PPP Director of Operations, Nana Ofori Owusu has lambasted the Akufo-Addo government over their intent to fly the late Major Mahama's wife abroad.
The widow, Barbara Mahama, and her children are said to be flown abroad to assuage their pains and relieve them of memories of her husband's brutal death.
The government has also initiated a fund to cater for the deceased family and last Thursday, Parliament passed a bill in honor of the late Major Mahama called the Major Mahama bill.
The bill is to give effect to the President's commitment to establish a memorial trust fund with GHC 500,000 seed money to honour the memory of the late Major Mahama.
Commenting on the government's provisions for the deceased family, Nana Ofori Owusu questioned the logic in taking the widow and her children out of Ghana in the name of providing comfort for them.
According to him, the government will be undermining Ghana should the family be flown to a foreign land for relief.
Nana Ofori Owusu wondered why the family cannot base in Ghana and receive the same comfort and love they intend to get should they be taken to a foreign country.
"Are we saying that the widow of the great Major Mahama, she deserves a nation’s comfort? But to say that you’re giving a foreign appointment to leave the land of her birth that that is the only way she will get over the issue, I think it’s an inconsistent illogical philosophy. We must empathize with the woman and daily give her comfort to assuage her pains in her own land,” he said.
He implored Ghanaians to reject the offer given to late Major Mahama's family because Ghana is equally a good home for the family to receive the necessary comfort.
“When you take her out of her land and send her abroad, who will console the woman? I am flabbergasted by some of these decisions. I don’t understand this. How can we as a people who must love ourselves as Ghanaians and show love at the times of great distress say that we will remove the woman from her love and plunge her somewhere without support service? How can we do this? How can we do this to ourselves as a people?
“The same way we criticized former President for taking vacations in other people’s land, we should also say that we cannot say that our land which is my comfort, the land of my birth; Ghana my homeland is not a place to console people,” he said on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo' on Monday.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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Well well well. I think the woman chose that offer. She made the decision herself. Nobody is taking her out of the country. She is an adult and a mature woman, and she knows what she wants to do. She wants to work with foreign missions. She has the qualification and the skills set to work in that role. Also, its an opportunity to serve Ghana and the probably the world at large. It's just as simple as that...
Its just interesting the way Nitiwul has treated this case. I know NPP will lose some votes for this. Bit by bit they are losing the good will. Some of this unintelligent decisions just makes me angry. Ghanaians can change this idiucy by voting for a third party!
@Nana Owusu: “The same way we criticized former President for taking vacations in other people’s land,....." Mr. Owusu, please Show us where and when you yourself criticized Mahama for spending Xmas in Dubai before we can think of considering your Suggestion at all.
THANKS TO THE INTERNET ANY CHARACTER LIKE THIS PPP NONE ENTITY CAN JUST OPEN THEIR ***barred word*** MOUTH AND TALK ***barred word***.
Is Pres. Akufo Addo telling families of other security personnel who lose their lives in the line of duty (like the Police Office gunned down in broad day light at Lapaz)that they are not as important as this Mahamas, or that their lives dont matter? Where is all these man-pleasing decisions coming from? Is he going to do same thing for families of other security personnel who lose their lives trying to save this country???? Whoever is pushing the president to do this must stop, cos I think it's almost demonic!
People in their own way will try to find ways and means to bring fort others downfall.Nana Owusu you know to yourself that no one is going to buy your opinion so please stop wasting your energy.Trust me there are more issues you can suggest your opinion on which will one way or the other bring an improvement.So please allow Mad.Barbara and her kids enjoy this opportunity besides you not not what the future holds.Who knows it might be in your position tomorrow
this is just pure anti northerner agenda and jealousy. how would you have felt that lynched soldier was your son? ***barred word*** head prof
nana owusu, you are very disappointed ppp member. abaaa, the woman was offered serious job opportunities to select one and she voluntary landed on the foreign mission work, so what is your problem. ***barred word*** party's communicator
This is a good move because her husband's death is still in the news with the court proceedings. for her and the kids to be hearing stories everyday will negatively affect them. They need a new environment for a change. Besides, her kids will be better off overseas.
I think this man has personal hatred for major mahama's family. if this had happened to his own son or daughter what would have being his reaction? The mind set of this man does not lend itself to be given power to rule people when he is so insensitive to peoples plight. I don't think my vote will ever go to this party and I will educate all my children not to even attend such a party's rally not to talk of voting for them. The views of the party hierarchy are embedded in their hidden policies and come to light once in a while when they air them It is a big, big S-H-A-M-e.