Former Member of Parliament for the Nanton constituency, Murtala Mohammed has accused the ruling New Patriotic Party government of ‘deceiving’ Ghanaians.
With barely seven months in government, Murtala Mohammed says the Nana Addo-led government has failed the electorate because none of what they promised has been fulfilled.
The former Trade Minister in the erstwhile John Mahama administration was speaking on Radio Gold’s 'Alhaji and Alhaji' political platform in relation to the performance of the ruling government.
Job Creation
Job creation was one of the promises made when the NPP was campaigning for votes.
However, when they came to power they created more unemployment. To him, the NPP has failed.
He does not understand why the ruling government promised to give jobs but they made people lose jobs by sacking already employed ones.
“They should have told us that the idea of creating jobs was to sack people and replace them with ‘our own folks’ . . . ”
“You have a flagbearer who promised the people of this country that he was going to give them the best of transparent leadership; that he was going to be accountable to them, to ensure rule of law, to provide the needed jobs for the teeming Ghanaian youth . . . unfortunately (when he came to power) what we have seen is nothing but a calculated slap on the cheek . . .” he added.
Accountability
On the party of accountability, he said: “what kind of accountable governance have they given us, absolutely zero. Questions have been asked and strangely there is a loud silence on the party of the President on very critical national issues. A classic example has to do with what the Delta Force did…not a single statement…nobody is talking about it and that will be the end.”
Meanwhile, the former MP has condemned the Akufo-Addo led government for leading a ‘family and friends’ government.
According to him, “one thing that is missing is the hegemonic rulership. President Mahama never had a direct family member serving in his government. The only person who was remotely even connected in terms of family to the President was the then Deputy Minister for Transport, Joyce Bawa. Today, when you go to SSNIT, they created; I’m told about three or five deputies, Mr Osafo Maafo’s son was one of the deputies, sister of Nana Asante Bediatuo is also one of the Deputies, you go to the Ministry of Agric, you have a minister who brought his own son to work there; the President himself appointing his own children. Let no one tell me that we are talking about competency here. That story should be told to the marines. You have a government that is being run by family and friends . . . ”
Source: Rebecca Addo Tetteh/Peacefmonline.com
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NPP want right and truthful criticisms and not hypocrisy ones like what u are supporting now. When Ibrahim Mahama had contracts what did thin bufon say about it but now cos of hypocrisy he turn to talk of similar issue. Ayele if u dont want insults then speak sens3
npp hate criticism but insult others, ken bond, contaminated BOST and borromia is enough in six months
When people eat too much dog meat they lose their sense of appreciation. what is this cattle rearer talking about? How do u judge a government in six months when it has a 4 year mandate it is only a dog eating person like u who will do this analysis
Was it not this man who once accused Haruna Iddrisu of having filthy money?
WHERE YOU NOT IN TAMALE WHEN VIRTUALLY ALL CONTRACTS IN TAMALE WAS ALLOCATED TO HARUNA AND INUSAH FUSEINI
Mutala wa b)n papaapa. You foun nothing wrong with ex-president Mahama dolling resources and lucrative contracts to his brother. Ghanaians are wide awake to differentiate between good and bad, time will tell.
does this id10t knows Ibrahim Mahama, he should tell us, which of them is not qualified to hold various positions in Akuffo Addo,s government.even you, had position in an incompetenttt Mahama. government
please is these arrogant guy still arround?this were the guys who were throwing their weight arround as DEP MINISTERS AND COMMUNICATORS FOR NDC AND JM.GOD SAVE US FROM THIS WICKED NDC PEOPLE.
Is there no wise person in the NDC to tell these corrupt followers that it does not take six months to fulfill those promises especially when one meets an empty coffers.The man has been given four years to govern and he can only be ask to account to the people of Ghana after his tenure. My advise to the NDC is that they should stop talking for at least two years or Ghanaians will never listen to them when it matters most. The lies will not be tolerated this time after they abuse the mandate Ghanaians gave to them through create, loot and share.
Skin pain