Former President John Mahama has described the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) as a government that is "intolerant to criticisms" and only implements "adhoc solutions" to challenges confronting the country.
Addressing supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) at the Ramsey Park at Bolgatanga on Saturday after the ninth edition of the Unity Walk, the former President wondered why anytime the NPP government was criticised about its approach to addressing certain issues in the country they get so "worked up".
Galamsey
Making references to the galamsey issue, Mr Mahama expressed regret that some personalities in the current government allegedly used all kinds of unprintable words on him [Mahama] when he tried to offer some suggestions as to how best the NPP could go about the galamsey issue without creating unnecessary hardship for the youth engaged in the business.
He reiterated that the NPP government should have been working hard at providing alternative means of livelihood for the affected people who were mainly the youth.
"The simple point I made was that we as the NDC have tried that approach of using soldiers to stop the illegal mining issue but it did not work and so we realized that the best way to stop them from illegal mining was to be working on providing them with alternatives" Mr Mahama pointed out.
According to him, if there is any President who has been heavily criticised then it is him [Mahama] but "as a good leader you must be calm and be focused in the face of criticisms."
Failed promises
The former President also took a swipe at the NPP government for "using statutory funds" meant for the National Health Insurance Scheme and the Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFUND) to finance some of its flagship programmes to the detriment of the NHIS and the GETFUND.
Mr Mahama explained that because of those bad decisions by the NPP, the NHIS is suffering as the current government is not able to pay claims under that intervention while funds for delivering projects under the GETFUND has also reduced and stalled GETFUND projects.
He further observed that the NPP government was still struggling to fulfill its promises like the ‘one million dollar-one constituency’, ‘one-village-one-dam’, ‘one-district-one-factory’ and other policies.
Mr Mahama noted that all the programmes the NPP has spelt out do not have policy guidelines which was a recipe for the unsustainability of the programmes.
"It is as if the NPP is running a government as you go because for every programme that they roll out there is no policy nor guidelines; at least take it easy and fulfill your promises sustainably," he stressed.
The former President also stated that if the current government would not continue the various projects started under the Mahama regime, the NPP should at least for the sake of the people of the Upper East Region consider completing the Bolgatanga-Bawku road project.
He said he was highly elated about the fortitude, enthusiasm and resilience displayed by the supporters of the party in the region and expressed the hope that in 2020, such attitude would be translated into votes to bring the NDC back to power.
Unity walk
The walk attracted hundreds of supporters of the NDC. In attendance were former ministers of state, former and current parliamentarians, former DCEs.
Notable among them were Mark Woyongo, Albert Abongo, Professor Avea Nsoh, James Tiigah, Cletus Avoka, Daniel Syme, Isaac Adongo and Dr Dominic Ayine.
Source: Graphic.com
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only a bloooody fuullll will think of bringing Mahama back, Nana Addo is not doing well, but Mahama is a twerrp!
Does the NDC have a conscience at all?
I can't think far and neither can I fathom where Mahama is coming from with the NPP's Government 'ad-hoc solutions'. I guess, Mahama myopically has NABCO in mind. And I didn't expect any of the NDC politicians to buy into this strategy or prudent approach. Indeed, in the short term, it is only prudent alongside with long-term programmes to embark on social interventions to relieve the electorates of some economic hardships to create political space for long-term economic solutions to mature. Then, it takes a longer time for good or positive economic indicators to be felt in the pockets of the electorates if you have a four-year term of a mandate. President Kufuor did it, among other things, with school Feeding programme which worked out successfully. I bet NDC has a deficit in Governance.
John Ford mahama you seriously need to stop talking because it is not helping you in anyway . During your time you destroyed this economy and now you are talking family and friends.shame on you.Pls necessary stop waeting your time because your party is not come to power now.
Mahama needs to stop talking seriously. He’s just being annoying by the day and literally, a nuisance. An ex president who’s turned into an annoying social commentator. He’s just not serious. Some of who thought of voting for him should he stand again have gone off him. He isn’t appealing anymore.
This is a greedy conman bribe taker talking...... John Ford Incompetent Mahama.....
Maasa;What does Jon Mahama take Ghanians for ? a nation of aimless fulls who are prepared to hand over to any idiotic donkey to rule them and still the money ? this man JOn Mhama is fighting hard to impress Ghanaians especially these misguided NDC riff-raffs to vote for him again ; the TRUTH is that Jon Mahama lost huge sums of monies in the last elections and the idiotic northner is bitter about how he was cleaned out our by his key NDC cronies besides all the man wants is POWER to still again !!!!!;people like Asiedu Nketia; Kofi Adams ; Allotey Jacobs ;Sam George; Koku and others stole all the monies he providede for the elections besides nobody in the NDc can finance the NDC like Jon Mahama ;today the full is just spending the monies he stole from Ghanaians to project his political ambitions again again and low and behold the same vultures are following him because they know they can still some of the stolen monies from Jon Mahama ; who do you think is paying for these fake Unity walks and paying the unemployed youth to follow him ; Jon Mahama has an unfinished agenda to come back again to still ; Ghanaians should be VERY careful of this "SHAEEGE" from BOLE in the north -NEVER AGAIN !!!!!
Do we really have something like SUPER INCOMPETENCE.Mahama come again that tag is not working for YOU. I strongly think SUPER goes with ODWAN FUNU.
YOU CAN GO ON AND SAY WHATEVER YOU WANT AGAINST PRESIDENT MAHAMA BUH WE WON'T ALLOW US TO DECEIVE US AND DRAW US WIDE AWAY FROM GETTING TO LET THIS GOVERNMENT KNOW WE ARE AWARE OF HIS FAILED ATTEMPTS, POLICIES TO TAKE FROM US... THE TRUTH IS THE TRUTH AND WHOEVER IT COMES FROM IS THE TRUTH... ***barred word*** THINK THEY CAN HIDE BEHIND THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO COVER UP THE FLAWS OF THIS SUPER-INCOMPETENT BUNCH OF ***barred word*** RUNNING THIS COUNTRY.... WE ARE NOT ***barred word*** SO STOP USING FORMER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS AS SHIELDS.. WE AREN'T ***barred word***
Very soon their monies will get finish and that is where NDC current executives and Mahama will start to learn how to keep what is left. You think we are small boys in this country for you to con us.We saw your 8years in POWER.Nafin better you left Behind.Until Rawlings take his party back we will not vote for you PERIOD