Former Ghana’s Consul to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the erstwhile John Dramani Mahama administration, Ambassador Daniel Osei says his most regrettable decision ever in his political career, was accepting an ambassadorial appointment from the Ex-President.
Speaking on Kasapa FM, Ambassador Osei revealed that after his appointment as an Ambassador, he virtually became an enemy to ex-President Mahama and his government to the extent that he was nearly debarred from campaigning in the 2016 General Elections.
"They did everything to stop me from coming home to campaign for the NDC but I had to fight them and there’s an email trail of my conversations to come to Ghana. I could have just sat quietly somewhere but I came down to Ghana and contributed my quota towards pushing the party forward. I came down several months before the elections to campaign and by the grace of God the constituency where i strategically campaigned, won," he averred.
He stressed that after his appointment as an Ambassador to United Arab Emirates (UAE), his intention was to ensure Ghana establishes an Embassy in Abu Dhabi and also help UAE to establish one in Ghana, since most countries do not have Embassies in Abu Dhabi.
"I met with the Emirate Foreign Affairs representative in Dubai and set up a meeting in Abu Dhabi and they agreed to help us set up an embassy and also help us with funding to do it. I informed Mr Mahama about it and told him how important it will be for Ghana to have that embassy to foster strong relationship with the gulf country. But shockingly he told me that we’ll build the embassy ourselves when we come back to power in 2017, and that we don’t need their help. I was sad and it shows clearly that, that was not his focus; his focus was not aspiring for greatness for the country. All Mahama knows is money, money, money. Let’s not elect him to lead the NDC again; we have better alternatives, leaders who are visionaries," he asserted.
Ambassador Osei, who is strongly opposed to former president Mahama's comeback to be elected as a flagbeaerer again, said Mr Mahama is not a "visionary" thinker, and "lacks the competence to lead the country".
"Delegates will do the party a great harm by voting Mr. Mahama as the flagbearer come February 23, 2019...he must be rejected to prevent him from coming to amass wealth much to the detriment of the country," he urged the delegates.
Source: Josephine Acheampomaa/Peacefmonline/[email protected]
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See his mouth like a ***barred word***! You were not allowed to bleed the state covers through under-dealings and now you are disturbing our ears! You think we Ghanaians are unintelligent like you! Why did you not show your disapproval by refusing the appointment? Wa nom s3 kyoobi!
When you were about to continue to accept dirty money from the Arabs which is corruption and you were stopped, so he is not visionary. You suppose to be visionary to quit your position at the time. You are just a disgrace two face dog.
THIS J MAHAMA IS A DIS-GRACE TO GHANA. ANYWAY WHO IS GOING TO VOTE FOR YOU 20 20. YOUR BONE WILL NOT GET NO WHERE NEAR THE PRESIDENT SEAT. YOUR ***barred word*** NDC AND ITS MEMBERS CAN VOTE FOR YOU BUT NOT THE ENTIRE GHANA PEOPLE. you WANT TO COME AND STEA-L GHANAIANS MONEY. THEN, YOU WILL SEE JUBILEE HOUSE BUT YOUR LEGS WILL NOT REACH THERE. MR ***barred word*** DESPERATE MAHAMA ie. GHANAIANS ARE VERY TIRED OF YOU PAAAAA.
John Mahama will never be a president in Ghana ever again. All the stealing, corruption and incompetence will never come back
Listen to this clown! If you think you are a man of integrity as you want us to believe you should have refused the appointment on a matter of personal principle.You did not do that but accepted to serve a non-visionary president by accepting his appointment and now you are saying what? These politicians some of whom could only afford third class in uni. now take our intelligence for a ride! Your decision to serve in his government makes you complicit in whatever happened. Why didn't you resign your position on principle when you realized he was not visionary ? You refused but instead enjoyed all the goodies that came wit it and now you are crying wolf!
Biting the fingers that once fed you is curse. The likes of you serve as a lesson to JDM. Never again will he appoint traitors like u. Shame on you Osei. There is no logic on your premise that JDM lauded your effort but refused the offer by them to fund our embassy as a basis for declaring him money conscious. Must foreign countries virtually everything for us? Where lies our dignity as a country? The only place your ***barred word*** will get attention is Peace FM
MAHAMA THE LEAST SAID ABOUT HIM THE BETTER
The NDC party should take this advice, for the sake of this country. We just cant have JM back his history, period.
Master if your party has lost it serves you right all because you have been a spectator all this while not bringing any valuable contribution on board. for four solid years you were so comfortable such that you forget your silence will dump you in opposition. sorry but working with such people is tiring. The least you could have done is speak up so that you will be sacked, that will even give you more leverage. But abi man must survive. When you are called ***barred word***, you don't understand. GM
WE THANK GOD JOHN MAHAMA IS NOT OUR PRESIDENT SUCH A HEARTLESS, CARE1ESS MAN, WHO ALSO TALKS LOOSELY LIKE A CHILD. MR INCOMPETENT JM. OPPOSITION WILL FOREVER BE YOUR AND THE NDC PORTION.