Deputy minister of communications, Hon. Felix Ofosu Kwakye has described disputations over President Mahama’s last round of activities as “naked politicking”.
The outgoing Minister, who spoke to pressmen yesterday in Accra, said the basis for such concerns lacked fair, sound and objective analysis.
He opined that the contretemps over government’s business were the actions of some people who have chosen to View the president’s activities with political lenses.
According to Mr. Ofosu Kwakye, the same attitudes were portrayed by opposition forces against the president’s appointment of Supreme Court Justices as well the EC boss sometime back.
“So – what you see is a partisan trend, not an objective, fair, candid analysis of the situation”, he said.
Adding, “It appears to me that there’re some people who simply do not respect the decisions and mandate of president Mahama, and that to me is at the heart of this kind of politicking”.
Presidents must function until end of tenure
The minister expressed that the president was being unnecessarily challenged over basic routine functions that other presidents before him in the past, performed.
“It cannot be said that some presidents before or after him (John Mahama) can exercise their mandates up until the end of their tenure, but president Mahama must be denied same. It is wrong and disrespectful of Ghana’s constitution and cannot be accepted in the normal course of running this nation”, he asserted.
The Minister also remarked that the claims being made were equally influenced by ignorance on the parts of some party fanatics who think that once their party wins an election, the functions of the outgoing government must immediately cease.
Mahama still president
He stressed that Mr. John Mahama remained president of the republic of Ghana and as such was allowed by the constitution to carry on with government business until January 7 when he shall hand over to Nana Akuffo-Addo.
Mr. Ofosu Kwakye maintained that the processes leading to the review of the national service allowance and wages of public sector workers, begun months before the elections and therefore could not be described as a “last-minute” gambit.
Appointments and increment won’t cripple new gov’t
“In any case, how does the appointment of an NCCE boss or the review of allowances and wages inhibit or stop a new government from functioning?” he averred.
He said the NDC government in like manner inherited certain appointments and contracts from former president John Kuffuor, and lived with it for 8 years, thus was not a strange thing.
The minister argued that if NPP claimed they would restore the allowances of trainee teachers and nurses running into hundreds of millions of cedis, they must not be consternated by the slight increment of the recent salaries and allowances.
Mr Kwakye who said the cost implication of the increment in the National Service allowances was Ghc14 million per year, according to him, was not grave to hamper the functioning of the incoming government.
Source: Clifford Yaw Frimpong/Ghanaweb
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These babies with sharp teeth never learn to keep quite!I can't think far................
Let us ask Felix..... How come the money got lost in HIS OFFICE? Bad boys
Nana Addo should not pay the entitlements due mahama and his cohorts until he pays the increased allowances of the students! That would teach those crim-ina-ls, cor-rupt ndc people bitter lessons!
This guy, disrespect for senior politicians in the NPP is, to say the least,very appaling! He so disrespect Nana Addo to the extent that, anytime he came on air, he would divert whatever topic to the one that he would have the opportunity to denigrate Nana Addo. Now see who is talking about disrespect! He uses the little english he knows to bring down everybody in the opposition, and sometimes, I ask myself, "is there no seniority in politics? I ask this because of Felix; and he was the communication minister? Because he can speak english and insult his senior opponents, right? Pres. Mahama was happy about that thinking that would win him a second term, so he maintained him, but too bad for him. Felix must ***barred word***, for we are highly infuriated by his childish utterances. He must know that he has contributed significantly in sending former president Mahama to his early retirement!
Respect is earned not commanded.
Felix u r a dissgrace to your family, your party ndc n Ghana as a whole. U now know the word respect exits? U go on in life, u reep whatever u sow
You a big mo.ron and a pathetic excuse of a human being. Try to play the ffuuuuul and you won't know what hits u. ***barred word***! Do u ndc pple think Ghana is for u? Stop the bs right where u are before u wreck yourself. Ebufusem a kwa. Who the heck do u think u are? Cheap coward? Cut the ***barred word*** and get a life. What have your government being able to do in all the yrs they've govern this country? Nsemfon. Did u give mahama that ultimatum? Who born dog. Blare yourself. If Uve got balls, go on TV or on radio and spill your guts. Don't hide in your miserable hideout and spew garbage here. Some of us have got your time paaaaa. Bring it on and u shall see your real size. We shall gladly return the favour. Your gutless Naaba was there talking like he owned Ghana till saw his fortune changed for the worst. Now he's begging. So shall u be. ***barred word***!!! Fa wasem sor hor .
Is this boy still talking? Herrr ndc pple, can't u shut this boy up for good as he's part of the reason why mahama lost miserably? Look who is talking? Thank God we don't have to endure the irritating voices and faces like this for a while. Enough of this ru.bb.ish. Good riddance to bad robbish. Bye child. Go and play with your size wai. Time for serious business and we ain't get time for your bs
Who at all in Ghana do you respect in this country? You should be one last person to talk about respect for somebody. ***barred word*** like that! You've been talking like you owe the whole world, now you are beginning to learn.
It will be the shock of the year for Npp,if they think,they can do whatever they want after 7 jan. It is better to die like a man,to live like a coward.We are all waiting for your actions,npp. 2017,will not be like 2001. Stop the ***barred word*** warns,and do the work.Things will turn around for npp,if they try any ***barred word*** steps. Our targets are many,so start it,and we will give maximum reply in the history of this country.