Ex President John Dramani Mahama’s comment that President Akufo Addo and his government needs an ‘Obinim Sticker’ to perform well in office was made in jest and should not be taken seriously by Ghanaians, Joyce Bawa Mogtari, aide to the former President has said.
According to her, President Akufo Addo should not take the comment to heart as Mr Mahama didn’t mean what he said but only joined the joke that has trended on social media for the past few weeks.
Former President Mahama addressing members of opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) after a Unity Walk at Wa in the Upper West Region on Saturday during mocked what he says is the “super-incompetence” of the Akufo-Addo government saying they need an ‘Obinim sticker’ to perform.
“I have been watching social media lately, and there’s something that has come, and I think it cures everything. It’s the Obinim sticker, the President and his government need an Obinim sticker. “If it really works, then I think they need the sticker. So I am saying that we cannot depend on their incompetence, we need to work hard to gain the support of the electorate.”
But former President Mahama has been scathingly attacked for this comments which some have described as unstatesman, with others saying his handlers are doing him a great disservice
Executive Director of Danquah Institute, Dr Kingsley Nyarko for instance has said the comment from the former President shows a drowning and desperate man seeking straw to survive in order to be relevant and increase his chances of leading his party in the 2020 presidential contest.
However reacting to the backlash, Joyce Bawa Mogtari said the comment was not meant to be a rude jab at President Mahama.
“That was a jest, obviously Obinim sticker has become a topical discussion considering the notoriety of that particular pastor that he was speaking about. Indeed it was a joke that was all over the place over the last few weeks. This sparring has come to stay with us, there are always very interesting moments where you say something good. Everybody says that the stickers are supposed to cure everything, so let’s leave it in the context as I indicated earlier that, that was a very interesting joke that we’ve all been using.
“Normally these things will enter your thoughts as you’re speak and when you try to give an example they would come up and so we should keep it in the spirit of our democracy. It wasn’t a rude jab on insult or anything, just so say this is what some pastor is saying and I have also picked it up, we can try this for a change and see what happens,” she told Starr FM Monday.
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i think the formal president is a good man, but his managers who led him to loose the election are the same people managing him, and want him to continue to fail. please let the man change his managers they are selfish.
Mahamah has always been a joker. ***barred word***
IF NPP THINKS JOHN MAHAMA IS IRRELIVANT WHY DO THEY GET PEEVED WHEN HE SPEAKS? THE TRUTH HURTS AND NPP WILL CONTINUE TO BE TOLD THE TRUTH IRRESPECTIVE OF THEIR S*TUPID AND F*OO*LISH FANS WHO WILL NOT TAKE KINDLY TO ANYBODY'S SUGGESTION IN THIS COUNTRY. THEY HAVE NOTHING TO CONTRIBUTE FOR POSTERITY ONLY TO LASH OUT AT PEOPLE WITH INSULTS. WHAT COUNTRY ARE WE BUILDING WHEN EVEN JOKES CAN NOT BRING LAUGHTER. THE FACT STILL REMAINS THAT NPP IS A CLUELESS GOVERNMENT EVER VOTED TO POWER IN GHANA. I THINK AKUA DONKOR OF GHANA FREEDOM PARTY WOULD HAVE DONE FAR, FAR BETTER THAN WHAT WE ARE GETTING FROM THE NPP GOVERNMENT. U*SELES GOVERNMENT ONLY THERE TO INTIMIDATE THE OPOSITION RATHER THAN TO GOVERN.
ahh Auntie Joyce paaaa.hahahahahahaaa.
Mahama should find another name to call the NPP, because the name incompetent has been taking by him already. Even his children and as he him self said his own party NDC knows that he is incompetent. So he mahama is mr incompetent and everybody knows this in Ghana and the world, so he should please find another name for the NPP. This one has already been taking by him.. haha
SANK and Otumanyi you are fo*ls and just fo*ls. The 2 of you and your ndc members can't bring John mahama to power else he would have retained the seat and ndc wouldn't be in opposition. I have never seen a political party with such fo*ls as members and followers like this ndc. They are not serious so don't see governance as a serious business, they haven't been to any well organised society before so they've made the life of their ndc look as their daily life look no seriousness, and such people are insulting Ghanaians to intimidate them to vote them back to power, it will never happen! The discerning ones are the majority so take that your 300 people who attended your health walk to represent the over 10 million that vote in Ghana, and feel good and think things are well with you and you will weep and curse yourselves in 2020. Ghanaians have confidence in this government, they feel comfortable because at least the government listen to them. Continue with your insults and think Ghanaians are fo*ls and you will bite your fingers after the final results. Ghanaians are listening to you very well about your opposition to every good thing by the NPP since 2001-2008 and you've started again so they've taking their decision already that never again Enough is Enough!in any case, John mahama's u-turn to announce his insult as a joke is also a joke! He thought over it well, we'll before he came out, but found it has caused much disaffection hence the U-turn and ndc think Ghanaians are ***barred word*** right? A pig is always a pig not even in lipstick, so, ndc insulting and coming back to just say its a joke with no apology won't help you because we know you already, yenim mo free tete! That is your trade mark! You were born from uncultured and uncivil homes so you have no shame for whatever you do. Nobody take you serious except your footsoldiers.It will be easier for a camel to enter the eye of a needle than ndc coming back to power. We have advised ourselves, I mean the decerning Ghanaians ndc is not an option and it's not on the table.
You see, if your boss is a j0ker and an 1nc0mpetent lo0se talker, you defend the indefensible. Statemanship is no comedy and no j0ke. It is about self respect, respect for successors and predecessors and impeccable conduct. JDM you g00fed waaa
Thank you madam Bawa. You see, your ex president is not fast. He Mr. Mahama is a poor communicator. You see his comment to be a joke. Am sorry. We are taking his comment more serious. Coach him well. Poor , poor and poor!
EX President Mahama is the most ***barred word***, incoherent and incompetent president Ghana has ever had. How can he stood so low to the extent of using Obinim's sticker to describe our economy.
Somebody by name Si just posted that the president recent speech to the nation was full of insults. Let me use this opportunity to react and correct that impression.Myself and many other Ghanaians across the globe see the president's recent speech to the nation as the best since he ascend the presidency. There was not a single insult in that speech. Former president Mahama is now trying to tag president Nana Addo's presidency as super-incompetent, shocking! Former president Mahama in my opinion and many others is the worst and the most incompetent president in the history of Ghana.NDC should give us a break because their incompetence and corruption is still fresh in our minds.It is my prayer that the almighty Allah keep them away from the presidency for many years until the learn to respect and rule. We do not want to go back to their insults in Ghana ever again. May Allah give the president and his able vice president the wisdom to rule Ghana with respect and wisdom. Ameen.