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John Mahama has habit of inciting ethnic groups against NPP: Mustapha Abdul-Hamid

A deputy campaign manager for the NPP, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has accused the former president John Mahama of inciting ethnic groups in Ghana against the NPP

A deputy campaign manager for the New Patriotic Party, Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, has accused the former president John Mahama of inciting ethnic groups in the country against the NPP.

Dr Abdul-Hamid says recent ethnocentric statements by the former president are unacceptable and uncalled for.

ā€œWe have all seen how former president John Mahama called some people ā€˜Akyem sakawa peopleā€™. How can a former president of this country call a group of people sakawa people? Itā€™s so unacceptable of a former president.ā€

At a news conference in Accra, Abdul-Hamid questioned why the former president would include an ethnic group in his statement.

Whatā€™s in a naysayer?

On Friday at a meeting with the Catholic Bishopsā€™ Conference at Jubilee House in Accra, President Akufo-Addo expressed misgivings about the description by the former president and called on all to condemn the statement.

The former president countered on Saturday, arguing that President Akufo-Addo should stay out of the argument.

ā€œIn any case, President Nana Akufo-Addo has lost the right to complain,ā€ Mahama said. ā€œHe was an opposition leader who called presidents before anything you can imagine, including Professor Do Little.

ā€œI do not want to repeat some of the other things he has said. He is the president who has called his critics naysayers and Jeremiahs. I do not understand on what standard he can be offended because he has precedence of name-calling,ā€ Mahama said.

Incitement

But Abdul-Hamid said Mahama wants to whip up ethnic sentiments to win the December polls.

ā€˜ā€™This is not the first time John Mahama is doing this. During the voter registration exercise, he was in the Volta Region inciting Voltarians against the NPP. And this ā€˜Akyem sakawa peopleā€™, why is John Mahama doing this?ā€™

Abdul-Hamid, who is also the Minister of Inner-City and Zongo Development, called on well-meaning Ghanaians to ignore Mahama and ethnocentric statements as the December polls draw closer.

Wilberforce Asare / Asaase Radio

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