The National Communications Officer for NDC, Sammy Gyamfi has quizzed whether NPP can tell Ghanaians that what John Mahama has said about his ex-gratia is true or false.
In a post shared on his official Facebook page, he wrote that;
It is a desperate attempt by government and NPP communicators to mislead Ghanaians about the emoluments and privileges of former President John Dramani Mahama.
According to Sammy Gyamfi, the former President in his recent interview with TV3’s Alfred Ocansey, was very clear about the specific bills and expenditure he has personally borne since he left office.
“Rather than rebut or respond to the specific issues raised by the former President, some NPP and government communicators have shamelessly, albeit in vain, resorted to the circulation of some official documents that have no bearing whatsoever on the issues at stake. It is therefore important to situate the discussion within the proper context.” He said.
Sammy Gyamfi highlighted 10 points from John Mahama’s Interview as follows;
1. He stated that the claim by the Bono Regional Chairman of the ruling NPP that an ex gratia amount of GHS14 million was paid into his ADB account in the year 2013 is an “absolute lie”.And that the only payment that was made to him by the Controller and Accountant General in 2013 was his salary arrears – an amount of GHS230,000.
2. He also stated, that the claim by the Bono Regional Chairman of the ruling NPP that he has received privileges and perks worth GHS15 million since he left office in 2017 is “absolutely untrue”. And that he receives only his monthly pension as former President.
The former President went on to say that:
3. He pays the electricity bills for his household and office;
4. He pays the water bills for his household and office;
5. He lives in his own accomodation so the State does not pay him anything for accomodation.
6. The State has not given him an office. And that he rents an office space in East Cantoments, Accra which he personally pays for.
7. He pays for his own fuel.
8. He pays his own domestic staff.
9. He pays for his medical bills.
10. He pays his own air tickets and that of his assistants whenever he travels.
Can our friends in the NPP and government stop shifting the goal post and tell the nation whether these statements made by H.E John Mahama are true or false? He quizzed.
The point has to be made, that at no point in the said TV3 interview did former President Mahama say that he pays the salaries of his own office staff. Therefore, the official documents on payment of salaries of office staff of former President Mahama by the State as required by law, being circulated on social media by some NPP communicators are complete red herrings being introduced into the discussion just to obfuscate the issues and confuse Ghanaians. He asserted.
Additionally, at no point in the said interview did H.E John Mahama say that the State has not allocated him any official vehicle. He added.
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