{"id":1202113,"date":"2022-09-11T04:55:06","date_gmt":"2022-09-11T04:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/11\/former-president-john-mahama-throws-support-for-asiedu-nketia-as-ndc-takes-on-nana-addo\/"},"modified":"2022-09-11T04:55:06","modified_gmt":"2022-09-11T04:55:06","slug":"former-president-john-mahama-throws-support-for-asiedu-nketia-as-ndc-takes-on-nana-addo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/09\/11\/former-president-john-mahama-throws-support-for-asiedu-nketia-as-ndc-takes-on-nana-addo\/","title":{"rendered":"Former President John Mahama &#8220;Throws&#8221; Support For Asiedu Nketia As NDC Takes On Nana Addo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<article>\n<p>There is a popular adage that, a good leader cares and supports his people. It is also said that, a leader only &#8220;leads&#8221; when he can influence his people to think in the same direction towards the achievement of a common goal.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson Asiedu Nketia is the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress. He is popularly known as, the General Mosquito.<\/p>\n<p>He was born on 24th December 1956 and has been instrumental in helping the NDC to maintain its stake as a vibrant party.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/f77a11c2410141328ff1b8f07a003a9d\"\/><\/p>\n<p>On Saturday, 10th September 2022, former president John Dramani Mahama posted on his social media platform a news item from the office of NDC&#8217;s General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia.<\/p>\n<p>Has former president John Mahama proven his leadership skill by throwing his support for the NDC&#8217;s General Secretary?<\/p>\n<p>John Mahama showed his leadership skills by supporting Asiedu Nketia&#8217;s press release on SIM registration punitive actions. In the release by the General Secretary, &#8220;parliament should intervene to ensure the punitive exercises to be halted&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The statement released by Asiedu Nketia disagreed with the Minister of Communications, Madam Ursula Owusu on her approach to ensuring that non-registered SIM card users face restrictions.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/0e21627e10ea42b2b9f3e57a6a2948a1\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Johnson Asiedu Nketia described the sanctions implemented by the three major telcos as lawless. He also supported legal actions by citizens towards removing the restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>Does Mahama mean to describe the SIM registration punitive actions as lawless?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/258037adf61b4a5ba7dc9ba4323a63d8\"\/><\/p>\n<p>What would be the effect of this vehement support by the Former President, in favour of the NDC General Secretary, as NDC takes on Nana Addo over the &#8221; lawless&#8221; SIM registration punitive actions?<\/p>\n<p>Would the former president&#8217;s support yield the expected result?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/66123f638c3344e193dcf539f05621f4\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Content created and supplied by: JUKELAFRICA (via  Opera<br \/>\nNews )<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p class=\"copyright hide\">\n<span class=\"content\">    ,  .   ,     .       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