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Mahama delivers furious attack on NPP

According to President Mahama, the NPP overthrew Ghana's first president because of it's "anti-development" nature.

President Mahama

President John Mahama also accused the party of ousting the country's first president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, after the NPP called him out for using "unpresidential" language.

Nkrumah was overthrown in a joint police cum military coup in 1966 but opponents of the NPP have accused the party of being behind it since the party traces it roots to the UP tradition.

President Mahama said at a campaign rally in Secondi that the party overthrew Ghana's first president because it is "anti-development."

He said: “Dr Nkrumah was a man of vision, he always thought about the future of the country. When he built the Akosombo Dam, the UP tradition said it was just a flamboyant project but today the dam is still providing major parts of the country with electricity. The same people who ousted Nkrumah because they said he was embezzling state funds and undertaking unnecessary projects have metamorphosed to become the NPP.

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“In Cape Coast, our founder, Jerry John Rawlings, advised us to beware of them because they’ve been in politics for a long time. They only change their names but do not change their character.

“It is these same people who say development is not edible. They say the roads, hospitals are not edible and that my government is only incurring huge debts and embezzling state funds claiming we have undertaken projects. They also say Ghanaians rather need money in their pockets, they sang this same song during Nkrumah’s time; today, they are at it again.”

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Mahama's accusation against the NPP over the ousting of Dr Nkrumah is the first from a president on the ticket of the National Democratic Congress seeking re-election.

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President Mahama on Wednesday came in for criticism from the NPP after he said Akufo-Addo slept during his tour of the Western Region that is why he did not see good roads.

His comments follow criticism by the NPP flagbearer that roads in the Western Region are in poor states.

At a news conference, the party's Acting General Secretary, John Boadu, said president Mahama's comments against his rival is unpresidential.

President Mahama's comments come in the wake of vote buying allegations levelled against him by the Ghana Integrity Initiative, the local chapter of Transparency International, the Centre for Democratic Development and the New Patriotic Party.

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