Former President John Dramani Mahama’s comments against President Akufo-Addo, according to Deputy Information Minister Fatimatu Abubakar, were completely bogus.
This came after Mr Mahama asked President Akufo-Addo on his Facebook page to stop clearing his appointees and close associates accused of criminal acts.
He stated that the President’s behaviour and attitude is inappropriate and alerted him to dissuade from it.
According to him, President Akufo-Addo has assumed a dishonourable badge as “the clearing agent.”
This comes after President Akufo-Addo stated that Akonta Mining is not intimately engaged in any form of illegal mining.
On Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen on Tuesday, she stated that the former President’s claim is incorrect.
“The reason I’m saying it is false is that the truth is brief, so a video that is less than a minute, he [Mr Mahama] will bring thesis as a reply. I understand him that for every statement, there is the potential to gain some political points,” she said.
The Deputy Information Minister stated that Mr Mahama’s statement is missing a critical point.
According to her, the response from Mr Mahama “should have stated that Akufo-Addo, ‘you are a clearing agent because go to community A, B, C Akonta mining is engaged in illegal mining activities as you speak’.”
She further stated that “if the former President does not have contrary information which points to the fact that as at the time the President was speaking there was an ongoing illegal activity – the former President is wrong for that and I say that the statement is vague and irrelevant.”
“President Akufo-Addo’s statement does not in any way contradict all the facts by the Ministry of Lands and Resources and the Forestry Commission,” she added.
