His Excellency President John Dramani Mahama, had a torrid experience yesterday at the Manhyia Palace when he was met with tumultuous chant of ‘change’ from some NPP supporters.
The president and his entourage were there to commiserate with the Asantehene Otumfuo Osei Tutu II during the one week celebration of the Queen mother of the Ashanti stool Asantehemaa Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa, Ampem II.
The event which was supposed to be solemn one, turned out to be raucous when some of the mourners deliberately shouted and gestured ‘change’ towards the president as he arrived at the funeral grounds.
The security details of the President had difficulties paving way for him. The boisterous act in the Ashanti Region makes it the second time within this year that President Mahama has been hooted at.
During the funeral ceremony of the late Bantamahene, Baffour Asare Owusu Amankwatiah V in March, 2016, some members of the NPP reportedly hooted at the President John Dramani Mahama and his entourage at the funeral grounds.
The mourners - clad in black, carried the flag of the NPP - started hooting at the President after the arrival of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo at the funeral grounds.
The mourners claimed President Mahama had declared himself a persona non-grata at the funeral grounds as according to them, the President had previously spoken ill of the people of Kumasi.
“What are you doing, you claim we are ungrateful beings who would never appreciate whatever you do for us, even if you tar our roads with gold, we would never appreciate your efforts, so what are you doing here….,” some of the angry mourners were reported to have said.
However yesterday’s incident nearly caused chaos as the president's security and sympathizers of the ruling party also attempted to reply their opponents in equal measure.
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Source: Chris Joe Quaicoe/ email: [email protected]
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So making the change signs means Ashantis are villagers.Let me tell you that the whole country is calling for change not only Ashantis and Isha-Allah, the change will manifest.
How can we live in a country with these group of people who don't respect any authority and they think the masses will give power to their cult leader. God forbid!!!
JDM God bless you a million times over. TOASO This has energized me and my friends to VOTE massively for you!!!
Because of illitracy they don't understand the meaning of democracy. These are a group of people who will protest even if you want to do something good for them. Sometime i wonder the kind of brains in their head or they have been cursed to disrespect authority. Even their own king they treat him like trash. The NPP will reap this result on 7th december. After loosing the elections again i hope they will know how they lost and not disturb our ears with court issues.
See these Ashanti Villagers. Illiteracy will kill these villagers ooooh!!! aaba Over here in the states thats how they behave. Most of them are lazy to the core, uncultured and lack manners. They are in a civilized country but behave like bushmen on the loose.
How can they stop, It is in their DNA. They are the only tribe in Ghana that still lives in the 16 century. Even the un-contacted tribes in the Amazon forest even have respect for their fellow humans.
Oh Ashantis and village behaviour, so they will not stop. They take it anywhere. What a disgrace!!!
So Bawumia thinks he belongs to the NPP eeh. After loosing the elections he will see his smoothness level in the NPP. They will shoe him where he comes from.
ALWAYS ASHANTIS DONT CHANGE,EVERYBODY KNOWS ALLOT OF ASHANTIS ARE VILLAGERS.
Misleading headline. The fact that Ashanti region s NPP stronghold doesn't mean all the HOOTING was done by NPP. The suffering Ghanaians, teachers, market women, artisans, Kayayies, nurses and the down trodden who are fed up the the ##***barred word***## and ##CORRUPTION were responsible.