Joyce Bawa-Mogtari, spokesperson for former President John Dramani Mahama has condemned Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, John Peter Amewu, for describing Mr Mahama as a “conman”.
She called for an apology from the minister indicating that she is very disappointed for a minister who is being paid with state money to use such unprintable words to describe a former head of state for stating an opinion and making suggestions on an issue.
“I find the comment most unfortunate, I do believe that they probably didn’t listen to the former president’s comment and I do think that in any lingua franca, any leader who uses words such as ‘conman’ and what have you, is most disrespectful and unfortunate especially of the calibre and level of a minister of state,” She told Class FM Monday, 30 April 2018.
Mr Amewu had said small-scale miners in the country should ignore former Mahama’s criticism of the Akufo-Addo government’s use of the military in fighting illegal small-scale mining (galamsey) since the ex-president is a “conman”.
Addressing a sea of supporters of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) during its Unity Walk in Kumasi, Ashanti Region, Mr Mahama said although “it is true that if we don’t do something about it [illegal small-scale mining], it will destroy the environment”, “we need to apply wisdom because we’ve chased young people involved in illegal small-scale mining with soldiers in the past in this country, but it didn’t work.”
Reacting to Mr Mahama’s criticism, Mr Amewu told journalists that: “What has Mahama been able to do? Today, we have created a lot of mining districts, we’ve created 12 mining districts and 33 satellite districts.
“We are bringing mining back to the decentralisation level. The small-scale mining which was the status quo was supposed to have mining communities.
“These were not inaugurated in all the years Mahama was president, we have just inaugurated them, bringing mining to the community of the owners of the resources.
“Decentralisation, this is the approach, so, I am so disappointed in [Mr Mahama]. He cannot address the problems. I’m telling the small-scale miners that this gentleman is a conman. He’s deceiving them and if they dare go in for him just because of galamsey, this country will come down.”
However, former Deputy Minister of Transport said Mr Amewu sounded full of “hate and spite” and very wrong in the manner he responded to the remark by Mr Mahama.
She said it is not easy to accept criticism sometimes by leadership in political discourse but very important that “we listen to others before we seem to create wrong impressions and to allude wrong intentions to individuals”.
Source: classfmonline.com
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Mahama has no experience because he did not have any policy on how to solve the problem Ghana was phasing in terms of illegal mining. He was the "iye dey be kekei President." The only one experience is that he brought in so many people to do illegal mining. Mahama virtually no clue what he was doing as President. He was the most ***barred word*** Ghanaian President in History. Mr. Peter Amewu was even kind to Mahama, he is a BIG ***barred word***. Mahama talks like the wind, no common sense. Mahama being call a Conman is even an understatement. He had 8 years , 4 years as Vice, 1 and half as acting President, and 4 whole years as President. He brought Ghana on it's knees. What else can come out of his ***barred word*** brain especially when he is a ***barred word***.
Do we really want to fight galamsay or just do politics with it? Most of the comments here show that we just want to do politics with galamsay. You should all know that galamsay thrives more under conflict. If you doubt, just ask the Sera Leonians. When people were being killed, given short hands, long hands, and being maimed, others were busy mining diamonds. Give the participatory approach a consideration in the fight against galamsay. Depoliticize the fight, empower and give local government a role. Involve the unit communities and the chiefs. Be tough on defaulters, no matter their status. Remember, Mahama started the military approach and saw it does not wash. Was it not Mahama who tried to deport the Chinese, only to realize that Galamsay is not being driven only from China, but even the US and UK. We are wrongfully placing all the emphasis on China. Think again, lets save our water, save our farmlands, save our livelihoods and stop the politics.
Mahama is not just a conman he is a big ***barred word*** spelt in capital letters. An ***barred word*** imbercile who mistakenly got the highest office of the land thru a natural occurrence called death lets see if he can even win any decent elections in ghana again. ***barred word*** BI BA ***barred word***
MR. AMEWU WAS CHARITABLE TO TO CALL JOHN MAHAMA A CONMAN. THE STATEMENT OF MAHAMA SHOW CLEARLY THAT HE IS CLUELESS ABOUT WHAT IS GOOD FOR THE NATION. IT SHOWS CLEARLY THAT MAHAMA WOULD SUPPORT ARM ROBBERY IF HE FINDS GAINFUL TO SOLICIT THE VOTES OF ARM ROBBERS. IT IS NOT STRANGE THAT CORRUPTION IN HIS GOVERNMENT ROCKETED. MAHAMA STATEMENT SHOW AGAIN THAT HE LACKS ANY FUNDAMENTAL VALUE AND HIS LEADERSHIP IS NOT MOTIVATED BY ANY DEEP SEATED PRINCIPLE OF LIFE. HIS GOOOD FOR NOTHING LEADERS AIMS TO EXPLOIT THE INGORANCE OF HIS PEOPLE FOR HIS SELFISH POLITICAL GAINS. GOD DOES NOT HIDE STUPIDITYY OF PEOPLE THOUGH THEY ATTEMPT TO DECEIVE OTHERS ABOUT IT. GOD IS MAKING IT CLEAR TO ALL THE DOUBTING THOMASES THAT MAHAMA IS THE BASIS FOR THE WOES OF GALAMSEY IS GHANA. HE HAS NOTHING GOOD TO OFFER TO GHANA BUT DESTRUCTION OF OUR BEAUTIFUL LAND AND WATER BODIES, EXCELLENT HUMAN CAPACITY, AND RELIABLE ECONOMIC SUSTENANCE. HE HAS NO VISION AND HIS MISSION IS TO WRECK THE NATION. NO SERIOUS PERSON WHO REALLY LOVE TO BUILD GHANA AND NOT TO DESTROY THE COUNTRY WILL SHOW UP IN THE COMPANY OF MAHAMA.
