“Stop Crucifying Fmr. Appointees and Transform The Country” – Mahama bashes Govt.
Former President John Dramani Mahama has taken a swipe at the governing New Patriotic Party urging the government to focus on transforming the country instead of baselessly crucifying former appointees in the media. According to him, if the government has evidence of corruption against any of the former appointees, they should use due process and pursue them in court instead of using what he described as “media trial.” “This trial by newspaper affects the credibility of the government. If you hear that several sums of money have gone missing yet no one has been arrested for prosecution, then you are destroying the confidence of people in the credibility of the government. So the trial by media must stop,” he said. Ever since the NPP assumed office, the government has accused some former officials of the Mahama administration of causing financial loss to the state.Somegovernment communicators recently said the Tema Oil Refinery could not account for an amount of GHc150 billion from i...