Allotey Jacobs, a former NDC Central Regional Chairman, has advised the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to stop their incessant attacks on Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
In recent developments, the Vice President and former President John Dramani Mahama have been comparing track records of the previous government and the incumbent Akufo-Addo administration.
Mr. Mahama has been holding digital conversations where he addresses the nation on pertinent national issues.
During one of such regular digital conversations, Mr. Mahama touted his achievements stressing he has an outstanding track record than President Nana Akufo-Addo, and accused the current administration of putting the economy on ventilators because the Coronavirus pandemic has exposed the latter's bad governance.
“Just one month of this Government funding just some sections of the economy and vulnerable persons at home due to the coronavirus, our economy has gone to the ICU and is in tatters now and needs critical health examination,” said former President John Mahama.
He also alluded to the President's promise of constructing 88 Regional and 6 district hospitals in the country, saying the Akufo-Addo administration has plagiarized his ideas and repackaged them as new policies.
“In his last broadcast and indeed previous ones, the President echoed many of the ideas and policies I have previously outlined. It is gratifying to note that he is listening. Any addition to our health infrastructure is ordinarily welcome but it is regrettable that it had to take COVID-19 to jolt him into this civility about the importance of such critical investments in healthcare...he fundamental difference between our two respective positions is that I come to the table with an outstanding track record of actually delivering many of such projects with less resources than he has had in the last three and half years. Fellow Ghanaians, the NDC comes to the table with a clear plan of modernization of our healthcare system. This plan considers global best practices and will have features that guarantee equitable access to quality healthcare for all Ghanaians," he said.
In a rebuttal to the comments by the former President, Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia noted that Mahama superintended a very weak economy where the provision of "common chalk" was even a problem.
To Dr. Bawumia, Mahama has no track record except creating economic misery for Ghanaians.
''We saw that even during dumsor, electricity prices were being increased, fuel prices were being increased, teacher trainee allowances were being cancelled, nursing trainee training allowances were being cancelled. All of that was happening during that particular crisis," he expounded, stating further that ''if you want to test the robustness of an economy, you test it in a time of crises. Thankfully, we have had two crises. Under the NDC, it was an internally-generated crisis, which was dumsor. Under the Presidency of Nana Akufo-Addo, there has been an externally generated crisis, which has been the global Coronavirus pandemic.”
"They left us with declining agriculture, declining industry, interest rates were high, inflations was high. In fact if you look at the data in terms of macro economic performance, in any economy since the year 2000, the tenure of the former President was the worst in terms of outcomes in macro economic performance...Common chalk was even a problem in our schools," he added.
The challenge which was started by the former President has also taken a political dimension with leadership and members of the NDC and the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) going head-to-head about which government deserves the thumbprint of the Ghanaian electorates.
Touching on the issues on Wednesday's 'Kokrokoo' on Peace FM, Allotey Jacobs stated that the strategy by the NDC to respond to Dr. Bawumia whenever he talks may backfire in the face of the party.
According to him, what the NDC needs to be doing is not to delight themselves with giving quick replies to the Vice President, but rather look for someone from the party to match his calibre.
To Allotey Jacobs, the party is somehow throwing aimless political missiles at Dr. Bawumia and as a result preparing him for the 2024 Presidential seat.
"My own party says I shouldn't speak for them. Some even claim I am NPP in NDC cloth. Others have no clue how NDC was formed. If I decide to talk right now, it will become an issue. They claim I have collected money to elevate Bawumia but I'll always advise that there is an elder in every home.
" . . my advice to the NDC is you're setting a platform for Vice President Bawumia for 2024. That's what you're doing if you don't know. It is resonating with the people, the elite class and the middle class," he emphatically stated.
Watch Allotey Jacobs submission on Peace FM's 'kokrokoo' program.
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ALLOTEY YOU THINK LIKE JJ. MHAMA AND NDC KNOW THAT THEY ARE NO MATCH TO NANA AND NPP IN DECEMBER 2020 ELECTIONS. SINCE THEY SEE BAWUMIA AS POTENTIAL CANDIDATE AFTER NANA ADDO, THEY HAVE STARTED TO RUN HIM DOWN. BUT THE MORE THEY ATTACK HIM THEY MORE THEY MAKE HIM POPULAR.
Suddenly Allotey is some political guru issuing out advice left, right and centre. We are in interesting times.
Allotey pump some sense into the head of your rotten party, they are just fuuuuuls you are telling them the truth but they still doing stone age politics in 21st century Ghana, anyway opposition shall be your portion uslessss party
Allottey Jacob, you think you have finish because you have steal to put up a hotel during NDC time I think you have forgotten that you said to Kwame Sefa Kine on Peace FM that you are going to your site and Sefa Kine ask you what site and you mentioned to him you are putting up a hotel, you thought you were off, Do you think when you do your cocaine business ans you get another problem in USA NPP can safe you as NDC safe you when you were caught in USA? Go ahead with your Kuraseni life.
Adongo who? That is the problem with ndc, you bring a lame non attractive accountant called Adongo to contest a Phd in economics from Oxford University who has worked for international firms? Complete mismatch. Calling someone a liar a billion times dies not make them so. NDC from top to down are just not smart. Sorry.
"Look for someone in the party to match his calibre", so that person to match barwumia will be sitting down quietly and will not attack barwumia? Keep your advice to yourself. You see npp folks attacking mahama at the least opportunity but you never thought it wise to advise them to stop, do we have only NDC as a party in Ghana that you are only interested in talking the NDC. You clearly have an agenda. But the zongo boys are waiting for you in Cape Coast.
This type of statements are the reasons allotey should have been dismissed completely from the party and not suspended. It is politics we are doing not church service. You sat down in central region for barwumia to spread falsehood to win power, and now you are calling such a blatant liar intelligent, for what reason, if not for your hatred for the NDC. If the things you say about barwumia is even true, you could be forgiven, but there is not a single praise you give barwumia that is true. Just last week when barwumia asked mahama to look at the data, adongo came and disproved barwumia with IMF documents that barwumia and ofori goes to IMF and world bank to borrow with the correct figures on the economy but back home they cook data to deceive Ghanaians. This is the man you are praising against your party so I think suspension is not what must be given you but you need to be completely sacked from the party so you can go and join kweku baako, kwamena Duncan and sefa kayi to speak for the NPP. That will be very good freedom for you to do whatever you like and no one will be hurt.
The court case for the election petition allowed Dr.Bawumia to enter homes across the country for 1 solid year. He is intelligent and charming. That is something the ndc must realize. They must select someone they can also groom. Someone with solid academic credentials. May be too late for 2020 i am afraid.
Allotey is very right. The attacks on Bawumia are so ferocious that he has become too popular. NDC must listen.
It is evident that Allottey Jacobs is gradually moving away from what he could best describe as "NDC darkness into NPP lightness". I feel NDC should leave him alone because maybe hunger is compelling him to bite the finger that has fed him before. Hotel business has virtually come to a standstill and it has affected him seriously. He should remember that his recent unguarded utterances against NDC will not win him any favours from NPP. Maybe they know his motives. He should again remember that between those hailing him today for his utterances and future deep regrets is a very "thin line" A word to the wise.