Mahama Is A Failed Leader – Akomea

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The former Member of Parliament (MP) for Okaikwei South and Director for Bawumia’s Campaign Communications, Nana Akomea, has stated that former president John Mahama is a tried but failed leader and cannot be the new, fresh leader the country is looking for in the December elections.

Mr. Akomea was speaking during the acclamation ceremony for Darkoa Newman, the current MP for Okaikwei South, on January 20, 2024 at the Kaneshi Presby Church.

Nana Akomea said John Mahama laid out his vision for the country in 2008 when he was a vice presidential candidate and when he became President in July 2012.

He said sadly, in the four and half years he was president, Mahama’s presidency was characterized by dumsor, economic hardships, and corruption on a grand scale.

He noted that dumsor under former president Mahama lasted four years, during which period hundreds of Ghanaians lost their livelihoods and thousands of businesses collapsed.

He further noted that economic conditions under former president Mahama were so severe that his government had to go the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for bailout.

Corruption, he noted, was rampant under former president Mahama, and “it was during the period that Gyeeda, SADA, Bus Branding, etc. all became common by words for corruption in Ghana.”

“President Mahama himself was directly cited in corruption cases, including the West Blue contract and the infamous Ford car bribery,” he added.

Mr. Akomea reminded his audience that former president Mahama told Ghanaians he had a dead goat syndrome, and also, he would not take criticism from anyone who had not been president before. How can such a person be asking   to be president again? R. Akomea asked.

Nana Akomea concluded that Bawumia has never been president, and has never been tagged with involvement in any corruption case, whether directly or indirectly.

Bawumia’s prognosis and prescriptions for the economy he said, still remain true, and if voted as president, he would be in a position to deliver for the country.

He concluded that Dr. Bawumia is a fresh candidate who, given the chance as president, has a high possibility to deliver progress for all, compared to John Mahama, who has been president, and whose record was poor, leading to his rejection by Ghanaians in the 2016 elections.

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