{"id":623363,"date":"2019-05-22T07:33:37","date_gmt":"2019-05-22T07:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghana-mma.com\/2019\/05\/Kojo-Oppong-Nkrumah-2.jpg\" alt=\"Mahama\u2019s recent comments on"},"modified":"2019-05-22T07:33:37","modified_gmt":"2019-05-22T07:33:37","slug":"mahamas-recent-comments-on-govt-politically-mischievous-oppong-nkrumah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/22\/mahamas-recent-comments-on-govt-politically-mischievous-oppong-nkrumah\/","title":{"rendered":"Mahama\u2019s recent comments on gov&#8217;t politically mischievous \u2013 Oppong Nkrumah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<figure class=\"fff post-thumbnail\" itemprop=\"associatedMedia\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"post_layout_5_img\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/Kojo-Oppong-Nkrumah-2.jpg\" alt=\"Mahama\u2019s recent comments on gov\u2019t politically mischievous \u2013 Oppong Nkrumah\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has accused former President John Mahama of massaging the truth and hiding behind politics to cause more harm in the country.<\/p>\n<p>John Dramani Mahama recently expressed concerns over what he describes as the Akufo- Addo administration\u2019s penchant for blaming the previous government for its woes.<\/p>\n<p>He also said that the recent shut down of radio stations by the NCA is politically motivated and urged the President to intervene.<\/p>\n<p>He also believes freedom of the media is under threat under the Akufo-Addo administration because the government has failed to protect the rights and lives of journalists in the country.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the <strong>Point Blank<\/strong> segment of <strong>Eyewitness News<\/strong>, the Ofoase-Ayirebi MP said the comments of the Former President were unfair.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAny observer of our political landscape will not need to spend so much time in coming to the conclusion that the former President\u2019s comments and actions in recent times are politically mischievous and demonstrative of double standards. First of all, the former President has not acknowledged that these two stations he talked about are not the only stations that have been affected by the ruling that has been occasioned by their own petition at the Electronic Communication\u2019s Tribunal. Does the former President suggest that the NCA stands in contempt of the ruling of the Tribunal?\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe former President under his watch allowed some of these stations to disobey the laws of the land. Today, you have an administration that says the law must be applied as difficult as it is. \u00a0If he makes an argument that the Akufo-Addo administration is superintending a push back on media freedom,it is not backed by substance\u201d, he noted.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>According to Mr. Mahama, the previous government\u2019s decision to constantly blame the previous government for its challenges is tantamount to \u201cabdicating the responsibility of running the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But, Mr. Oppong Nkrumah further stated that it is imperative for the government to responsibly remind Ghanaians and the opposition especially of its achievements hence, claims by the NDC flagbearer that government has not really done enough since assuming office cannot hold.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThree years on, we remain accountable to the people of Ghana to commit and explain to them what we have achieved so far and what remains outstanding in all humility. But when you have the former President or executives of the former administration now seek the moral high ground and preach to the country about how better to manage the economy, we have a responsibly to quickly point to them what they record is vis-\u00e0-vis what are records are while we look at ways out there to complete what remains undone of our agenda.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"ctx-article-root\"\/>  <\/p>\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>The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has accused former President John Mahama of massaging the truth and hiding behind politics to cause more harm in the country. John Dramani Mahama recently expressed concerns over what he describes as the Akufo- Addo administration\u2019s penchant for blaming the previous government for its woes. He also said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":623364,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-623363","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Mahama\u2019s recent comments on gov&#039;t politically mischievous \u2013 Oppong Nkrumah - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/05\/22\/mahamas-recent-comments-on-govt-politically-mischievous-oppong-nkrumah\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Mahama\u2019s recent comments on gov&#039;t politically mischievous \u2013 Oppong Nkrumah - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"The Minister of Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has accused former President John Mahama of massaging the truth and hiding behind politics to cause more harm in the country. 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