Member of Parliament for the Fanteakwa South Constituency in the Eastern Region, Hon. Kofi Okyere Agyekum has said that Former President John Dramani Mahama is the best person to be blamed for the NDC's loss to the NPP in the 2016 elections as some party leaders have already pointed out.
“Who else is to be blamed when the general performance of the government was bad, insults here and there, arrogance, poor leadership, incompetence and corruption were all hovering around his government?” he asked.
Earlier in an interview with Citi News, the NDC Member of Parliament for Yunyoo in the Northern Region, Joseph Bipoba Naabu blamed former President Mahama for the Party’s 2016 electoral defeat.
According to him, the former President surrounded himself with inexperienced people who only misled him causing electorates to vote against him out of anger.
“He allowed those working around him like Omane Boamah, Felix Ofosu Kwakye, Baba Jamal and other presidential staffers like Stan Dogbe to influence him. These small boys who have not even rented a room by themselves, have not been able to buy a car, had this opportunity and they were just talking carelessly, insulting people and he was listening to them. Could you believe that someone like Bagbin went to him [Mahama] to meet him and people like Stan Dogbe gave instructions that he cannot see him,” the Yunyoo MP said.
Hon. Okyere Agyekum further said, “It is the core responsibility of a president to check around him the kind of people he works with, because he chose them himself and not even the leaders of the party did that for him. Frankly, looking around former President Mahama’s communicators and other key personalities who helped him on his daily dealings, you will bear with me that none of them were equipped enough to occupy such a position of which he should have been aware and act accordingly to save his party and fame.”
Speaking on UTV’s ‘Adekye Nsroma’ political segment, he noted that members of the NDC are very aware of the consequences that led to their loss to the NPP, yet they are beating about the bush just because they have refused to face facts.
“The NDC needs to get a fresh candidate than wanting to throw a challenge of maintaining former President Mahama as their 2020 elections candidate . . . ” he stressed .
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I hope the leadership of the N P P is learning lessons from the current happenings in the N D C. The leadership of the N P P at the regional and constituency levels should take down notes all the observations been made by N D C foot soldiers/stalwarts in the media.I can say that some of the N P P regional chairmen/ constituency chairmen has started on a bad note by imposing Regional ministers/D C E,s against the popular choice of the common party men/women.The N P P should also note that the middle class in Ghana is fast growing and may not need any favour from any politician but the are now the king makers in Ghana politics,ie they decide who should be president or M P as bread winners of their extended families,they tell them who to vote for and they do exactly that.So NANA ADDO should counsel his party chairmen at the local level to watch the way and manner they communicate with the common man/woman,. Disrespect for the ordinary person is what caused N D C the 2016 elections,this time round, the Ghanaian voter will not tell you his/her mind.It is only after an election when the votes are counted that you will then know their mind.I rest my submission,yoooooooo, yoooooo.
He closed his door to all well meaning Ghanaians to govern properly. Why couldn't you people tell him straight to the face and damn the consequence than suffer such a painful defeat. So Mrs. Otiko Djaba after all was right in judging Mr. John Dramani Mahama the way she did. When the Opposition Parties where trumpeting the irresponsible behavior of some of Mahama's appointees they were seen as evil raining unprintable words on whoever saw things differently. I may be wrong, but sometimes the host of these morning show programs are not well informed to put these people right when they go wrong for fear of being victimized. They just nod their heads in approval whether right or wrong. Please get your facts right and challenge them if their submission is wrong during such program and debar them from insults.
You have hit the nail right on the head. May you live long
Thanks for your advise. The NDC decides who leads them in election 2020.We shall be back.
HENCE, NO COMMENTS. THEY WILL BE IN OPPOSITION FOR 1,000 YEARS TILL THE PARTY IMPLODES!!!!!!!