Mr Stephen Ashitey Adjei, an executive member of the Tema East branch of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), has named former President Mahama as the source of on-going unhealthy drama in the party.
Speaking at a news conference in Accra, Mr Ashitey Adjei, who is popularly called Moshake, said many of the party’s troubles would go away if Mr Mahama were to step aside and let someone else lead the party into 2020.
“From what I see and hear, Mahama is working for NPP and must stop, as we head towards the 2020 election, Mr Mahama is the personality who is inspiring all the anxiety among people who still have not moved on from the crushing defeat that he led us into in 2016, he is the one who is inspiring anxiety among the other flagbearer hopefuls and he is the one who is not in the good graces of the party’s elders.” Moshake said.
He said it was around the former President that the corruption and incompetence tag from the ruling NPP, hanged, and are rubbing on the NDC.
“The NDC would easily be weaned off all the internal strife and unwholesome tags, if Mr Mahama were to make a decision that for the sake of the party, he would step aside and allow others to contest for the flagbearership of the party, a decision to walk away would automatically clear off this huge cloud from the NDC. But alas, Mr Mahama has shown that he is not prepared to walk away to the advantage of NPP, he does not love the NDC enough to relieve the party of the heavy baggage that comes with him” Moshake said.
Explaining why he said the former President was a dead weight on the NDC, he pointed out that there were two angles to the issue. “Internally, Mahama is the cause of strife, because he and his family’s announcement of disinterest in politics in 2016 is what led to the other Flagbearer aspirants deciding to step up to the plate”.
According to Moshake, when Ibrahim Mahama announced in December 2016, after his brother’s loss at the polls that the family had sat with the former President and convinced him not to run again in 2020, it served as a cue to the likes of Mr Alban Bagbin, Sylvester Mensah, Professor Joshua Alabi and Dr. Ekwow Spio Gabrah, who had Presidential ambitions, to start campaigns.
“It is most unfair that after the Mahama family had caused the other aspirants to step up to the plate, Mr Mahama would then turn around and start a comeback,” Moshake said.
He expressed optimism that, though former President Mahama had not really declared intent, his statement in Bolga to the effect that he would soon announce his political future contradicted the earlier announcement by his family that he would not run.
“This situation is what is responsible for the strife among flagbearer aspirants.”
Again, he said, many poor actions of former President Mahama in office, including; the poor management of the party’s Founder, Jerry Rawlings, and the neglect of the elders of the party created a schism between the elders and Mahama that had not been forgiven.
“Everybody knows the party founder, along with the elders are not on good terms with the former President; you cannot go into an election and win with the elders of your party not in support of you. We know the Council of Elders only recently resumed meetings through the instrumentality of Mr Alban Bagbin,” Moshake said.
Moshake pointed out that widespread neglect of party people under former President Mahama even affected pro NDC media houses, some of which had since closed down because of lack of support. “Today, where is The Enquirer, where is The Republic and co? How come pro NDC media houses died under Mahama’s Presidency?
Infact, it makes sense to believe that former President Mahama is working for the NPP and must stop. Reality is truth, as John 8:32 says, the truth will set us free.
Source: GNA
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Is it Moshake, or whatever! your allegation has no head and no tail therefore, it is a trash!!!
No matter what the pro NPP gays will write or say Mahama is coming in 2020 and the masses will vote for him.NPP can go and burn the sea we NDC don't care Mahama is coming in 2020
You have forgotten what the NDC did to Ghana after the NPP led by President Kufuor. Kufuor worked hard to take Ghana out of HIPC after the PNDC/NDC misrule, only for the NDC who even walked out of Parliament during they passage of National Health Insurance Scheme and labeled the newly found oil in Ghana as palm kennel oil. It is the same Mahama who was then the NDC MP who became president and relied on the oil to borrow and steal left and right. Ghanaians are wild awake and never in our modern times would we allow the NDC to come and rule Ghana again.
