Former President John Mahama has accused President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of nepotism in the appointment of persons serving in his government.
Mr. Mahama said the current development where family members of President Akufo-Addo have been appointed to occupy key government positions makes a mockery of the New Patriotic Party (NPP)'s criticisms of him [Mahama] when the party was in opposition.
"The thing is in politics, be careful what you say because tomorrow it will come to haunt you; and that is exactly what is haunting them [NPP]...Now today relatives everywhere and when you raise it -- nepotism -- they say 'no it doesn't matter if it's the President's relative. It depends on whether they are qualified. '"
"Oh, 'whether they are qualified'. Who doesn't have qualified relatives? I have PhD degree holders in my family..." he said.
The former President also questioned the silence of civil society groups on developments in the country under the NPP, accusing them of changing the rules depending on who is in power.
"You change the rules depending on who is in power. Ghana belongs to all of us," he said.
Source: jfm/ghana
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mahama is going creazzzzzyy and maaaaaaddd, all ghana people have shun him , he is a disgrace to the world, rawlings has not endorse him he will not be elected, all his families looted ghana monies, ***barred word*** and balawo, gh pp
Government spokes person on John Mahama will reply in couple of days believe me. Mr Vice President your incompetent former president has spoken and as usual you will reply so do am quickly. May God forgive us our sins however many. To all whole fancy because of politics insults elders. Is not your fault. Ane
Is this IDOT President Mahama still talking. The question we should ask him, are they qualified or not. Even you Incompetent Mahama sold Ghana's Bauxite deposits to your brother, who WICKED AND CRUAL IT WAS on your part. If the family members are qualified and can do the job why not, at least they far BETTER than Mahama.
All who are defending NAADA for using his "qualified" family members to run NPP govt are telling the whole wide world that in NPP the only qualified people best suited to run your govt are from his family. The rest of you are sankwahs. Non is qualified in NPP to occupy such high positions. Then l am sorry for NPP. If there are no bra1ns in NPP except NAADA Family yet you have the gust to insult JDM. 2020 is just here.
If Ghana was not for us all, u wouldn't have been president for the first place so back off from that cheap talk Mr Mohamma. We heard u when u were president and things u said trying to divide us. Please Ghana economy is not in mess as some of u want us to believe whatever happens our economy today is far better then when Mr Mohomma and his people were governing is just an obvious truth and u must learn to accept it. This government has its own mistakes no doubt but please....
His family members are Ghanaians
Mahama Paaaaaa! See who is talking about nepotism? You Necodemously "willed" out a state property belonging to about 30, 000, 000 people to your family through Ibrahim Mahama your brother. I am talking about Nyinahini Bauxite deposite, a state natural resource valued at several billion dollars. You are here talking about jobs where even beneficiaries will be paid monthly salaries. Fire burn you!!!
The president family are highly educated and not c r i m i n a l s like your family, if you have any evidence of corruption against them please report and even file a writ against them.Your brother issued fake cheques to clear his goods at the port,you signed the Nyinahin bauxite to him on the 28th of December 2016, 9 days to your handing over,he used government earth moving equipmens to clear some lands and charged the government,his unlawful loans has collapsed two banks.Do not provoke me to uncover the bad deeds of your family. Let sleeping dogs lie.
This man is going to unleash his loose talk on us again and you say he is a changed person I shudder. J.M will lose again.
Since Mahama left the Presidency, he has always been complaining about Nana Addo's this and Nana Addo's that. Are you not a stateman, cant you contribute a little to solve the mess you created? It clearly shows you have nothing to offer Ghanaians. Ghana does not belong to you so give others the opportunity to contest. Ghana's laws are flexible, if it were China, your brother and others would have been jailed by now.