The Office of former President John Dramani Mahama says it has become aware of another false and scurrilous claims by a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Kwame Baffoe, that he (Mahama) "...took home the fattest ex-gratia of GHc 14m in 2013..."
The Ex-President urges the general public to ignore such unintelligent rants of the said Kwame Baffoe who had gained notoriety for fabricating and propagating falsehood on behalf of Nana Akufo-Addo against John Mahama.
A statement signed by Joyce Bawa Mogtari, Special aide to John Mahama, was emphatic that the former President never took any such ex-gratia payment of GHc 14m in 2013 or at any other time during his 25 years of distinguished public service.
"Fortunately, ex-gratia payments are a matter of public record and are available in the office of the Chief of Staff or the Controller and Accountant General's Department."
"We challenge the office of the Chief of Staff and the Presidency to provide proof of the payment of any such amount and stop using idle miscreants among its ranks to spread falsehood," portions of the statement read.
While expressing surprise that this alleged payment to him has not been reflected or captured in any of the numerous Auditor General's reports presented to parliament since 2013, Mr Mahama believed this latest falsehood is a "failed decoy to suppress the national discussions about the hardship Ghanaians are going through because of the clueless, inept, hopeless incompetence and poor governance of the Akufo-Addo and Bawumia administration".
Read below the full statement
Source: Peacefmonline
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Childish ex-president. A third-class history degree holder has lost focus. Instead of addressing the core issue of whether you took that 14 million, you are dabbling in name-calling. Be transparent and show Ghanaians all the ex-gratias you have taken Mr Mahama. You sanctimonious hyp0cr1te.
Why can't this Joyce woman just focus on the issues and avoid all this name-calling and insinuations? Aba! I don't know why she thinks that such an approach will help Mahama win the 2024 elections. Somebody says something that you think is not right. Simply respond, and provide the facts to prove that the person is wrong, and leave it for the public to judge. But to engage in insults and name-calling just exposes the type of character you are.
if not 14M cedis then how much did Mahama receive as ex-gracia?? Denial alone isn't enough!!!
Has Mahama not taken ex gratia twice as an ex president? He took the one after Mills dead and has taken another one after his own 4 years yet he is still looking for another opportunity to be president again and take another ex gratia so who is making Ghana more difficult for the ordinary Ghanaians?
You call him miscreant? Unfortunate! You run away from a miscreant in court? I thought you were going to persue the case against him that you sent to the police to investigate. If the whole you run away from a 'miscreant', then who are you?
Joyce, Haba stop wasting our ears or better still leave our space if you are not ready to set records straight. what does the law say if you say what is not.