The Managing Director of the State Transport Corporation (STC), Nana Akomea says former President John Dramani Mahama is engaging in politics of deception with his promise to scrap ex-gratia if re-elected.
Nana Akomea said Mr Mahama does not mean his promise as he promised same during the 2024 elections but failed to honour it after he won the polls.
The former Okaikwei South MP also insisted that the NDC flagbearer insulted him with his earlier comments.
“Dear President Mahama. You say you did not insult me. I say it is an insult when you imply l have taken leave of my otherwise "fine mind" because of ‘politics’. I assure you the advice l gave you on this "exgratia" matter is not influenced by ‘politics.’”
“I remind you that during your presidency, you announced same plans to scrap ex-gratia in 2012 and 2015 but you never did. So are you doing ‘politics’ with this latest announcement to scrap ex gratia?,” he queried.
Mr Mahama had earlier rejected Nana Akomea’s claim that he insulted him. According to Mr Mahama, he cannot insult “a friend like Nana Akomea.”
In a Twitter post on Monday, May 29, the NDC flagbearer said Nana Akomea rather chose to misinform the public when he criticised him about his promise to cancel ex gratia payments for political appointees upon his re-election.
“My friend Nana Akomea. I did not insult you. I know you know the difference between a lump sum ex-gratia payment and a monthly pension.”
“Why you chose to misinform the public was because of politics,” he had tweeted.
But the former Labour Minister is insisting Mr Mahama’s comments amounted to an insult.
He thus asked the former President to desist from such conduct if he wants to be re-elected to the highest office of the land.
“Even if President Mahama disagrees with me, I am sad that he chose to lace his disagreement with insults to my person, by implying politics had caused me to lose my ‘fine mind’.”
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