Fixing The Country Movement Descends Heavily On Mahama

Fixing The Country Movement has warned the former President John Dramani Mahama to stop comparing himself to President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo because Mr. Akufo-Addo led the New Patriotic Party NPP government did better than him under the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government.

"We are not surprised by Mahama’s callous attempts to try and take a positive credit out of the current global economic crisis, and post-pandemic political-economic vulnerabilities, and attempt to present himself as a credible alternative. He's looking for endorsement within the NDC as a result of the looming tsunami of a leadership struggle within the NDC. 

"However, for John Mahama to hold a public lecture to boast about his governance prowess when we all know what he dished out for four years as the president says a lot about his split personality. The simple truth is, Mahama has just exposed himself to public ridicule," he noted.

He indicated that they were all in this country and witnessed the presidency of John Dramani Mahama, adding that "We all saw the highs and lows of the “accidental” president and his lack of obvious know-how.'

According to him, when Mahama was confronted with challenges in government, he infamously compared himself to a dead goat saying, “I have seen more demonstrations and strikes in my first two years. I don’t think it can get worse.

He added that "It is said that when you kill a goat and you frighten it with a knife, it doesn’t fear the knife because it is dead already. I have a dead goat syndrome.”

He pointed out that the height of Mahama's incompetence was displayed at the 2015 ECOWAS Summit where, he complained about his missing speech, adding that “Where is my speech…I am missing certain pages in my speech…,” he said openly while delivering his remarks.

According to Mr. Bempah, the former President

John Mahama–who many people say came into politics by accident happened to be the worst president ever in the history of Ghana. 

"When the then Vice President John Dramani Mahama became the president of Ghana by default on 24 July 2012, not many people considered him presidential material enough to lead Ghana’s quest for full middle-income status. Having attained the rank of lower middle income large and rising middle class, estimated at over 47% of the population at the time–was yearning to transit to full middle-income status. 

"Due to the efforts of the Kufuor regime, the country had shown progress in reducing poverty and it outranked its peers on most measures of human development. But Mahama’s incompetence denied Ghana the much-needed respite for economic emancipation," he stated.

He pointed out that even former President Jerry Rawlings, the man who founded the National Democratic Congress that Mahama now leads, the man who gave Mahama his first government job as deputy minister and later full minister, publicly expressed a lack of faith in Mahama’s ability to steer the ship of state. 

He queried that So, is Ghana really at the crossroad? 

He mentioned that Ghana under Mahama faced the multiple problems of a rising cost of living, collapsing businesses, an unsustainable national debt, a lack of inclusive economic growth to address unemployment, poor infrastructure, and rising fiscal and balance of payment deficits.

According to him, the fundamental truth here is former President John Dramani Mahama is not an alternative to solving Ghana’s problems.

He noted that man doesn't have a single solution to the country's problems. Mahama is just desperate to rule the country again, hence his penchant for making false claims of having all the answers to the country’s problems.

'Ladies and gentlemen of the media, it is a trite knowledge that Mr. Mahama lost the 2016 election due to his mismanagement of the country's economy which resulted in the worsening plight of the ordinary Ghanaian. It is also a known fact that Mr. Mahama has nothing to offer except to draw back the country’s progress if Ghanaians mistakenly give him power again.

"Isn't it intriguing that whereas Mr. Mahama is claiming to have solutions to the country's unemployment situation, it was during his tenure that the country witnessed the formation of the unemployed graduates association? he asked.

According to Mr. John Mahamaoutish behavior and name, calling has given the true meaning to the adage that; “if you want to dismiss a fool, promote him.” 

"We are talking about a man who claimed to have the interest of the poor at heart, yet he never introduced any pro-poor policy or intervention during his administration.

"Interestingly, Mahama and his opposition NDC had been fighting all social intervention policies introduced under the various NPP administrations, including the free SHS, Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP), and National Health Insurance Scheme," Mr. Bempah noted.

He stated that the noise and the so-called alternative solutions that Mahama claimed to have are a ruse just to  scheme to get power to come back to continue his mismanagement of the country and the usual "plutocracy"

He pointed out that the problem with Mahama and his delusions enablers who are on this path is that they are under the false impression that Ghanaians have a weak memory. 

He opined that President Akufo-Addo over the last five years has expanded the Ghanaian economy and is doing more to build a better society. 

Take, for instance, Mr. Bempah noted that the Akufo-Addo's management of the Covid-19 pandemic, the positive appraisal by the World Health Organisation(WHO) as against Mahama's Management of the Colera outbreak in 2014. Can Ghanaians be informed of the measures instituted by John Mahama during the 'Dumsor' crisis, and the Cholera outbreak that kills over 200 Ghanaians?