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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