Ex-President John Mahama has waded into the comments made by Ghanas High Commissioner to South Africa,
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He said President Akufo-Addo should had fired him, instead of inviting him to the Flagstaff House and asking him to issue an apology letter.
"Ghana has a constitution which is the supreme law of the land and, so, if you are a party officer, you can say whatever you want, there is no problem. You can say all jobs should go to NDC people before it goes to NPP people. Thatâs if you are Allotey Jacobs, you can say that because government doesnât pay you, taxpayers donât pay you, you havenât sworn an oath to anybody," he said.
âBut when you are appointed as a High Commissioner," he noted, and then you swear an oath of allegiance to the Constitution of Ghana and the Constitution of Ghana says: âThere shall be no discrimination, and that you shall do justice to all manner of persons, thatâs what the constitution of Ghana says, then you come and say â have you read animal Farm before? â It says all animals are equal â thatâs how they started when they did the revolution. Then when Napoleon and the pigs started enjoying, they had to justifying why they were enjoying, and, so, they said: âAll animals are equal but some are more equal than othersâ."He said âwhen they [NPP] were looking for your vote, I remember President Akufo-Addo said: âWe shall open opportunities of this country to all Ghanaians irrespective of your party or your ethnic affiliationâ. Do you remember he said that? So we did the revolution and he came to power, now that the pigs are enjoying they say: âSome Ghanaians are more Ghanaian than othersâ.âI mean for something like this, you donât call the person to the Flagstaff House, draft an apology letter for him and ask him to sign; you sack him at once,â Mr Mahama said.
READ MORE: NPP people are my priority before others - S.A. High CommissionerTouching on Ayis-Boateng's apology letter, the ex-president noted that it wasn't sincere.âAnd you even read the apology letter and itâs an apology of apology. He says: âTo apologise for the effect of my words, not apologise for my wordsâ, and that is the new government under which we are.â