By William
Yaw Owusu
Wednesday
October 10, 2018
Former President John Dramani Mahama is sulking over
the apparent jab aimed at him on Monday by Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu
Bawumia.
His office released a statement yesterday
complaining bitterly about why the Vice President called him ‘incompetent one’
and said any attack will not go unanswered.
Bizarrely, it was Mr. Mahama who started it all when
he ridiculed the Vice President saying that he was good at lecturing during
opposition but was struggling to manage the economy as Vice President.
In fact, the former President was in Tattale in the
Northern Region on a comeback campaign trail last week portraying a negative
picture of the Vice President to opposition NDC supporters but when Dr. Bawumia
hit back he said it was ‘needless.’
The statement from the former President’s office
said “the Office of the Vice President was brought into disrepute in a viral
video in which Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, whilst pretending to perform official
duties, descended to his lowest to call former President John Dramani Mahama
names.”
“It is sad to note that after nearly halfway through
the four-year term of the government of which Dr. Bawumia is the Vice
President, he still lacks the presence of mind to appreciate the distinction
between his role as Vice President and that of his propagandist running mate
days on campaign platforms.”
The statement said “whilst reminding Dr. Bawumia
that any needless and unprovoked attack on former President Mahama on any day
will not go unanswered, we wish to remind him that the Office of the Vice
President is conducted with grace, decency and maturity, not reckless and
unrestrained talk.”
The former President’s office further said ‘we wish
to draw Dr. Bawumia’s attention to the fact that whilst he is busily majoring
in minors and taking to cheap and unsophisticated politics, the manifesto
promises of the New Patriotic Party for which Ghanaians voted for them have yet
to be fulfilled.”
Without any data the statement claimed “The One
District, One Factory is in limbo; there is no sign of One Village, One Dam;
the One District, One warehouse promise has proven to be a sham; the one
million dollars per constituency per year promise is in two years arrears for
all 275 constituencies.”
According to the statement, “the promise to make
Accra the cleanest city in Africa has produced the most embarrassing spectacle
of filth under Bawumia’s watch; the dollar and petroleum prices have spiraled
out of control; teacher trainee allowances have not been paid,” adding “allowances
for student nurses are in arrears; one hot meal, free egg and a bar of
chocolate a day for public primary school pupils have turned out to be a hoax;
and the NPP government remains clueless about how to fulfill many other
promises that it made.”
“It is shocking that Vice President Bawumia who has
become the butt of all jokes in the country for his inability to match his
performance on the job and the management of the economy with his numerous
propagandist lectures in opposition, has the temerity to call former President
John Dramani Mahama names.”
The statement indicated “Mr. Mahama and his
government have a solid record of investment in education, energy, roads,
healthcare and aviation infrastructure, among others and we can understand both
the frustration and desperation of Dr. Bawumia and his NPP following the
rousing reception which has greeted Mr. Mahama’s campaign tours in the regions.
It said the Vice President’s continuous silence on
the suspension of the headmaster of Tempane Senior High School exposes him not
only to ridicule but also solidifies his “unenviable record as an unprincipled
politician,” claiming “this is because no one has visited senior high schools
to dabble in partisan politics more than Dr. Bawumia.”
Bawumia
Reminder
Dr. Bawumia only reminded Ghanaians that leaving the
management of the economy in the hands of Mr. Mahama and his NDC once again
will be a dangerous thing to do.
“I hear the incompetent one says he wants to come
back, he wants to come and do more damage, as if he didn’t do enough damage;
well, we’re waiting for him! We’re waiting for him!
We’re waiting for him! Oh
my God!” Dr. Bawumia made the remark at a training programme for Metropolitan
and Municipal District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in Accra.
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