Ex President John Dramani Mahama has said he’s deeply surprised that Ghanaians have put up with the Akufo-Addo government that has nepotism as its hallmark.
According to him, his administration was unfairly judged when he was accused of nepotism at a time he had only one blood relation serving in his government in the person of Hon. Joyce Mogtari Bawa.
Addressing the members of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) UK branch, former President John Mahama slammed Civil Society Organizations, religious and traditional leaders for keeping mute over happenings in the Akufo-Addo government, and further bemoaned what he described as the hypocrisy in Ghana politics.
“I never ever though that Ghanaians will tolerate the level of nepotism in the government we see today, it’s terrible, I never ever thought. In our case one of our own said I was running a family and friends government and NPP took it up, when I had no blood relation of mine in government except for some lonely deputy minister, Joyce Bawa Mogtari, my aunt’s daughter. She was the only blood relation in my government and yet they said family and friends and when you ask where are they, they say ooo, but your own person said it.
“Now today look at it, that’s the new standard and yet civil society is quiet, religious and traditional leaders are quiet. When NDC comes the next time and Alabi or Bagbin or who is the President and they appoint their relatives into government are they now coming to come out and say it? Must the standards of measuring standards differ because of who is in the presidency? That is the hypocrisy of our politics, that’s the height of hypocrisy we have in Ghana.
“Something is pardonable when one government is in power but when another is in power it’s unpardonable, things that the media would have been so loud about under my administration, it happens everyday and it’s like it’s business as usual. That is the hypocrisy of our civil society and religious and traditional leaders, everybody is quiet, suddenly some say they don’t watch TV anymore and that they watch animals. In our time they were not watching animals, they were watching political discussions. You’re now tired of too much politics…you’ll be tired, because your darling government is super incompetent and so you’re tired of hearing the analysis, that’s the hypocrisy we face in our country. So let us not buy into their propaganda.
Source: kasapafmonline.com
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If you are a president and your relation is the most competent for a position why can't him occupy that position. I think that the ex president surrounded himself with family and friends which most of them were incompetent when there were competent ones(the reason for his own to complain). That is why Ghanaians voted them out not any political party and same may apply to NPP if at a point Ghanaians realize they are incompetent. Now the ex-president should just educate us on which of the family and friends of the president appointment are incompetent then we can do proper assessment.
Ha ha ha ha can someone advice this one term president to ***barred word*** for he talks too much ''Non-fa'' making mockery of himself
***barred word*** wanting the Pastor Otabil to respond?. How can he when he only supported the evil ones into government.. I keep wondering why people are now regretting their votes for Nana Addo... You think attacking the former president is the solution??. We will one day bring an end to all of this and the youth and I mean the concerned youth in this country means this.... Akuffo can't mess this country up with his pretenses and big english... Otabil is now dumb and only watches TV.. MAHAMA WILL FOREVER BE REMEMBERED FOR WHAT HE'S DONE FOR US... THIS GOVERNMENT CLAIMS TO BE FIGHTING CORRUPTION BUT IT'S REALLY FUNNY HOW SCARED THEY ARE TO PASS THE RIGHT TO INFORMATION BILL... RELATIVES AND FRIENDS GOVERNMENT. GHANAIANS ARE INDEED ***barred word***.. PLEASE STOP COMMENTING CUS IT'S EXPOSING OUR WEAKNESS AS A NATION WHILES ALL THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT IS DOING IS TO STEAL... TIME WILL TELL
All the civil society organisations, priests and traditional rulers are relatives of Akufo-Addo. You must learn to live with it, just as we learnt to live with you and your corrupt tendencies, insults, insinuations and propaganda. Quite unfortunately, you are still doing these things. You have become a non-performing asset. We cannot make use of you in 2020. So sad.
Mahama shld keep quit .He is a disgrace to Ghana.He doesn't have any fact to say .we the NDC are even fed up with ur incompetency.shullup Mr disgrace.
I think he's on point on the "expedition to the animals kingdom comment." He's right. Suddenly somebody dont watch TV like he uses to yet wants us to watch LIVING WORDS. I bet his words are currently Dead.
NDC WILL NEVER EVER COME BACK TO POWER.CPP NEXT .RAWLINGS WILL DISBAND THE PARTY.
JM, don’t be worried at all. You’re by far more intelligent to be surprised about this!! There are some persons and institutions in Ghana who lose their tongues and brains when the NPP is in power. Our own Jerry Rawlings is one of them. The joy is that they will mess up so badly that their term won’t end before Ghanaians chase them out of office. TAKE HEART!!
Ex president without brain
Nana's gov. will see its smoothness level by 2020. grabbing,grabbing,family and close friends government,His Excellency the clearing agent!!