Over the weekend, while campaigning in the Upper West Region, the President of Ghana and leader of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), His Excellency John Dramani Mahama opted to use very ethnocentric and divisive campaign language.
The President, while addressing party supporters in Lawra as part of his campaign tour of the Region, made comments to suggest that the New Patroitic Party (NPP) only “uses northerners” to win power and “dump” them afterwards.
The President alleged that if vice-presidential candidate of the NPP Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia decides to contest as presidential candidate in the NPP, he is likely to be rejected by the party.
He then went on to cite the NPP presidential race in 2008 in which 16 other candidates contested the then vice-president of the erstwhile President Kuffour administration, Alhaji Aliu Mahama, for the Presidential candidacy of the party.
President Mahama also allged that unlike the NPP, the NDC gives everyone the chance to ascend to the high office including northerners and it is that opportunity in the NDC that has made it possible for him to become president after the demise of the late President, John Evans Atta Mills.
The MFWA considers the comments of President Mahama highly divisive and unfortunate and condemns same in no uncertain terms. As a leader of the country, President Mahama is expected to act in ways that will unite rather than divide the people of this country.
The MFWA therefore calls on the President to publicly apologise for his comments. We take this opportunity to urge other political figures to avoid the use of hate speech, ethnocentric and divisive comments in their political campaigns.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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Ah so is this what MFWA calls divisive comments. please they should come again......i think they only wants to be head...what is wrong with what the presidents said that is divisive after all is he not saying the truth.was Alhaji Aliu Mahama given the chance to lead the party after his hard work as veep for 8 years.
This not the first time mr president has making this type of comments he always talk trash but he thinks he president so he is above anybody he always comes with smart comments which is bad but because he has a degree in psychology and communication skills that's why go back to when Kennedy ADJAPONG was arrested the comments he came out when they ask former president JA kuffour his opinion and also his campaigns in mostly in the north well is up to Ghanaians,we should ask ourselves that is about race or about Ghanaa America for the first time has voted for non politician it has a reason ok is about Ghanaa not not a seat for every one who qualifies?Thank you ghana
This is the type of president we have he don't have any message for Ghanaians only tribal politics is he a president kai hypocrisy. You said you want1mil votes from Ashanti sofoline interchange and circle interchange which was started first incompetent24
Mr. President, please don't divide the nation before you leave. Where were you when Dr. Edward Mahama stood on the ticket of PNC from the year 2000 till 2008? Is Dr. Mahama not a northerners? Why didn't you supported him as at time but you choose to support someone from the south in the person of prof. Mills. Mr. president why is it that the 1992 constitution don't allow us to form political parties on ethnic , tribal and religious lines. Have you ask yourself about that? If we are to play that cards you would have been disadvantage of becoming president because you even come from a minority group in the north. Mr.president our worse enemy in Ghana is poorvety not ethnocentlism. Please try to unit us as a nation don't divide us. God bless Ghana.
no one shd waste his breath on this man bcos he is a complete ed100t. just vote him out
even though I am a guy i want to sukkkkk mahama's dikkkk. that doesnt mean i am gay, does it?
Hypocritical Karikari of MFWA, what about Akufo Addo's "Ye Akanfuo" comment. Why didn't you ask him too to apologise or only pepefuo must render apology to you the so-called owners of Ghana?
Whe jj was running to be reelected in 96, did he tell ewes to vote on tribal lines? When kufuor was running again in 2004, did he tell akans to vote on tribal lines? Only incompetent idddiot mahama is running again by begging northerners to vote on tribal lines! Fuuuuuuulish mahama!! We will vote for nana & u will see the thing we will do to u!!. Incompetent son of a deadd goaaaaat!!!!!
NPP people are crying do you people remember this song "Wokum Odi hye ma doko edi adi"?You kill a master and replace with a slave or the servant.This song came about J.J Kill Afrifa and Liman replace him. At that time NPP or UP people think Northerners are slave okay.
I dont blame prez Mahama for passing this kind of NASTY comments bcse he has no any important message for Northerners S.(THE BATTLE IS THE LORD) said NANA ADDO.