Former President John Dramani Mahama has described as false the claims by Kwame Baffoe aka Abronye that he (Mahama) took home the fattest ex-gratia of GH¢14 million in 2013.”
The statement signed by his aide Joyce Bawa Mogtari asked the public to ignore “…the unintelligent rants of the said Kwame Baffoe who has gained notoriety for fabricating and propagating falsehood on behalf of Nana Akufo-Addo against John Mahama. His claims are false”.
According to the statement, the former President never took any such ex-gratia payment of GH¢14 million in 2013.
It further noted that Mr. Mahama did not also take home such an amount during his 25 years “of distinguished public service”.
“Fortunately, exgratia payments are a matter of public record and are available in the office of the Chief of Staff or the Controller and Accountant General’s Department.
We challenge the office of the Chief of Staff and the Presidency to provide proof of the payment of any such amount and stop using idle miscreants among its ranks to spread falsehood,” the statement added.
The statement further posited that “We know that it is a stock in trade of President Akufo-Addo and his cronies to launch a campaign of calumny and false allegations against the personality of President Mahama anytime they have their backs against the wall.
As usual, this latest falsehood is a failed decoy to suppress the national discussions about the hardship Ghanaians are going through because of the clueless, inept, hopeless incompetence and poor governance of the Akufo-Addo and Bawumia administration.”
To Mr. Mahama, this is an attempt to denigrate him after he promised to scrap ex-gratia if he is voted into office.
“It is a porous response to John Mahama’s promise to urgently re-look and review issues related to the emoluments of Article 71 office holders including ex-gratia payments.
We want to reiterate the points made by President Mahama recently that a next NDC Government will run an administration with a leaner government and far less ministers than Ghana has ever seen and ensure a cut in waste and exercise of frugality in everything Government does.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
