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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if all Northerners were like u,most political parties wouldn't allow any Northerner to lead them again but for good people like Ibn Chambers, Martin Amedu and Dr Bawumia,Northerners are still respected among other political parties and they would be allowed to lead us when their time come. if you love Northerners why didn't u married a Northerner? hypocrite you are a disgrace to Northerners Mr president!!!
THAT IS YOUR SO CALLED PEACE LOVING HUMBLE PRESIDENT. ALWAYS PRETENDING TO BE LIKE PREZ MILLS BUT YOU ARENOT. INFACT YOU ARE ARROGANT AND DEVILISH
IT IS ONLY THE IGNORANTS WHO DON'T KNOW THAT YOU MASTERMINDED THE MURDER OF PROF. MILLS JUST TO BECOME PRESIDENT TO CREATE LOOT AND SHARE.THE JUDGEMENT DAY AWAITING YOU MAHAMA
Mahama is ev!l president... He killed Prof Mills.... Ghanaians must reject this accidental president. He is a th!e.f, tribalistic, confused, vision11essss and c0rrupt.
MFWA is the most ***barred word*** organization that wants to continue to be relevant in the country. Have you head or not what others say .... further comments on you is a waste of time
Which party has been blocking others from contesting presidential primaries in favour of one candidate? Someone please remind JDM that he had no contest in his first and second primaries. all who attempted to contest him were blocked off; so he could not say NDC gives everyone a chance. But in the case of the NPP and Alius' contest, everyone who expressed interest was allowed to contest and the people chose whom they wanted - including delegates from the north. That is a party which gives everyone a chance. He should not be speaking like a child when he knows the facts.
SHOULD SOMEONE TELL ME WHAT HAS PRESIDENT MAHAMA DONE FOR HIS SO CALLED NORTHERNERS? THE DIRTY WATERS THEY DRINK OR THE POOR ROADS AND SCHOOLS UNDER TREES? WHO DOESN'T KNOW THE POOR PEOPLE COMES FROM THE NORTH? DO SOMETHING FOR THEM AND STOP THIS UNCIVILIZED TRIBALISM CAMPAIGN. LISTEN TO WHAT PRESIDENT KUFOUR SAID AND LISTEN TO WHAT YOU ARE SAYING. YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING FOR YOUR OWN PEOPLE SINCE YOU CAME TO POWER. ARE YOU NOT ASHAMED OF YOURSELF. I KNOW AND BELIEVE BY THIS TIME, YOUR OWN PEOPLE WILL REJECT YOU AND YOU WILL SEE.
President Mahama is tribalistic.
I am only here all the time to provide counter statements only to NDC hoodluck.Ok Mensah in the light of what ex president kufour said as compared to what KM said in the north this si what i say,kufour said vote for a son from the eastern region was is tribalistic about this he never said NDC doesnot like eastern people and also NDC will use eastern people and dump them like how they are using julius debrah now.Kufour never said that he only said vote for your son.but mahama said not only to vote for a son of the north but NPP use nrotherners and dump them and made references to the late veep and so on.is a leader suppose to do that.You see there is an akan proverb which says when any ***barred word*** is dying it struggles ,same way mahama is losing so he is become desperate and he is struggling even with his utterances.wW need change
I watched a video on ***barred word*** in which some NPP foot soldier were educating the electorates on how to cast the presidential and parliamentary ballots, come Dec 7. One foot soldier said, the electorate should among other things, look for position no.5 and 3 on presidential and parliamentary ballot papers respectively and thumbprint in front of them. What if they confuse the positions on the ballots papers? SIMPLY, THEY SHOULD TELL THEM TO THUMBPRINT IN FRONT OF NPP LOGO!