“Unless you take all Ghanaians to be fools, but Ghanaians are not fools, so the type of questions I’m asking, every Ghanaian will ask those questions and will be able to draw a conclusion that this is desperation at its highest peak”
The above comment was made by the General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia in reaction to the claim that Northern regional chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Daniel Bugri Naabu was bribed with GHS3.3million, two SUVs and GHS500,000.
At a press conference on Tuesday, Mustapha Hamid, spokesperson of Nana Akufo Addo, flagbearer of the NPP said President John Mahama and his brother Ibrahim, attempted bribing Bugri Naabu, with two SUVs, GHc3.3million, an additional GHc500,000 and other mouthwatering goodies so that he would resign from the party and launch an acerbic tribal campaign against flag bearer Nana Akufo-Addo by painting him as a hater of northerners.
The party further revealed that President Mahama has no commitments to develop the North but instead "only sees northerners as pawns in his political chess game, who he must manipulate to perpetuate himself in power in order to continue with the rape of the public purse. Many communities across the north do not have drinking water. And when their brother, who is president, purports to give them water in the form of boreholes, he only uses it as an avenue to make money for himself and his family and friends. For every borehole that President Mahama sinks in the north, five villages are denied same. Northerners are still seething with anger over the 60,000 cedis per borehole project. The story of SADA and the rape of the north, has become the butt of many jokes in Ghana."
But reacting to the claim in an interview on Class91.3FM, Asiedu Nketiah, popularly known as General Mosquito said the story was cooked up by the NPP.
He wondered why Mustapha Hamid was the one speaking on the issue when Bugri Naabu or his spokesperson should be those speaking.
“…If I have GHS10 to pay or to bribe anybody to speak for me, it is not Bugri Naabu that I’ll be wasting that money on. NPP itself knows. And this issue where he cannot even speak for himself shows that he cannot even be speaking for anybody. A person who cannot even speak for himself, cannot be able to speak for another person. I think that if you are a person who people would want to buy, then you must demonstrate that you can even speak on matters concerning you. Since Bugri Naabu was made regional chairman of NPP, ask the NPP people themselves what impact has he made, what has been his impact? I mean do you think that somebody becomes so rich that he doesn’t know what to use his money for then he goes throwing the money away buying people who cannot speak to speak for him?
I am saying that this whole story is something that is not worthy of the airtime you are spending on it. If Bugri Naabu claims somebody has bribed him, he can speak or his spokesperson can speak, but I know Mustapha Hamid is the spokesperson for Nana Addo and then Nana Addo’s campaign manager, so they have come together and realised that the campaign is going so bad for Nana Addo so: ‘let us throw in any mud hoping that that mud will stick’, but Ghanaians are wiser than what they take them to be. Everybody thinks that: ‘Oh, we have lost so it doesn’t matter, let’s throw anything inside. That is what they are doing. I’m not sure this is going to sway any sensible Ghanaian into voting for Nana Addo,” Asiedu Nketia said.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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.......FA WO NKWASEAKEKA FRI Y3N SO NA Y3NDWENE Y3N HO, ODWAN NUA!!!!!!!!
The likes of Asiedu Nketia are the reason why Mahama has sunk all time low. Ghana is bleeding! Corrupt President like this .smh
Just cant wait to vote these corrupt people out.we thank Allah for men like Bugri Naabu.
The question we all should be pondering is this ' would it be far-fetched to claim that mahama and his brother have bribed a key figure in an opposition party?....personally i dont think so.Didnt Akua donkor claim mahama gave her those vehicles.Lets stop this defense of everything corrupt.Just a few days ago Haruna Atta came out with his lies then Ben Ephson with his bogus polls and then hopefully Bugri Naabu shd have followed with what would have been 'going for the jagular' but you see when your cup is full no matter what you do your end will surely come.We shd thank God for men like Bugri Naabu for not selling his integrity(something that we lack in this country)
This confirms that, indeed it's true. If NPP wants to do any dirty job, they use Northerners. If not, story cannot be said about any Akan entity in their party. The 3 northern regions has been NDC strong hold since time immemorial. Mahama don't need to bribe Bugri Naabu to win in the North. Ghanaians should wise up. Ghanaaians need a better and decent living. NPP should rather be explaining their 1 district 1 factory message better.
Your brains are dead rather if you think Mustapha Hamid can use Bugri Naabu's name in a press conference and in a serious matter like this without his consent. Do you have faeces in your head? No wonder you don't have a name.
The NDC can continue to dance around the issue. If you want to know how true this story is, watch the Ford bribe, watch Akua Donkor's car gift, watch all the cars that have been given out to chiefs and to journalists. Then listen to the President himself waxing tribal on his campaign platforms. The President already uses similar words - as stated by Bugri Naabu - on his campaigns. The whole of the NDC party is formed on tribal lines. The more they succeed in playing one Ghanaian tribe against the other , the greater their electoral fortunes. And some Ghanaians actually fall for it! Akans marry Ewes, Northerners marry Gas, Brongs marry Fantes in this country all the time. But the NDC closes its eyes on this, and does not want that story to be told. People, Ghana is ONE and we should not allow John Mahama to play wedges between tribes. Any analytical person will know that President Mahama is MORE THAN CAPABLE of doing this. We should be careful who we elect to lead this country. Mahama is bad for Ghana! As for Asiedu Nketia, he only speaks to a certain constituency who will understand and actually praise him for his "kwaku ananse tactics". Not some of us!
@ Kofi Kaa, what the wise general is saying is that, you are the one who received the slap, so you can explain the effect the slap is having on your miserable face. again, there is no need waist time on ***barred word*** matter which is dead on arrival. you guys think what Trump did to Hilary at the last hour will work in Ghana? then wise up cos those of us who have decided have decided already. I wish voting is actually today. John Development Magician, JDM - Toaso wai
MY GENERAL,WE ALL KNOW N.P.P ARE ABLE TO COME UP WITH GARBAGE WHERE NO NEED FOR US TO PAY HEED TO,ALL THIS BILIOUS ATTITUDE OF WHICH THEY ARE BROWBEATING THEIR SUPPORTERS TO CAUSE MAYHEM WILL SURELY SINK TO WATERS WHEN THEY LOSE COMPLETELY.WE ALL GHANAIAN AND WELL NURTURED WE UNDERSTAND TRUE SENSE OF GOOD LEADERSHIP OF WHICH PRESIDENT MAHAMA HAS EXHIBITED WITH NO DOUBT SO ALL I SAY IS,IS BUGRI NAABU DUMB THAT HE HAS NO PEAK TO SPEAK.THEY ALREADY KNOW THE OMEN OF THIS ELECTION IS BAD AND THEY WANT TO PERPETUATE THEIR WAY THROUGH LOSING STANDS SO THAT THEY WON'T BE BLAMED FOR THIS SHAMEFUL OUTCOME 2016.JM TOASO
Shaaaaaame asiedu nketia! No normal human being can defend this. Can you defend this? Evidence based allegation.