Former President John Mahama seem to be smarting from the humiliating defeat he suffered in the hands of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate Nana Addo Dankwa almost one year after his exist as president of the country.
This time, the National Democratic Congress (NDC) 2016 presidential candidate believes he lost the presidential bid to Nana Addo because he failed to make juicy promises to the electorates.
According to him, he had all the opportunities to compete with the NPP for the wildest promises during the 2016 polls but declined the temptation and turned down suggestions to follow that trajectory.
Nana Addo was declared Ghana’s 5th President of the Fourth Republic after an impressive performance in the 2016 presidential poll.
The three-time lucky NPP leader polled 5,716,026 to beat incumbent President John Mahama who had 4,713, 277.
The declaration of Nana Akufo-Addo as winner of the election brought to an end the era of the ‘John’ presidency which saw John Rawlings, John Kufuor, John Mills and John Mahama all taking their turn as president from 1992 to 2016.
But Former President Mahama speaking at the NDC’s Unity Walk in Tarkwa in the Western Region over the weekend attributed his defeat to his inability to make empty promises.
He claimed that several people came to tell him to make promises as was done by the NPP insisting he was not trained to make empty promises.
Mr. Mahama had taken on the then NPP presidential candidate Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo over his many campaign promises, describing him as desperate man.
Mr Akufo-Addo had promised to provide free senior high school (SHS) education, make available $1million to each of the 275 constituencies, construct one factory in each of the 216 districts and abolish some nuisance taxes.
Ex-president Mahama said he cringed when that promise was made because as president then, he knew the state coffers was not healthy to support that ambitious plan.
“We were in government and we said it is not possible,” he said of the $1million-to-each-constituency promise.
He said his values in life are similarly shared by all NDC members and that prevents them from making promises they will not be able to fulfill.
“NDC is a party that doesn’t lie [and] what we can’t do, we won’t say we will do and what we say we will, we do them,” he said, adding Ghanaians are now disappointed with the government.
Source: The Publisher
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NDC total votes 4,713,277 -----44.40% NPP total votes 5,716,026 -----53.85% WE WILL NEVER FORGET HOW THE SO CALLED CELEBRITIES SQUANDERED OUR TAX PAYERS MONEY ONLY TO BE DEFEATED HEAVILY LIKE THAT. WISE UP WAI MR. MAHAMA
You are making noise, just try to be factual your defeat was due to arrogance and greed. The create loot and share were beyond measure, please ***barred word***.
you and your incompetent rogues plus corruption and dumsor drove you outand we thank God for kicking you out.
MASTER POINTING YOUR FIGURE TO THE SKY IS ABSOLUTE DISRESPECTFUL TO THE MOST HIGH GOD WHILST LYING AND NO AMOUNT OF TRUTH IN MASTER JDM PERIOD. REPENT ORDER WISE DISASTER FOR YOU AND NDC PARTY COME 2020 AND BEYOND. FINALLY, STOP THE CORRUPTION PERIOD.
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Eeeiiiii Mahama, So you will not stop lying? You see what lies makes you contradict yourself? You said many NDC members advised you to give empty promises but you refused, then you ended up saying ALL NDC members share your values in LIFE not to give empty promises. Now who then advised you to give empty promises, is it not the same NDC members? Lair. By the way, Nana is fulfilling all his promises. So they were not empty promises. Hold on people. Did Mahama said government coffers were not good? So he was lying when he said the economy was good prior to 2016 elections? Wow. Ekow, Cape Coast
MR MAHAMA IF YOU WANT TO KNOW WHY YOU LOST THE ELECTIONS PLEASE LET THEM PUBLISH KWESI BOTCHWEY'S REPORT AND STOP DECIEVING YOURSELF CORRUPT MAN.
When the ndc has spent big money for a scientific analysis of why ndc lost power, john mahama has thrown it away and is relying on peopaganda and unscientific reasons. 2020 will be more gbeyeful.
2020 WILL BE THE WORST. MARK IT. TICKLE YOURSELF LAUGH AND DECEIVE YOUR FUUULLL SUPPORTERS.
the former president is the most lie personality of year .Has he forgeten that he promise to build 2oo training schools ? How many did he built ? only 10.Has he forgetten that NDC promise to introduce once Premium of N H I S.A lie of liers