Information Minister, Mustapha Hamid says he finds it difficult to tag former President John Dramani Mahama as a “liar” even though ‘he is’.
“In our culture, it’s hard to tag an elderly as a liar knowing very well that the person is”, he said.
His comment comes after John Dramani Mahama lashed out at the government for what he describes as the slow pace of development, saying the Nana Addo-led government has failed majority of its promises to the citizenry.
Addressing a gathering of NDC members at Somanya after the party’s 6th 'Unity Walk' aimed at reorganizing the party ahead of the 2020 elections, the former President said the government had failed in fulfilling its promises on many levels, including paying road contractors working on various projects across the country.
“NPP promised the moon but has not even delivered clouds and so it makes your goodwill dwindle so fast . . . I know that when we were here, we were working on asphalt upgrading roads in Somanya and Odumase. I saw the contractor’s asphalt plants parked by the roadside and you will be surprised that for nearly two years the contractors have not been paid their money and so the work has come to a standstill”, the former President complained.
Mahama also criticized the Akufo-Addo government for its inability to stabilize the price of petroleum products to the satisfaction of Ghanaian consumers.
Ex-president Mahama warned that the high price of fuel, particularly Liquefied Petroleum Gas, had long-term degrading effects on the environment because of the cheaper, but more destructive alternative of charcoal.
“We were told that it [petrol] was too expensive and that 50 percent of the petrol was made up of taxes alone and that when they win and come into office, they would remove the taxes so that petrol will [be cheaper]. Today petrol is selling at GHc 22 per gallon.
“I am even more concerned about LPG because LPG was about GHc40 before December 7. Today LPG is more than GHc80. What it means is that for those who cannot afford LPG, they will go back to using charcoal and we all know the implications of using charcoal. When you use charcoal, it degrades the environment and so government should do something about the price of LPG particularly”, the former President stated.
Speaking on NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’, Mustapha Hamid described the former first gentleman’s utterances as “unfortunate”.
“It’s just a year after former President Mahama left government. Ghanaians still remember his style of leadership. People haven’t forgotten, he claimed Ghanaians have short memory but that is not true. 2016 elections should teach him a lesson”, he noted.
“It is very terrible for someone like him to say things which are not true about the Nana Addo government just to win political points. It’s terrible, it’s not right. His mindset of governance dragged Ghana behind”, he told host Akwasi Aboagye.
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Interesting. I wish the minister should have have rather address the issues as it was raised by the former president. You are now in charge of the affairs of the state an all you can do is lash insults on the former president instead of address the prices of the products he mentioned. Very unfortunate.
Mr Albino what is then the truth. Come again.
THIS ALBINO MINISTER SHOULD LEARN HOW TO RESPECT ELDERS HE SHOULD JUST TELL US HOW MACH WAS LPG/PRTRO BEFORE NPP TOOK OVER SIMPLE IF YES JOHN WAS LYING. PLS LET FACE FACTS MR. ALBINO THE 110 MINISTERS AS WE SPEAK WHAT ARE THEY DOING? AFTER OSFO MAFO WANT 6 MILLION USD FOR HIS OFFICE? RAT.
Formal president mahama can say all things against this government but he will never be president of Ghana again and again. Is better to allow the current government to work if he fails we will show them the exit.
Mr. Minister is the former leader lying about the issues raised..lets deal with the issue on board and stop attacking personality. face saving politics.
Ghanaian's have short memory so Mr Incompetent Mahama keep your records to yourself. Respect an ordinary Ghanaian before we respect you. Mr. JDM Lair
WHAT JOHN MAHAMA SAID IS ABSOLUTELY TRUE! BAWUMIA HELD A NUMBER OF LECTURES HOW FUEL PRICES WERE UP DUE TO NUISANCE TAXES AND WHEN THEY COME TO POWER THEY WILL REMOVE EVERYTHING. RIGHT NOW BAWUMIA CAN NOT SEE NUISANCE TAXES BUT NEWSOME TAXES, HE IS NOE HIDING IN A COOLER. WHO IS A LIAR, JM OR BAWUMIA? DID U FULFILL YOUR PROMISES, 2016 FUEL WAS 12 CEDIS PER GALLON, NOW 22 CEDIS PER GALLON WITH TAXES. WHAT NPP??? LIARS!!! WITH 110 IDLE MINISTERS INCLUDING MUSTAPHA HAMID
I was buying 14.5 for 69 cedis. So why would an ex president says it was 40gh. Mahama is just a big th,,ief and a lia.r. He better ***barred word*** and leave us alone.
Is it more thsan ghc80 as John Ford Mahama claims?
Mr. Minister you even cried when you lied against JM in 2016. Your president lied about numerous JM projects, shame on you.