{"id":468037,"date":"2018-02-27T12:08:03","date_gmt":"2018-02-27T12:08:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2018\/02\/27\/blame-mahama-for-nii-lantes-childish-comment-napo\/"},"modified":"2018-02-27T12:08:03","modified_gmt":"2018-02-27T12:08:03","slug":"blame-mahama-for-nii-lantes-childish-comment-napo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2018\/02\/27\/blame-mahama-for-nii-lantes-childish-comment-napo\/","title":{"rendered":"Blame Mahama for Nii Lante\u2019s \u2018childish\u2019 comment \u2013 Napo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">General News of Tuesday, 27 February 2018<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>adomonline.com<\/p>\n<p>2018-02-27<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/38236734.295.jpg\" alt=\"NAPO Badwam\" title=\"NAPO Badwam\" width=\"295\" height=\"135\" \/><span class=\"play-icon\">play video<\/span><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Education<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125813973067\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125813973067\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/1519733283_507_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Minister of Education, Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, has accused former President John Mahama of being responsible for what he describes as a \u2018childish\u2019 comments made by the Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Nii Lante Vanderpuye has suggested in widely circulated audio that the opposition party will free jailed former GYEEDA boss, Abuga Pele, if the party won power in the 2020 polls.<\/p>\n<p>But according to Opoku-Prempeh, Nii Lante Vanderpuye is not matured politically hence his resort to politicise an issue that needed non-partisan collaboration to cure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve always known that Nii Lante is a child when it comes to politics. But on a more serious note, the person I will blame is Mahama, blame Mahama for Nii Lante\u2019s childish talk.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe got the training from his former President John Mahama and so what do you expect; Mahama failed to control his boys, especially Nii Lante who has been a close friend of Mahama\u201d, he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Mr Opoku-Prempeh was speaking on Adom TV\u2019s Morning Show \u201cBadwam\u201d on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Abuga Pele and Philip Assibit are serving 6 and 12-year jail terms, respectively for causing financial loss to the state.<\/p>\n<p>The court presided over by Justice Afua Serwaa Asare Botwe found both accused persons guilty of all the nineteen counts leveled against them by the prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>And, the Education Minister said the former President was noted for lawlessness when in power and therefore the comments by the former minister do not come as a surprise to him.<\/p>\n<p>He described the comments as unfortunate, especially coming from an ex government official who he expected to know better.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Opoku-Prempeh indicated that Nii Lante Vanderpuye\u2019s statement is a threat to the corruption fight in Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>Describing his statement as totally bogus and affront to probity and accountability, Mr. Opoku-Prempeh called on Ghanaians to condemn the statement of the former MP for Odododiodoo.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/content.jwplatform.com\/players\/kWYlMkGa-GtVgZhNx.html\" width=\"600\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"auto\" allowfullscreen=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><!-- uploaded by: 2 updated by: 63 --><\/p>\n<p><!-- Start of html generated by this->footer() -->\n<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a style=\"display:none\" rel=\"follow\" href=\"http:\/\/megatheme.ir\/\" title=\"\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633\">\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>General News of Tuesday, 27 February 2018 Source: adomonline.com 2018-02-27 play videoDr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, Minister of Education Minister of Education, Mathew Opoku-Prempeh, has accused former President John Mahama of being responsible for what he describes as a \u2018childish\u2019 comments made by the Member of Parliament for Odododiodoo, Edwin Nii Lante Vanderpuye. 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