{"id":16782,"date":"2020-07-31T09:24:14","date_gmt":"2020-07-31T09:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=16782"},"modified":"2020-07-31T09:24:16","modified_gmt":"2020-07-31T09:24:16","slug":"mahama-failed-because-he-surrounded-himself-with-non-ndc-members-kwamena-ahwoi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=16782","title":{"rendered":"Mahama \u2018failed\u2019 because he surrounded himself with non-NDC members \u2013 Kwamena Ahwoi"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>A former Minister for Local Government and Rural Development from 1990 to 2001&nbsp;Professor Kwamena Ahwoi has conceded that former President John Dramani Mahama partially failed in his administration because he surrounded himself with non-NDC members.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to him on an Accra-based radio station monitored by\u00a0MyNews, some of the lapses witnessed during his tenure as President could have been avoided if he had core party people around him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u201cI think that the biggest mistake at the beginning of his presidency was to surround himself with people who were not core NDC members. His special advisor was not, his secretary was not, secretary to the cabinet was not, so many of them,\u201d he revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also noted that there was a complete disconnect between the party and the presidency at the time which in his view may have created a vacuum saying \u201c\u2026\u201dand so there was a divorce between the government and the party, and therefore it was not easy for the party\u2019s programmes to have been implemented\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mahama failure as a result of the \u2018brainless kids\u2019 he surrounded himself with \u2013 Nunoo-Mensah<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, former National Security Advisor to former President John Atta-Mills&nbsp; Brigadier General Joseph Nunoo-Mensah alleged that former President John Dramani Mahama failed as President, and was eventually voted out because he surrounded himself with kids \u201cwithout brains\u201d as opposed to President Atta-Mills who had the best of people in his government.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an interview with Happy FM recently, Brigadier General Nunoo-Mensah claimed immediately President Mahama became President, he got rid of all experienced persons and replaced them with young inexperienced ones, leading eventually to his failure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cPresident Mills may he rest in peace, as a politician you must come to power with a certain mindset, Nkrumah and Mills were different. Mills is like a pastor, we sit to have a chat. Mills never failed because he had people with brains around him but Mahama came and he pushed them all away and brought the young ones, kids don\u2019t play football,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He promptly denied that his comment had anything to do with being booted out as soon as President Mahama assumed the reins of government: \u201cNever, I\u2019m never embittered, because I have been sacked several times but I\u2019m never bitterer because I put Ghana first. I have to be concern about how the country is being ruled,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The ex-soldier lost his role as Security Advisor when President Mahama ascended to power as an elected President in 2013.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Brigadier Nunoo-Mensah known for being outspoken has been a member of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) since its inception. 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