conman is understatement, Mahama is a JACKASS, outcast, good for nothing man, we don't need him in Ghana politics
JOHN DRAMANYI MAHAMA, YOU ARE A PATHETIC, DESPERATE HAS-BEEN; IF YOU DON’T KNOW. YOU HAVE LOST IT AND YOU WILL NEVER RECOVE, EVEN A TINY FRACTION, IF YOU THINK YOU WILL RECOVER BY PLAYING THE CHEAP AND FILTHY POLITRICKS OF AMBUSH. YOU USED THE DESPICABLE TACTICS OF CALUMNY , LIES, CHEAP ADVERTISING GIMMICKSAND THE REPREHENSIBLE VIDEOS OF ARTISTES OF INFAMY, LIKE MZBEL AND JOHN DUMELO; AND YOU LOST THE ELECTIONS MISERABLY. IN FACT, YOU WERE HANDED AN ELECTORAL KNOCK-OUT!!! IT IS QUITE OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE STILL REELING FROM THE MESMERISING AND HALLUCINATORY EFFECTS OF THAT ELECTORAL “COUP DE GRACE” YOU HAD THE AUDACITY TO IMPORT A SPENT AND DRUNK NIGERIAN ACTOR TO COME TO GHANA TO INSULT OUR INTELLIGENCE ON TELIVISION, WITH BRAZEN LIES THAT THE CHEAP FLYOVER AT CIRCLE WAS EQUIVALENT TO WHAT YOU AND YOUR CRONIES WERE SEEING IN YOUR TRIPS OF INFAMY TO DUBAI!!! THIS SAME AR*SE-HOLE NAUSEATINGLY PRAISED INSIGNIFICANT CHANGES AT KOTOKA AIRPORT AND RIDGE HOSPITAL. MEANWHILE , WE THE DISCERNING VOTERS WERE ALREADY AWRE THAT THE TOTAL COST OF RETARMACING THE KUMASI AIRPORT WAS EQUAL TO WHAT THE ETHIOPIAN GOVERNMENT HAD SPENT TO BUILD TWO TOP-CLASS AIRPORTS!!!! WE, THE PATRIOTIC AND DISCERNING GHANAIANS, KNOW THAT YOU, JOHN DRAMANYI MAHAMA, ARE THE ONE WHO HAS DISAPPOINTED GHANAIANS; BIG TIME!!!! AT EVERY SO-CALLED UNITY WALK, TURNED INTO A CAMPAIGN TO RECLAIM THE FLAG-BEARERSHIP OF YOUR DISJOINTED AND FACTIONALIZED PARTY, YOU SHOUT YOUR SELF HOARSE THAT THE NPP GOVERNMENT OF HE NANA ADDO-DANQUAH AKUFFO-ADDO HAS NOT REDEEMED HIS ELECTORAL PROMISES. YOU ARE AHYPOCRITE OF THE HIGHEST ORDER. I WISH TO REMIND YOU THAT YOU AND PROF ATTA-MILLS STOOD ON AN ELECTORAL CAMPAIGN PLATFORM IN 2008 AND DECEIVED GHANAIANS THAT THEY SHOULD GIVE YOU THEIR VOTES AND YOU WILL RID GHANA OF FILTH WITHIN 100 DAYS!!!! CONMAN JOHN, 8 YEARS OF MISMNAGEMENT AND INCOMPETENCE AND GINORMOUS CORRUPTION AND ACCRA AND GHANA IS ENGULFED AND CHOKING WITH FILTH AND SHACKS ALONG EVERY THOROUGHFARE!!! WHEN ONE DRIVES ON THE CIRCLE FLYOVER IT BECOMES PATENTLY CLEAR FROM THE DISGUSTING SIGHT OF SHACKS AND HAPHAZARD PLYWOOD DWELLINGS AND SHOPS THAT YOU ARE A CONMAN TO HAVE INVITED A DRUNKARD FROM NIGERIA TO DCEIVE GHANAIANS TO BELIEEVE THAT ACCRA HAD BECOME DUBAI!!! YET YOU HAVE THE EFFRONTERY AND UNASHAMED TEMERITY TO CALL A SITTING PRESIDENT, WHO HAS SPENT THE LAST 16 MONTHS OF HIS 48-MONTH MANDATE, TRYING TO UNTANGLE THE ROTTEN MESS YOU BEQUEATHED HIM, AS A DISAPPOINTMENT?? WE, THE PATRIOTIC AND DISCERNING GHANAIANS, KNOW THAT YOU, JOHN DRAMANYI MAHAMA, ARE THE ONE WHO HAS DISAPPOINTED GHANAIANS; BIG TIME!!!! ONE CAN GO ON AND ON ABOUT YOUR HORRENDOUS LEGACY OF BRAZEN ***barred word*** AND MIND-BOGGLING CORRUPTION AND ASK THE RHETORICAL QUESTION THAT ARE A SERIOUS POLITICIAN AND A TRUE PATRIOT??? AND WHAT DO YOU HAVE AGAIN IN YOUR LEAKING TANK THAT MAKES YOU THING THAT GHANAIANS WOULD BE ***barred word*** AND GULLIBLE TO SWALLOW YOR SELF-GRATIFYING CHEAP TANTRUMS YOU HAVE BEEN THROWING ON THE SO-CALLED UNITY WALK??? WE, THE PATRIOTIC AND DISCERNING GHANAIANS, KNOW