Ex-President John Dramani Mahama has dismissed accusations he surrounded himself with babies with sharp teeth, who had no experience in governance during his tenure.
He refuted the claims, stressing that all his appointees were 40 years and above and so cannot fall under the category of "young people".
The former President was utterly displeased with such notion of Ghanaians and some members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) who claim the so-called young people were part of the reasons the party lost the 2016 elections.
"Some say young people surrounded so-so and so. I mean just say I don't like the people, not that they're young because all those people you're referring to are above 40 years. How you can call a 40-year old man with a wife and children a young man surrounding the President. I cannot understand", he stated.
Mr. Mahama made this known during his interaction with former Ministerial appointees and Presidential Staffers on Tuesday, March 28, in Accra.
Speaking on the defeat of the NDC, he asked the party leadership, members and supporters to stop blaming their loss on his appointees.
"Our party has always given opportunity to young people. That is what we are. And so if we lose, we cannot blame young people for our loss. And the point is that the demographic of Ghana is shifting in favour of young people - 35 and below - 60% of our population. So, if you want to appoint appointees, where are you going to get them from? And you need those young people to gain experience to become what you consider the older and experienced people. And so, I think we should stop chasing the wind. This is the time to stand together".
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Ablakwa is 36 years now, how old was he 4 years ago? I now see why JM found himself in a comfortable lead..
Still Ex Presidoo is 100% better than nana addo who only appoints his family members and friends just to steal Ghanaians. what a tribalism, nepotism
WHEN YOU WERE CAMPAIGNING FOR PRESIDENCY YOU MADE US TO KNOW THAT YOU WERE YOUNG MAN NOW YOU ARE TELLING US THAT 40 YEARS IS NOT YOUNG, WHAT IS THIS,IS IT SHORT MEMORY OR OUT OF SHOCK
Keep talking!! Keep explaining and justifying. Our 'short memories' will forget soon and by 2020, we will be ready for you again.
Jon Dubai Mahama should be told that age is just a number and does not mean anything ; it is your experience ability to achieve results that matters not abuse and propaganda besides having a wife and children does not make you a mature person ; Jon Mahama had children outside wedlock does that make him responsible to lead Ghana because anybody who has more than two wives is either a liar ; hypocrate and a thiff ; what did most these loud mouth parrots appointed by Jon Mahama achieve in life before being appointed ; what did Ablakwa ; Fifi Kwettey Sam Geroge; ofosu Kwakye ;Stan Dogbe and others achieve in life before being appointed ministe -NOTHING !!!!!!; this tells you that the party is split and Jon Mahama the Cococroach have statred canvassing to lead the party again.
My former president I don't no if my memory serves me right because I don't want to be called having short memory. Did I hear you in 2012 calling yourself a youth at age 55? so in your logic 55 years is a youth but 40s are older people not to be called young?eeeeeeiii ndcfuo where do you get your thinking cup? Everything concerning an ndc is fine to them and they want everyone else to take it but to others it's wrong and nobody should take it what kind and type of people are you? They are all confused from head to toe and how can confused people run a country successfully no wonder Ghana was in that stage.
oh John Mahama, why do you keep on exposing your incompetence and ignorance even in opposition?. This shows that you are also small boy. The word small or young as we used to describe some of your appointees is not age matter at all.It is about the level of their knowledge and understanding of issues concerning the administration of the nation. Hahahaaaaaaaa.Small boys are young indeed.
So this man still gets it wrong even today? No wonder. When we say young people we do not in any way mean age Mr president. We mean small boys in respect of worth, value and experience and real life achievements. Not school boys and girls who could only bost of having done national service as the only experience they ever had. Such people cannot be surrounding the president of a nation that begs for answers to many serious challenges.
"All my appointees were 40 and above" - really?? Does this mean the Ablakwas, Agyenim Boatengs, Ofosu Kwakyes, etc lied to the president about their ages?? Laa ila ilala!!