I won’t be distracted by the useless insults - President Mahama

Samuel K. Obour Politics Nov - 16 - 2015 , 17:03 1 minute read

President John Dramani Mahama has condemned the opposition for, according to him, masterminding the hurling of “personal invectives and insults” against him.

Describing himself as the most insulted President in Ghana’s history, he said no day went by without people directing insults at him.

The President, who was speaking at a gathering of NDC supporters to mark the end of the party's 'Changing Lives, Transforming Ghana' tour in Accra on Monday, said he would not be distracted by the insults.

“I was given a mandate by the people of Ghana. I’m not going to let those useless insults distract me from that mandate.”

In an unusually caustic speech, the President lambasted the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for what he said was a concerted effort to portray him as incompetent without regard for the facts.

Singling out Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for criticism, President Mahama said the running mate to the party’s flagbearer had not held any position or undertaken any responsibility that came close to the work of the President, yet he always saw the need to call him incompetent.

He said he would not mind if former President Jerry Rawlings or President John Kufuour called him incompetent, but would not accept that from people like Dr Bawumia.

President Mahama said: “All of you guys have never come near the President before and you stand and say ‘incompetent Mahama administration’. What do you know about competence?”