From all indications, former president John Dramani Mahama is bent on occupying the highest position of the land again in 2020 and so he is prepared to do whatever he can to realize this ambition.
Reports reaching Daily Guide indicate that the ex-president is planning to take advantage of the ongoing funeral rites of the late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, in Kumasi, to enhance his presidential ambition.
According to the reports, members of Mr. Mahama’s camp have realized that the entire country’s focus is on the Asantehemaa’s funeral and so they believe they can take advantage of the solemn event to push their political agenda.
Asantehemaa’s Funeral
The funeral rites of the Asante queen mother started a week ago and so far, no political party has displayed its colours at the forecourt of the Manhyia Palace, venue for the grand funeral.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia have attended the funeral on two occasions in less than one week, but on all the occasions, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) colours were missing.
Incumbent John Mahama, who was heavily defeated during the 2016 presidential polls by Nana Akufo-Addo, has been absent since the funeral started. His absence had even sparked a debate among some of the mourners.
The reason why the former president has not turned up for the funeral was explained by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, on Wednesday at the Manhyia Palace.
According to him, Mr. Mahama is currently on an important mission to South Africa, adding that the former Ghanaian leader would attend the Asantehemaa’s thanksgiving service at the St. Cyprian’s Anglican Church on Sunday.
Mahama’s Strategy
This paper learnt that Mr. Mahama’s camp is planning to accord him a rousing welcome to Kumasi either Saturday evening or early Sunday morning, for the thanksgiving service.
The NDC members, according to information, would be dressed in T-shirts that have been branded with huge images of Mahama with inscriptions that would make him seem the only suitable person to lead the party for the 2020 polls.
A source close to the NDC, who spoke to Daily Guide, stated that some of the inscriptions in the T-shirts would read ‘We want you back,’ indicating that Ghanaians are yearning for the return of Mr. Mahama as president, and ‘JM 2020 surest bet.’
Source: Daily Guide
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What you guys should thought of much is that more people more that this number followed him bring campaign last year and yet he was defeated to the least so this must tell you guys that NPP will never fear JDM who was brought down to the least in the presidential election as a sitting president. The name stone wrote a stuuu#pid comment which best describes his parents. NPP didn't show party colors because Ashanti's respect their culture and the were mourning their beloved queen mother and not time for politics and party colors so wise up in ur comments next time, Ashanti give kaiser to kaiser and it was time to mourn so accept that and lets think.
Massa; I couldn't agree with you more and cannot understand while up till now !!!!! nobody has been able the EXPOSE this Dr Lamptey a fake psychiatric charlatan and a proper 'GA NYOBI TSULO' who have being conniving with the authorities to produce false reports about the mental state of individuals and charges an arm and a leg for his services ; this guy is master KROOK and a Criminal and as this NUSENSES that he does not like Nana Addo ; WHO IN THE HELL DOES THIS POOR BBEGGAR from a poor family made good think he is and how can he compare himself to Nana Addo ; for me since we all know he hates Nana Addo and speaks ill of him I will not be surprised to learn that he has started peddling fake news about the mental state of Nana Addo ; the man is WICKED GUY who Nana Addo should throw some search light on ; he is a liar and a fake psychiatric doctor who charges and makes huge sums of money out of the mentally sick besides I will not be surprised if member of the idiotic NDC party ; GMC should investigate his activates and he should be throw OUT NOW !!!!!!!; NANA Addo should get the BASTARD OF A 'DZULO' ARRESTED NOW !!!!!or send undercover journalist like Azure to get an undercover story about this CHARLATAN AND THIFFMAN !!!!!!
Daily guide is a disgrace newspapers in Ghana. Instead of you writing and educating ghanaians on how your government is planning to reduce electricity tariffs, fuel prices, chop chop at the flagstar house, turning ghana into a gay country by your president you are busy writing about mahama. Very soon daily guide paper will become toilet paper in this country.
Herder the focus of daily guide won Maham shows they fear him. He has been taking centre stage of all Mop discussion
Mahama is the best bet for NDC in 2020.
I find it quite interesting why the npp and it's affiliate press media are still afraid of ex president mahama when just a year ago they won power. It's indeed very surprising. Is it because Ghanaians are fed up with them after just a year in office? If I were them I would have use the media to propagate the so called achievements in one year.
This time he cant use state resources for his campaign, he will be forced to use only his resources and others from elsewhere. We go chop his money and vote against him. Satan is pushing him to contest and the same satan will bring him down.
May God forgive you for insalting an elderly
NPPFO)NE GYIMIE PAAA DE3, HMMMMM ADE3 MU NANA ADDO NO A AMU AGYIMI.
Dr. Lamptey of the Valley View Clinic (A bogus mental clinic) at Dzorwulu in Accra is said to be engaged in several nefarious practices. He is said to have aided several rapists by declaring the victims mentally unsound. Aside that he is said to have sabotaged several businesses by asking his nurses to inject the proprietors. In one such case 9 male nurses from his hospital dragged a respected business owner to the ground. The man regained consciousness 3 days later in his clinic. That his how the man's business was destroyed. In another case he is said to have repeated this same act in Sakumono, Achimota and Roman Ridge twice. One of the victims was a respected doctor and business owner who regularly preaches at church himself. Dr. Lamptey who hates Akufo-Addo more than any doctor and claims to know more than enough about Akufo-Addo must be put behind bars and his hospital shut down. A prominent GA who knows him more than any one else has been calling for this for a long time.