Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) John Dramani Mahama has advised his fellow politicians to shun nepotism describing it as a form of corruption.
The NDC has accused President Akufo-Addo of deep-seated nepotism.
Nana Akufo-Addo responding, however, said he has only two family members in his government, thus, ricocheted accusations by the NDC that he has 51 relatives in his “family-and-friends” government.
“I’m not presiding over a government of family-and-friends”, the President rebuffed at the Jubilee House on Friday, 13 December 2019 when he engaged journalists, explaining: “Yes, only two members of my family in the names Ofori-Atta, who is the Minister of Finance, is my cousin. He happened also, at the time, to have been the person who was responsible for the NPP’s fundraising drive; nobody made any criticism of him when he was in that position and I don’t think it’s so difficult for somebody who has been the fundraiser to transition into the Finance Minister”.
“Apart from everything else”, the President noted: “As far as I’m concerned, he is amazingly capable; he’s been like a magician”.
Addressing members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Jamaat at their Annual National Convention on the theme "Corruption - A threat to national development" at Pomadze near Winneba in the Central Region on Sunday, 5 January 2020 Mr Mahama said wrong is wrong.
He told the gathering that: “We must eschew nepotism, that is, family-and-friends government because nepotism is corruption where family of top officials are the ones who get the juiciest appointments and others are left out. It is corruption, and we must eschew hypocrisy.
“Right is right and wrong is wrong. Nepotism does not become right because a different government is in power and our leaders and religious leaders must have the courage to speak up against it.
“In a certain regime when issues of nepotism arise you hear people say ‘but are they not qualified’? of course in every regime top officials can find their relatives who are qualified and, so, right is right, wrong is wrong.”
Source: Ghanaweb.com
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You and your party have tried all means possible to tag Nana Addo and his family members with corruption but you have failed brutally. Hence you have no option than to equate nepotism to corruption. OK don't worry. If this is your message for the elections we hear you. As for us we know that it is better to appoint family members with expertise and high integrity into government for them to come under the scrutiny of the public, than to hand over the resources of the whole country secretly to your brother (who is not in government) under dubious circumstances and claim that once he was not in government then it is OK. Mahama's logic. Lord have mercy!
What has new voters register has to do with NPP internal elections? Those who will vote in that internal election are members of the party, and the voters register will be compile by the party not EC. Is EC the one to compile NDC voters register?
Ask yourself why npp has decided to hold their presidential and parliamentary election in april because they are waiting for the EC to fulfill nana addo wish for a new register.
10 MONTHS FOR AN ELECTION INSTEAD OF YOU BRING UR MANIFESTO AND UR RUNNING MATE WAAAAAAAI LOOK SITTING AT GOAL POST AND SAYING ALL THIS THINGS AND WE CALLED THIS INCOMPETENT MAN AS FMR PRESIDENT. NDC HAS HAS MADE A VERY GREAT MISTAKE BY APPOINTING THIS MAN AS THEIR LEADER FOR THE ELECTION. TWEAAAAAAA. TELL US UR CAMPAIGN MESSAGES.
STOP THIS HYPOCRISY MR. MAHAMA. REFLECT ON YOUR CABINET AND EXAMINE WHETHER THERE WAS FAIR REPRESENTATION. ABOUT 80% WERE FROM A CERTAIN PART OF THE COUNTRY. EVEN WITH EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT? PLEASE CHECK AND STOP THIS HYPOCRISY.WE NO MORE HAVE SHORT MEMORIES AS YOU CLAIM GHANAIANS HAVE.
This Kanazoe ford bribe man called Mahama is confused....... Nepotism is nepotism it is not corruption. So this guy was our president?
hahahahahah does this guy really listen to him self am sure he is confused
Herrrr this is the worst ssssshhhiiit that the anusmouth can pass. funny!!! Mahama remains a tthhieff even in opposition
THIS MAN HAS NO SHAME. ANYWAY, "GHANAIANS HAVE SHORT MEMORY", A QUOTE FROM HIM. BUT FOR ME I CAN REMEMBER FROM BUSIA'S REGIME.
Question: Mr President, have you been involved in any corruption ? Reply: As a human being or as a person?