General News of Thursday, 23 June 2016

Source: peacefmonline.com

Colonial rule better than Mahama's mediocre leadership - Obiri Boahen

Nana Obiri Boahen, Deputy General Secretary Nana Obiri Boahen, Deputy General Secretary

NPP’s Deputy Chief scribe, Nana Obiri Boahen wants Ghana’s colonial masters, the British to return and ‘takeover’ the country.

He explained that – the white leadership is better off than the current NDC administration led by President John Dramani Mahama.

According to him, the Mahama-led administration is reversing Ghana’s development with his “mediocre leadership” – he also tagged the President as the “most corrupt” leader ever in the history of the country.

His comment comes after President Mahama had denied strongly a car gift from a Burkinabe contractor as a bribe – the President was emphatic that the allegation levelled against him is “baseless”.

President Mahama has received a lot of flak from anti-graft bodies and opposition parties recently over a revelation that he received a Ford Expedition from a Burkinabe contractor, who, in turn, was awarded contracts by the government of Ghana.

The vehicle which was given to President Mahama in 2012 by a Burkinabe contractor, Oumarou Djibril Kanazoe has raised questions about the possibility of the President engaging in a conflict of interest situation.

However, speaking on NEAT FM’s morning show 'Ghana Montie', the NPP leading member says the president’s reply to the allegation is “unfortunate”.

“We have a long way to go as a country. I weep for Ghana. If that type of mediocre leadership can’t stop, then I prefer the colonial leadership. Everything is in a mess under this leadership,” he said.