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President John Dramani Mahama Friday stormed the $20m headquarters of the National Democratic Congress, where he gleefully led the high echelons of the party in popping champagne to celebrate the party’s 24th anniversary.

In spite of the excruciating hardships foisted on Ghanaians as a result of the gross incompetence and corruption of his government, President Mahama claimed he was steering the affairs of the country in the right direction.

Incidentally, at the same time the president and his government/party functionaries were having fun, many people in the capital city were weeping and counting their losses following last Thursday’s flood.

The mood of the country was largely great sadness, fear and anxiety, with many people accusing leadership of not working in their interest, with Thursday’s flood coming just a year after the June 3 twin fire and flood disaster that claimed over 150 lives.

Some people have raised questions about the decision by the governing party to go ahead with its 24th anniversary, especially coming at a time the government’s promise to ensure an end to the incidents of flood in the capital, following the June 3 disaster, had failed.

Some believe a party in government that wants to be seen as sensitive to the plight of the suffering, especially victims of the flood, should have called of the 24th anniversary celebration in solidarity with the people.

“A serious president and members of his party/government that are concerned about the people should not be seen to be having fun when his people are weeping. That does not show sensitivity,” Adwoa Oforiwaa, a banker whose parents fell victim to Thursday’s flood, said in a chat with the Daily Statesman.

Again, in the face of the floods, killing utility tariffs and other crisis on all fronts, President Mahama yesterday chose to exhibit his expensive toys by going on jolly ride in town, with the governing NDC, perhaps, thinking that the ability of a president to ride a motor is enough to make the unemployed and suffering Ghanaian happy to vote for him.