Former President John Dramani Mahama has descended heavily on the Nana Akufo-Addo administration for the recent acts of "thuggery" the current administration unleashed on members of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in their bid to "retrieve" government property.
He prefers the Akufo-Addo administration, finds a more "civilised" way of retrieving state assets, especially vehicles from former government officials; if indeed there are any such vehicles in their possession.
Meeting with former Ministers and Deputy Ministers of State, former appointees and Presidential staffers on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 in Accra, Mr Mahama stressed that he would "speak his mind" to President Akufo-Addo when he gets the opportunity to meet him sometime this month.
According to him, the thuggery and raiding of people's residences should not be encouraged because it leaves a sour taste in the mouth of well-meaning Ghanaians, aside setting a bad precedent for the country.
He believed should this trend continue, successive governments would find it difficult to restrain their party supporters.
"So, the government is telling me they can't find a more efficient manner of looking for vehicles than forming storm troops to raid people's houses. And I think that it's wrong. I'm going to have the opportunity to tell Nana Addo that I mean he should stop this," he said.
He revealed that the President has invited him and former Presidents John Agyekum Kufour and Jerry John Rawlings to a private meeting.
He promised to utilize the opportunity to table his concerns before the President.
"If I go to that meeting, I'm going to tell him that this cannot continue. This thuggery is not good for our country. And the point is we thought we had had a good transition but it sets examples that make it difficult in future when there's another transition for another government to be able to restrain party supporters. Because all this thuggery, removing people from offices, beating them and things is unfortunate and so we must say it in the strongest terms", he stressed.
Watch video of the meeting below:
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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if Nana Addo had arrested Ibrahim Manama put him behind bars all this nonsenss would have been a thing of the past, as long as Ghanaians keep paying ameri $10 million every month to the mahama family we will continue to hear the usual childishh talk from jm
agyawaadwo nsemfooo ahi paaaooooo,listen who is talking,im going to sleep
this guy was never serious and still not serious bye bye John Mahama oo
Oh hes got a mind to tell?
I would have wished the former president had advised his functionaries who are still keeping state assets to return them in a civilised manner.
When you were in power did you have the the guts to tell Tekpe to stop over taxing Ghanaians and revamp the economy? Ever since the allegations of your former appointees keeping state vehicles have you made any comments. Give us a break. You are still exhibiting gross incompetence. Apuuuuuuuuuuuu.
JDM just tell your people to return the property of the state. Otherwise, you don't have any moral ground to comment on this.
Was it civilized for your people to take state cars away? This Mahama guy has no shame! I don't even know what to say!
Mahama Dramani, was it a 'civilized way' ever, you think, of coming into nation state property at the expense of the Republic of Ghana? Stealing and plotting to come into property that belongs to the Ghana nation? Was it a 'civilized way' of ever duping the Ghana state coffers of $4million to buy a hotel in your name in Dubai? Would you care to give this nation a break? Was it ever proper to hire Ghanaian chiefs to do name-assassinations of presidential candidates you believed threw you a challenge? Would you care to keep off and away from a battered economy that calls for restructuring!
EVERYBODY CAN SAY SOMETHING IF THEY WANT BUT NOT YOU SHAMEFUL JDM. YOU ARE JUST A BIG SHAME TO TALK ABOUT PREZ NANA AKUFFO ADDO GOVERNMENT. SIT DOWN AND LEARN THE BEST FORM OF MANAGEMENT AND GOVERNANCE. INCOMPETENT STILL AT DISPLAY