Mahama’s ‘presidency mistake comment’, an insult to our intelligence – Nana B

The National Youth Organizer of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Henry Nana Boakye popularly known as Nana B, has called out former President John Dramani Mahama for saying he would correct all the mistakes he made during his tenure in office if given the nod in 2020.

According to Nana B, the presidency is not a place for correcting mistakes of former presidents and therefore, the former President’s comment is an insult to the intelligence of the Ghanaian voter.

Former President John Mahama in a speech during the inauguration of the party’s manifesto team  said, “I have been there, I have experienced it, I have learnt useful lessons, I have reviewed issues and events, and I am coming back to you, together with my party, the NDC, with what will be a practical strategy for laying a solid foundation for the transformation of our country. ”

But Nana B says, former president Mahama and the NDC saw the challenges and problems confronting the people of the Ghana, but used the opportunities to exploit and enrich themselves through fraudulent and shambolic pro-poor policies implemented during their days in government.

“The SADA idea to scale up development in the Northern regions was originally proposed by President Akufo-Addo when he was the flagbearer of the NPP in 2008. Characteristic of the NDC, they stole the idea and named it Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA). An initiative meant to reduce poverty and improve livelihood was, overnight, transformed into a special purpose vehicle for create, loot and share,” he said

According to him, huge sums money approved by Parliament for the eradication of poverty, provision of jobs and related opportunities to the youth in the Northern regions, ended up in the pockets of greedy family and friends of Mr. Mahama.

“The NYEP avenue created by President Kufuor to offer jobs to the youth, was also turned into a cash cow for the NDC after being renamed GYEEDA. Mr. Mahama and the NDC through GYEEDA, misappropriated and embezzled over 1 billion Ghana cedis that could have created thousands of jobs for the young people in the Northern regions, we cannot risk the future of this country in the hands of such bad managers” he said.