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Can you outline how Mahama failed as a president? Mahama was doing the right thing that will lead this country into financial independence but NPP deliberately tagged him with all kinds of corruption but were not able to prove a single corruption case yet. The way NPP is ruling this country they cannot build even a single modern hospital before their four years expires yet they are given nursing trainees free money just for political gains.
Massa Moshake ; the qustion is when did you join the NDC party and if you know the background of this Mahama family including Jon Mahama ; Alfred Mahama ;Ibrahim Mahama ana Hajia Mahama you should by now know that the family family are not in politics for the benefit of the NDC or Ghana ; they are opportuinist and established double agents;the family deal with big businessmen in the NPP all the time !!!! Jon Mahama and his family has had long business political relationship with Kuffour and the NPP party since the time of their father who was the regional minister during the Kwame Nkrumah regime ; he diverted huge sums of monies meant for the north for his farming business ; why do think the noreth is still undeveloped till today ;they have contributed to the NPP party for years ; their mother was the key mentor for Ibrahim Mahama and got Kuffour to help Ibrahim Mahama into business ; the Mahama family owe alligiance to Kuffour and the NPP ; besides for opeople in the NDC to think that JON Mahama is staunch member of the NDC is just false and fake news ; Jon Mahama has never being intrested in the NDC as a party ; JJ Rawlings has warned the party several times ; why do you think JJ Rawlings tars Jon Mahama and Kuffour as EVIL people because he knows from intelligence that they are in BED with the NPP !!!!!; JOn Mahama is using the NDC party as a vehicle to amass wealth for his family and helping NPP businessmen ; Jon Mahama is not intersted in the well being of Ghana ; the problem for the NDC is that they failed to groom a credible successor after JJ Rawlings left; the Mahama are using the same tactics they used to buy the position of VEEP for Jon Mahama ;Jon mahama ended up murdering Atta Mills to become President !!!!!!IDIOTIC FULLS !! IT IS CASH STOOOPID!!!!!!because nobody in the NDC can spend as much as the Jon Mahama family ; they are planning to finance and buy the leaders positon for Jon Mahama again by bribing the delegates ; why do you think Nana Konadu was defeated heavily in the ledership contest; are we saying there is no credible person in the NDC party to start afresh and bring some fresh slogan to the NDC rather that this corruption ; Create ;lut and share and incompetence slogan ascrobe to the NDC today ; WHY ARE A FEW NDC MEMBERS WITH ONE VOTE LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE PARTY pushing for Jon Mahama ; the simple answer is CASH ***barred word*** because they stand to gain heavvily even Jon Mahama loses or wins besides heads or tail they WIN by pushing JOn Mahama so they can still the monies ; because they know the stle of JOn Mahama -THE GREATEST NORTHNER STILLER OF OUR TIME !!!!!; if the NDC makes that fatal mistake of choosing Jon Mahama again the NPP will be laughing all the way to the Bank because there is no way Jon Mahama can beat Nana Addo ; how can Jon Mahama turn a deficit of 1 million votes to win the Ashanati region -IMPOSSIBLE ; JOn Mahama knows that becayuse he is worjking with the NPP .
Haha if dat is what u think den tell ur people to start jubilating because mahama is nothing to npp fuuulllllsssssssss we shall see come 2020 if dis super incompetent old presidoooo Mr 74 de old thiefffffffff can retain power we are not babies we are watching and seeing all de rot going on
THIS IS THE REASON WHY NPP IS HAPPY JOHN MAHAMA IS COMING BACK. JOHN MAHAMA IS A FAILED EX PRESIDEND AND HAS BEEN REJECTED BY ALMOST 54 PERCENT OF GHANAIANS. HIS COMING BACK AS NDC FLAG BEARER WILL CAUSE THEM A BIG DEFEAT. ALREADY HE HAS SAID HE IS A ***barred word*** THAT TAG IS STILL ON HIS SHOULDERS.AND WHO WILL VOTE FOR A ***barred word***?LET NDC BRING HIM AND THEY WILL LOOSE BIG TIME THOSE GHANAIANS WHO VOTED AGAINST HIM ARE WAITING FOR HIM AND THIS TIME HE WILL NOT EVEN GET 30 PERCENT.