From all indications, former president John Dramani Mahama is bent on occupying the highest position of the land again in 2020 and so he is prepared to do whatever he can to realize this ambition.
Reports reaching Daily Guide indicate that the ex-president is planning to take advantage of the ongoing funeral rites of the late Asantehemaa, Nana Afia Kobi Serwaa Ampem II, in Kumasi, to enhance his presidential ambition.
According to the reports, members of Mr. Mahama’s camp have realized that the entire country’s focus is on the Asantehemaa’s funeral and so they believe they can take advantage of the solemn event to push their political agenda.
Asantehemaa’s Funeral
The funeral rites of the Asante queen mother started a week ago and so far, no political party has displayed its colours at the forecourt of the Manhyia Palace, venue for the grand funeral.
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia have attended the funeral on two occasions in less than one week, but on all the occasions, the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP’s) colours were missing.
Incumbent John Mahama, who was heavily defeated during the 2016 presidential polls by Nana Akufo-Addo, has been absent since the funeral started. His absence had even sparked a debate among some of the mourners.
The reason why the former president has not turned up for the funeral was explained by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, on Wednesday at the Manhyia Palace.
According to him, Mr. Mahama is currently on an important mission to South Africa, adding that the former Ghanaian leader would attend the Asantehemaa’s thanksgiving service at the St. Cyprian’s Anglican Church on Sunday.
Mahama’s Strategy
This paper learnt that Mr. Mahama’s camp is planning to accord him a rousing welcome to Kumasi either Saturday evening or early Sunday morning, for the thanksgiving service.
The NDC members, according to information, would be dressed in T-shirts that have been branded with huge images of Mahama with inscriptions that would make him seem the only suitable person to lead the party for the 2020 polls.
A source close to the NDC, who spoke to Daily Guide, stated that some of the inscriptions in the T-shirts would read ‘We want you back,’ indicating that Ghanaians are yearning for the return of Mr. Mahama as president, and ‘JM 2020 surest bet.’
Source: Daily Guide
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The writer of this article doesn't seem to have anything better to write. Unnecessary write up!
In 2020 thieverrrrrrryyyyy prone NDC and their thefffffttttttt loving John Nebu Odwanfunu, the current reigning Africa's greatest looterrrrrr, will get 34%+/-3, and the NPP and Akufo Addo will get 63%+/-3. It won't even be close. It will be a massive strangulating loss of severely epic proportions, the worst in the history of democratic governance and elections in Africa. John Nebu's epic loss in 2020 will be a record for all time. Nobody will come after him who will be able to break that record from the NDC, because NDC will not exist. Ghanaweb censoring so posted my 2 cents here at all cost.
Sometimes you wonder and cannot understand why people in this party call NDC cannot use their brains ; how on earth do you let a man like Jon Mahama attempt to full these educated NDC members to elect him again ; sometimes you can understand the educate illiterates in the party who because of their stomachs will form the core base of Jon Mahama's election machine as their flag bearer for 2020 besides you wonder how human beings are drawn to such senseless naked KROOKED GREEDY ambition by this KLEPTOMANIAC called Jon Mahama who robbed Ghanaians of their dignity ; ARE WE MAD as a nation to even entertain such STILLER in society ; WHAT IS BECOME OF US AS A SOCIETY ; who entertains a man who condones stillers and bandits in his government ; a man who has no sympathy even for his brothers and sisters from the north ; a man who only lives by pretence with his trade mark as this religious submissive man with so many children and concubines with classic ambitions to still anything ; a master KROOK and a womaniser par excellence in Ghana and still people cannot see it the colours of this EVIL man Jon Mahama .
Is it then that all members of the NDC are lobotomised?How on earth can human beings born with brains in their heads want a certified th13f to be their leader?This man has st0len millions and that is what he will use to cajole the good people of this country to make him their leader again. Well it will not happen because the people are not s-t-up-id.This man is the worst leader this country has ever had and we are prepared to do what ever it takes to keep him far away from the presidency.Let Mahama know that his rigging machinery has crashed for good.Ewi
You NDC guys are simply not serious! If your whole political party is short of able people to lead it so you have to bring your defeated, incompetent and disgraced Mahama again who cares? You guys just want to benefit from the billions he has horded for the campaign. You know nothing good can come out of him. Nobody in the NPP fears Mahama. You can field him 10 times and he will lose 10 times. What message can Mahama use for his campaign? Incompetence, Corruption, Guinea fowls, SADA, Comfortable lead, ***barred word***, Ford Kanazoe or what? You guys must be realistic for once!
You NDC guys are simply not serious! If your whole political party is short of able people to lead it so you have to bring your defeated, incompetent and disgraced Mahama again who cares? You guys just want to benefit from the billions he has horded for the campaign. You know nothing good can come out of him. Nobody in the NPP fears Mahama. You can field him 10 times and he will lose 10 times. What message can Mahama use for his campaign? Incompetence, Corruption, Guinea fowls, SADA, Comfortable lead, ***barred word***, Ford Kanazoe or what?
Oh Daily Guide !! This is how far you have brought your paper to. Very sad and shameful. When your Nana went to the funeral grounds in Nicker Boker or Togaz and acknowledging cheers from the crowd, who raised an eyebrow ? Who in Ghana likes more fun-fares that Nana Addo; even when he is going to shower. Your Prez turns every public function into a fun-fare just to merely announce his presence. There's one basic truth- Nana's approval rating is on a nose-dive and speedy crashing to the ground. To Mahama, I say move on "Who Jah bless, No one curse".
The npp is now seeing the smoothness level and are now scared. They now know they can't match his achievements in anyway.
the name mahama scares these people to their bone marrow