Mahama accuses NPP of manifesto sabotage

Ada, Ghana - The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama  has accused the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) of attempting to sabotage the NDC's manifesto launch.

Addressing a community gathering at Kasseh in Ada, Mahama alleged that the NPP's swift media engagement, led by Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, was a deliberate ploy to divert attention from the NDC's policy document, launched on August 24, in Winneba.

Mahama criticized Bawumia's media blitz, describing it as a "nervous" and "dishonest" attempt to undermine the NDC's manifesto. He implied that the NPP's move was a sign of weakness and desperation.

“When you do something with a devious intention, it backfires on you. We announced that we were going to launch our manifesto on the 24th of August. Immediately, our opponents announced that they were going to do a media encounter on the 25th of August, the very next day," he stated.

“You know, the intention for doing that media encounter the next day after we had announced our manifesto was to turn the attention of Ghanaians from the NDC manifesto.

“That was the main reason why they decided to do a media encounter the very next day after we launched our manifesto. But you see when you do something with devious intentions, it backfires on you. You know how to tell when somebody is lying. If there are people who are smooth talkers, the time when they become stammerers and they start stammering, you know they are lying.

"The person started stammering and you can’t tell the head or tail. And so you must do things with truthful intention and the basic principle of leadership is truth and honesty."

“If you want to be a leader, you must be truthful and honest to your people and so NDC will always speak the truth," he added.

Source: Lead News Online