Mahama Jabs Gov’t....Complete My Road

Former President John Dramani Mahama has once again lambasted President Akufo-Addo and his New Patriotic Party (NPP) government, accusing them of abandoning the ‘massive’ projects, including roads, he claims he left behind.

“A lot of the projects we started have stalled. Many of the hospitals we were building have come to a stop. Many of the schools we were building have come to a stop. Many of the roads we were building have come to a stop. But I have one appeal. If there was one project that we started that is critical to the economic development of the Upper West Region, it is the Bolga-Bawku Road,” he stated in Bolgatanga, the Upper East Regional capital, during the so-called ‘unity walk’ he is leading the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to embark on.

Clear Incitement

He appeared to incite the people of the region against the sitting president when he said he (President Akufo-Addo) had not done anything for the people over there.

“If President Akufo-Addo won’t do anything for us in Upper East at all, we beg him, as for that road, he should continue it and finish it for us,” the former president said.

Awful Upbringing

He also appeared to tag President Akufo-Addo and his administration as intolerant and suggested that some of the NPP appointees might have had awful upbringing.

“When you offer any decision they call you all kinds of unprintable names, but I was not brought up to use unprintable names against my political opponents,” he claimed, adding, “The language you use in your political discourse is a reflection on your upbringing. If you were brought up well it must reflect in the language you use in your political discourse.”

It is clear that Mr Mahama was reacting to comments countering his recent ‘galamsey’ gaffe when Minister of Lands and Natural Resources John Peter Amewu, called him a ‘conman.’

Super Incompetence

He also repeated his “super incompetent” tag of President Akufo-Addo’s administration.

He said, “There are many other things that this government is doing in an ad-hoc manner.

“For every programme that is rolled out, there is no policy, there is no guideline and that is the problem. You (government) just dream of something,” he said.