Ex-President John Dramani Mahama has warned the Akufo-Addo government to desist from "spreading untruths and a general smear campaign" on his personality.
According to him, the government has assigned the media to fabricate stories and "deliberately spreading such concocted falsehood" to help promote the government's smear campaigns about him.
In a statement signed by his Special Aide, Joyce Bawah Mogtari on Thursday, January 25 and copied to Peacefmonline.com, the former President addressed a false publication that he has contracted AfricaWatch magazine to publish damaging reports about the free SHS policy by the current administraton.
"The said false claim, which has been attributed to the Ministry of Education, has been reproduced by some online news portals, in yet another sponsored attempt by Government to use false and malicious publications to bring the name of the former
President into disrepute", the statement read.
But former President John Mahama wants to place on record that neither him nor his office has any "interest in or working relationship with the AfricaWatch Magazine. We have not seen or been offered an advance copy of the said publication to know what they have even written about the government’s Free SHS Policy. The claims by the two government sponsored tabloids and the alleged Ministry of Education statement are nothing but part of the usual set of lies conveniently being told to sway the attention and interest of the Ghanaian people from the dangerous developments of corruption, insecurity, hardships and poor governance by President Nana Akufo-Addo".
"President Mahama holds the enviable record as a Ghanaian leader who has done more to broaden the frontiers of SHS education than many before him. He began with the implementation of the Progressively Free SHS, implemented the Secondary Education Improvement Programme (SEIP), built Community Day Senior High Schools- the largest addition to our school stock since independence, expanded infrastructure in hundreds of existing Senior High Schools among other interventions", portion of the statement read.
Read full statement below:
STATEMENT IN REACTION TO MALICIOUS PUBLICATIONS AGAINST H.E. THE FORMER PRESIDENT
The Office of HE John Dramani Mahama has taken note of a false publication by two Government sponsored tabloids, Daily Guide and Statesman, that the former President of the Republic of Ghana has contracted a magazine, the AfricaWatch to publish what it says are damaging reports about the Free SHS policy.
The said false claim, which has been attributed to the Ministry of Education, has been reproduced by some online news portals, in yet another sponsored attempt by Government to use false and malicious publications to bring the name of the former President into disrepute.
We wish to place on record that:
1. Neither President John Mahama nor his office has, any, interest in or working relationship with the AfricaWatch Magazine.
2. We have not seen or been offered an advance copy of the said publication to know what they have even written about the government’s Free SHS Policy.
3. The claims by the two government sponsored tabloids and the alleged Ministry of Education statement are nothing but part of the usual set of lies conveniently being told to sway the attention and interest of the Ghanaian people from the dangerous developments of corruption, insecurity, hardships and poor governance by President Nana Akufo-Addo.
4. President Mahama holds the enviable record as a Ghanaian leader who has done more to broaden the frontiers of SHS education than many before him. He began with the implementation of the Progressively Free SHS, implemented the Secondary Education Improvement Programme (SEIP), built Community Day Senior High Schools- the largest addition to our school stock since independence, expanded infrastructure in hundreds of existing Senior High Schools among other interventions.
5. Like most Ghanaians, Mr. Mahama is deeply concerned about the horrible conditions under which SHS students are living and studying, out of which deaths have been recorded.
6. The Former President’s suggestion and advice to Government has been a call for a National Stakeholders Dialogue to chart a better and befitting way forward.
7. President Akufo-Addo should heed that call, instead of orchestrating attacks based on lies and pedestrian propaganda.
This Office would also like to point out that it has noted a pattern of spreading ridiculous untruths and a general smear campaign by assigns of government intended to malign the former President to satisfy an obvious political motive.
We condemn this approach and demand an immediate end to it. The media must also know that deliberately spreading such concocted falsehood and helping promote smear campaigns against the former President is worsening the dent and the characterisation of the Ghanaian media as unprofessional and partisan.
We encourage the Ghanaian public to continue to demand from the Akufo-Addo government, an improvement from the poor governance it is serving this country.
SIGNED
Joyce Bawah Mogtari
Special Aide
Thursday, January 25, 2018
Source: Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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The Whitman's contraceptives is aimed at sterilization of our women. It is designed to reduce our population as their population is seriously declining at an alarming rate. The white man will become extinct very soon. That is good news for those of us who have been deceived and abused by the sik white man.
The Heat is on the Govt about their woeful implementation of Free SHS. They say.... "Hurry, Hurry Tear Trouser". NPP did this in a hurry and got their Khaki trousers torn in multiple places. Now to save face, they are employing all available rough tactics to smear innocent people. Shame on them
John Mahama! who the hell do you think Ghanaians are? Were you not the same person who contracted this same African Watch magazine to publish those unprintable articles about then candidate Nana Addo Danquah Akufo Addo prior to the 2016 election? You think we're dead goats like you or you still think we have short memories. You can go to court...ediot tief like you. Just remain quietly in your shithole with and enjoy your loot...kwasier like you.
akans are shitholes period.they love long d i c k
When I read some of the ***barred word*** comments that some people make about the ex president, then I understand the saying that common sense is not common to common people. The best President of our time is this John Mahama. Who does not no what the free SHS has done to our educational system? Only a big ***barred word*** will refuse to realize this nomenclature called FSHS is bound to fail unless wise actions are taken from all the criticisms coming to it.
Look at his corruption infested face. The most corrupt and incompetent President ever to rule this country. You better stay at your one corner quietly and stop disturbing our peace. You will receive the shock of your life should you decide to contest the Presidency again. The margin will widen from 1million to more than 2million. Just note it.
haha is serious oo, if its worrying the govt that Africanwatch magazine is coming up with a story that will affect him then he should go and buy all the copies? its business hahah. politicians r funny. if they write good thing about it you were happy now that something bad about it too is coming up u will not even wait for it to come out but rather blaming your predecessor hahaha. just note that in politics its always like that your own is to look for the magzine to buy when it comes out then read n look for the mistakes they r talking about and do your corrections. blaming people wont help. we have gone far from this blame games politics Ghanaians are wise now.
Madam Bawah you have confirmed what the newspapers are saying. look at your statement. it is full of hate for the FREE SHS. Is it not true that Mahama bribed the Nothern regional chairman of the NPP. We saw the money and the four-wheel drive. When will you make a statement without insulting others? You are not the only northern lawyer in Ghana. Learn to be humble. Please note that the stock in trade of your boss is lies, hatred, manipulation, me first and corruption. All the development projects you mentioned, he did those project not because he loves Ghana but because of his cut. Where is the wife? DUBAI.
Go and tell your African Watch people to stop printing your devilish and gibberish articles about Ghana. You think we dont know! wicked and bitter leader
Tell us the truth for once ... who killed Prof Atta Mills? Did you received a ford car bribe from Kanazoe?