THAT YOU, JOHN DRAMANYI MAHAMA, ARE THE ONE WHO HAS DISAPPOINTED GHANAIANS; BIG TIME!!!! TAKE A STEP BACK AND LOOK AT YOUR DRUKEN SELF WELL ,WELLL, WELLL!!!! AND ASK YOURSELF WHETHER YOU DESERVE A SECOND CHANCE??? SHOULD A NATION WHICH HAS SLID DOWN THE SLOPE OF DECLINE UNDER SEVERAL NDC GOVERNMENTS OF PATRONAGE AND CREATE, LOOT AND SHARE ENTRUST ITS GOVERNANCE IN YOUR TAINTED AND INCAPABLE HANDS??? ARE YOU SURE THAT THE EMMINENT PERSONS WHO, METICULOUSLY, WROTE A REPORT ABOUT YOUR HIGHLY LAMENTABLE, SERIOUS AND INFANTILE LAPSES OF JUDGEMENT AND MATURITY ERRED IN THEIR ASSESSMENT OF YOUR STEWARDSHIP , AS LEADER AND FLAGBEARER OF YOUR PARTY??? IT IS OBVIOUS THAT YOU ARE USING THE UNITY WALK TO CIRCUMVENT THE ARMAGEDDON THAT THEY WANT TO AVOID IN YOUR PARTY; A PARTY WHICH, ACTUALLY, HAS NEVER WON A FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS IN GHANA??? STOP WASTING OUR EARS WITH YOUR VERBAL TRIPE AND LEAVE GHANA IN PEACE TO PICK UP THE PECIES TO RECONSTRUCT AND MOVE FORWARD,PLEASE!!! THERE IS NO EX-AFRICAN PRESIDENT WHO HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH HIS TIME EXCEPT ORGANISE PICNICS AND WALKS TO FUEL HIS BRAZEN CONTEMPT FOR HIS COUNTRY AND SELFISH POLITICAL AMBITIONS!!!
Nkwaseeeeeeesem! Who should apologize to mahama for what? Is he better than Mr Peter Amewu on what? If he was a former con president he Amewu is a celebrated minister better than John mahama 4 us*less years in government. Aaaaaah! He should apologize to a conman? Did mahama apologize to the NPP when he called them pigs? Did he apologize to Ashantis when he called them ungrateful, they can't pronounce R&L if even he used gold to tar their roads they will never appreciate insulting a whole ethnic group with impunity,did he apologize and he want somebody to apologize to him for what, he deserved more than he gave him. You people are deceiving that guy to break ndc and he will break ndc. What is the use of that disunity walk without the other aspirants, what is the use of that disunity walk without the owner, he is campaigning insulting everyone in the name of disunity walk and he want Ghanaians to accord him respect, respect our foot ! If he respect himself first, others will follow. A one term president with a whole lot of mess around his neck behaving like he own the whole country because f000 00ls are following him so he feel pompous opening his mouth wide and letting out anything that comes out. Advise him to behave like a former president and a statesman, but behaving like a flagbearer when it is not yet time will give him what he paid for.
Do these 1d1ots in the NDC and around Mahama think they are more human than anybody in Ghana. You embark on 1nsul-t and 1i£s driven so called unity walk, denigrating the current president and when you get one back, you ask for an apology. Hon. Amewu was very charitable with his description of Mahama.
John Ford Mahama is a conman......conman conman conman
Apology my foot..... John Ford Mahama is a thif..... bribe taker...... conman.... This lady is also a conwoman go and burn the sea...... Most of you NDC people are conmen... why take double salary for years without reporting it to be corrected> It is only a thif who will do this.