President John Dramani Mahama has admitted giving out money during a campaign trail as captured in a video which has gone viral on various media platforms.
According to the Daily Post Newspaper which spoke to the President currently in the USA, the incident happened when they entered Sabon Zongo through a narrow and a heavy crowd following him.
The president who has since laughed off claims he was distributing money according to paper explained that from the top of his vehicle, he saw a little girl with a tray of boiled egg in the crowd being pushed by the cheering crowd amidst the jostling. The tray fell from the girl’s head and the crowd trampled on the fallen eggs. The girl then burst into tears.
Touched by what only he could see because of where he was standing, he ordered the man who commands his convoy (who was in his vehicle) to stop the convoy. The convoy thus stopped.
President Mahama said he then took GH¢50 from his ADC, pointed to the crying girl in the crowd and then reaching down from the top of the vehicle, gave it to a woman standing by her thinking she was with the girl.”
However, he was surprised to see the girl still crying so he asked her if the woman was the mother. When the girl shook her head and he noticed the woman had moved away, he took another GH¢50 from his ADC and gave it to the girl. This drew wild cheers from the teeming crowd.”
President Mahama recalled that it was even the crowd that helped the girl forward towards his vehicle to enable her take the money because they knew he was compensating her for what she had lost. It explains why the people around were not scrambling for the money.
Source: ultimatefmonline
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unbelievable !!!!!. Chief of staff says JM did not share money. Kofi Adams says JM can share money and so what. JM himself says I intended to give it a little girl whose eggs were trampled upon by the crowd following his convoy but mistakenly gave it to another woman so I had to do it again. Incredible Liars !!!!!! Why has Ghanaians caged themselves with Bunch of Liars. One of the pillars of Great leaders is Honesty. Why do we have Liars as leaders. Ghana wake up
Chief of Staff says he does not carry money and could have been giving a leaflet. The President clarifies and says he took money from his Aide de Camp.. This confirms he does not carry money nor was he sharing money but a compasionate gesture which a lot of us do periodically, Why are we turning Ghana into a political jungle and twisting everything.. Actually if I were the President I would not have even responded. Lets focus on development issues and how best we can push our dear nation forward. It has become a character where the opposition kills the sitting government so when they also come the cycle continues, We need to break forth and harness the potential, blessings and treasures God has bestowed on the Country Ghana which sits virtually in the center of the world. God bless our homeland and make our nation strong, whether Mahama, Akuffo Addo,Nduom, Ayariga or any person
compassion indeed, is it a new word for ndc
Well done President. All those including the Chief of Staff, Kofi Adams, and the opposition who did not have the details and yet commented on the issue, accusing the president of distributing money, have been educated: get the details before you comment next time.
what was the age of the little girl to be selling. we are in a failed state that is why he saw that girl selling eggs instead of being in school. what is the compassion in that. a bunch of propaganda crooks.
millions of ghanaians are crying over light bill and petroleum products please reduce the taxes for us.we are crying within.
so what is the chief of staff saying?
So what has happened to our conscience? We condemn things we dont undrstand. We cant even show compassion anymore?.