Media Wire Express Correspondent
John Dramani Mahama, flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has slammed President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for his recent comments on the 2024 general elections.
He said it was infantile on the part of the President to say he can’t succeed him.
Speaking in Damongo over the weekend, John Mahama said it is God that chooses leaders and not Akufo-Addo.
“I want to urge the president, that the best legacy he can leave this country is to superintend over a peaceful, transparent and credible election.
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“I wish to remind him that it is God who makes rulers and he can never be the one to choose his successor, it is God who will choose his successor,” Mahama said at an event over the weekend to launch the construction of a new Jakpa Palace.
Mahama assured, however, that the NDC will do all it takes to secure a peaceful election.
Akufo-Addo at an engagement in Wa last week stated, however, that he was ready to ensure that the 2024 elections will be free, fair and transparent.
“Before the election is held, I am going to come here and pay my proper goodbye to you and thank you for the cooperation that I received from you when I was president.
“God willing, when I come, I will come with the man who is going to be my successor. Wa Naa, you know that the man I removed from the seat, I cannot have him as my successor and as a traditional ruler, you understand what I am saying,” citinewsroom.com quoted the president as having said.
Backgroud:
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has reiterated his firm stance against handing over the presidency to his predecessor, John Dramani Mahama.
“i cannot have someone i defeated as my successor”-he said
During an address to the chiefs and people of Wa, President Akufo-Addo expressed gratitude for their support throughout his presidency.
He informed the paramount chief of the Waala traditional area, Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, that he would be returning to the area with the New Patriotic Party’s flagbearer, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, as his successor.
Asserting his commitment, President Akufo-Addo stated that he would not relinquish power to John Dramani Mahama, whom he defeated and removed from office in 2016.
“Before the election is held, I am going to come here and pay my proper goodbye to you and thank you for the cooperation that I received from you when I was president. God willing, when I come, I will come with the man who is going to be my successor. Wa Naa, you know that the man I removed from the seat, I cannot have him as my successor and as a traditional ruler, you understand what I am saying.“
The President, however, pledged his commitment to ensuring peace before, during and after the December polls.
“Our country is known as the pacesetter for democratic government across the entire continent of Africa. I want to assure you that this year we are going to maintain that reputation. But I need your support and cooperation.
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“I want us to work together to make sure that the peace and stability of our country is maintained all through the electioneering period and after”.
The durbar was for the president to pay homage to the chiefs as part of his one-day working visit to the Upper West region where he commissioned a 15 MW solar power plant at Kaleo.
Source:Citi News
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