The managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr wonders why the New Patriotic Party (NPP) tries to link former President John Mahama to ‘everything bad’.
According to him, even if the issue is not connected to the former President, the ruling government finds a way of implicating him.
Kwesi Pratt was reacting to allegations made by the CEO of COCOBOD.
The Chief Executive Officer of Ghana Cocoa Board (COCOBOD) Joseph Boahen Aidoo accused the John Mahama administration of “syphoning” millions of dollars from the Board's accounts.
He said former COCOBOD CEO, Dr Stephen Opuni, “used export duty payments from COCOBOD as a conduit to syphon funds for activities not related to cocoa.”
According to him, former President Mahama influenced the construction of an “unnecessary guest house” using funds belonging to COCOBOD.
Mr Boahen Aidoo who made this allegation at a news conference in a sharp response to cocoa-related issues raised by the Minority in Parliament at Bodi in the Western Region, further indicated that the guest house was built in John Mahama’s hometown, Bole for his personal comfort while in office.
However, the former president has rejected all the allegations levelled against him saying, “the guest house in question, the Cocoa Research Institute of Ghana (CRIG) Research Station Guest House, has been in existence since 1975, and could not possibly have been constructed during the tenure of President Mahama. The assertion therefore that he influenced its construction is also false”
Contributing to a panel discussion on Radio Gold’s Alhaji and Alhaji, Kwesi Pratt wondered how the former President could have constructed the COCOBOD guest house in 1975, when he was by then a school boy; adding “there was something wrong with the story from the beginning…the logic doesn’t add up”.
According to him, “sometimes it seems to me that there are some people who have decided that no matter what happens, they have to find fault with former president John Mahama. Somebody steals and they say Mahama boy commits theft…It seems to me that is also related to the suspicion that he might run in 2020; so therefore even things that are not connected to him; by all means they have to find a way of relating every bad thing to Mahama. Otherwise, where is the story in this…is this how we are going to do our politics?"
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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Everything Mahama did was good for 'Maaasa' Prat. At least he sent Pratt's daughter abroad on scholarship. Wicked and corrupt people like Mahama and Pratt
When Ayisi Boateng say something wrong he was representing Ghana as a diplomat But when CEO of COCOBOD speaks he is speaking for NPP. Grown up with sharp teeth.
It is because of people like Osikani that Ghanaians will be continued to be ***barred word*** by our politicians. They cant reason one inch for themselves. And when politicians campaign, they are attracted by the music and where the politician comes from rather than the message. If they cant understand the message, how can they evaluate the candidates accurately to cast their votes well? They dont even know what is happening in the country now, and so they cant compare for themselves. We can do better. The NPP government just floated some bonds to raise money. When people buy your bonds, it means they have confidence in you that you will be able to pay back. We could only sell about one-third of the needed value. It means people have lost confidence in the government. Does Osakani know that? Of course, Not. Political promises were made for which we do not have the money to honor. Free SHS education became "only for the first years". Even that is becoming a problem.And there are other problems which space will not permit me to list. Ghana is in trouble. Of course the NPP government will not tell you that. Ghana's needs money from the IFF and World Bank in order to meet its budget. Recently, Ghana was warned by these bodies to curb its political promises. How can you promise when you are going about pan in hand begging for money? The easiest way out for the NPP government is to continue blaming Mahama. And of course, people like Osikani knows zilch about this.
Please Kwesi Pratt, don't Play the ostrich here. The President after loosing the election and in the wake of his Party members hurling insults and blame at each other came out strongly to admit that evewry blame should be placed at his door steps because he was the leader in Charge.
Npp are scared of Mahama so much that they are trying to destroy him, npp lied just about everything to win power, made promises that they can't implement, stealing and its vigilante groups causing mayhem in every corner of the country. Akufo addo and his npp ***barred word*** are failure.
BECAUSE HE IS A THEF. , AMAJARO, HANGEAR, FORD SAGA, 150 MILLION DOLLARS AMERI DEAL WITH CREATING NEW MINISTRY FOR HIS FRIEND DONKOR TO HEAD AFTER FRETURN FROM TURKEY, NOT ***barred word*** KNOWING GHANAIANS ARE VERY DISCERNING! GO FUCK AKUA DONKOR: YES PROCEED AGAIN. TAKIG GHANAIANS FOR A RIDE AND DANCING AWAY LIKE A ***barred word***. ***barred word***.
Do you want dead Kwame Nkrumah to be implicated when Mahama was the president? I think age is taking a toll on your reasoning.