumped the then President and Vice President together in their criticism. So often you would hear “the Mills-Mahama administration” or the “Mahama-Amissah- Arthur administration”.
The lumping together of the then President and Vice President by the NPP ensured that both the President and the Vice President were placed on the hot plate of public scrutiny and criticism. So how could Ex-President Mahama who suffered the most under this system all of a sudden become sympathetic to the President and aim at the Vice President.
As pointed out earlier, there are clearly hurt feelings and emotions at play. The Ex-President was aiming at someone who frankly debased him by describing him as incompetent. Not on one occasion but on so many occasions.
In fact, the word “incompetent” was the frequent refrain of the current administration. Every move and decision of the previous administration was described as incompetent. The lead advocate the incompetence refrain was the current Vice President.
So one would have thought that if the current Vice President could dish it all out, then he should be able to take it all as well.
But no. he would have none of that. In his view, the Ex-President did not have the right to describe the national addressing system as a 419 – a kind of “if you live in a glass house don’t throw stones” argument.
So he went to town. He noted: “The National Digital Property Address System:
• Is not your 419 GH¢200 million SADA Guinea fowl and tree planting scam
• Is not your 419 Smarttys Bus Branding scam
• Is not your 419 $23 million runway at Kumasi Airport
• Is not your 419 GH¢ 952 million GYEEDA scam
• Is not the 419 $14 million mansion for the vice president
• Is not the 419 GH¢657m Woyome, Waterville and other judgement debt scams”
And the war of words will continue. He goes on to give an open threat. He says: “Ghanaians will find out more soon as people are held legally accountable.”
This has been interpreted as an indication that government intends to prosecute officials of the previous administration for alleged wrongs and mismanagement that took place under their regime.
This statement from Vice President Bawumia is however problematic. One would have thought that the government will simply go ahead with the prosecution of persons who have committed crimes against the state and its citizenry without the need for a threat.
After all, prosecutions and politics are a dangerous mix. Just do what you say you will do. Period. Remember that somewhere in August, a deputy Attorney-General was quoted in the dailies and online portals as saying that prosecution of persons who have mismanaged the assets of the country will begin in October.
In an interview with citifm, he stated “by October when we start moving to court with some of the cases, Ghanaians will know that we are serious and we are ready to fight corruption as a canker in this country and uproot it once and for all.”
And guess what, October has just passed and there is nothing to show for it. Does it mean that the government is not serious in its fight against corruption?
I have a word of advice for the two personalities here. They should watch their words. Much as it is hard, they should avoid taking personal shots at each other.
At the very least, they should remind themselves that the world is watching. And they should conduct themselves with decorum and grace. Its time for them to call a truce.
Source: Daily Graphic
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NDC in their last survey about the humiliating defeat has Dr. as one of the courses. The recommendation in the KB report is to do all it takes to discredit Dr. This is their agenda! It will not wash! NDC is still incompetent in OPPOSITION!
Mahama is quick tempered,he is bitter with Dr. Bawumia, and wish a brilliant Northerner like Dr. Bawumia should have been an NDC. Mahama and the NDC leadership has set an agenda to destroy his integrity, and personalities. The Agenda is initiated by the half baked economists like ,Forson and Adongo, they have therefore decided to attack anything Dr.Bawumia say or do. Mahama set that agenda lunched the at agenda at Cape Coast. This NDC agenda has been passed on to their communicators and serial callers.The Ghanaian look out for the coming days , you hear NDc communicators and serial callers on radio insulting Dr Bawumia. NDC and some faceless NPP members fear is that, Dr Bawumia will take the mantle in case Nana decided not run in 2020.But no matter what Mahama do he can never, ever be a president of this country call Ghana.
There is one common factor between the two species ; they are both northners and potential thiffs ; the difference is that Jon Mahama is an actual thiff with kreminal mind and an aim to be extremely rich by fair or unfair means ; the end product is that Jon Mahama is incompetent and the worst evidenced stiller President Ghana has ever known .
I support the Ashanti youth 100% as a citizen of Ghana I think the warning is not enough I think we should force him to apologizes to the prez the vep the NPP and the entire nation with a timeline else we stage a nation wide demonstration against him how can you go on a unity walk sharing monies to your chairmen and others knowing very well that your'e creating more creaks in your party you see the you're not deserve to be a leader
They are both fine men i suppose. The only difference is that JM is mesmerised and at total awe of the enormous intellect and eloquence of his Northern brother MB when it comes to governance and economics. He wish he had him as his vice instead Paaaaaa Kweeeeeesi. End of it. It's all brotherly love. Let's not we the ordinary people stress ourselves on this please. Long live Ghana
Inusah Fuseini who was the road minister under John Mahama also mislead him that the Hohoe township roads were resurface which he presented in his state of the nation address and it turns out to be false. The roads were not resurfaced. This shows how incompetent John Ford Mahama is. He is also greedy and clue11ess.
Sometime ago when an issue came up and President Kuffour said it's nothing that serious and its like k-i-l-l-i-n-g a fly a with sledge hammer, cheeky and disrespectful John Mahama repiled him saying, he would k-i-l-l the fly with a bulldozer
The most co-rr-upt person in Ghana is John Mahama
Mahama is simply a gentleman,but BawuMia a liar and a talkative who knows nothing except propaganda wat a shame to have a vice president like this tweaaaaa
The vice president is accuse of corruption and you are making equalisation instead of answering to the charge. this country needs leaders who are selfless and not greedy leaders