Richard Ahiagba, Director of Communications of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has refuted claims of non-payment of bills and cessation all privileges made by former President John Mahama.
This statement by Richard Ahiagba comes after Mahama revealed that the NPP government has scrapped all privileges due him.
Mr Mahama has revealed that he pays for things like water, electricity, rent, fuel, medical care, and plane tickets himself.
“I receive only my monthly pension like [former] President Kufuor, and [late former] President Rawlings was receiving [it] before he died. That is all I get,” he said in an interview.
He added, “I pay the electricity bill for my house and my office; I pay the water bill for my house and my office. I live in my own accommodation so the State does not pay me anything for accommodation.
Reacting to the statements of the former President while addressing a press conference in Accra on Wednesday September 14, Ahiagba stated that the former President has told blatant lies.
He added that the NPP government had assembled relevant documents that prove that the former President lied and that, contrary to his claims, he has been indeed been enjoying privileges due him.
“We did not want to share these private documents with the public, but they are already out there, so we will share them.”
“the conduct of former President Mahama threaten our democracy, peace and security. So, the question is, what does former President Mahama wants to achieve with these needless falsehoods? Could it be so that he can pretend to champion the clamour for the repeal of Article 71? Evidence of this rather unholy politics of former President Mahama abound.
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“Former President Mahama’s denial that he is actively accessing his emolument benefits simply exploits the sympathies of unsuspecting Ghanaians. There is no record anywhere that former President Mahama has been renounced or that the government has denied former President Mahama his emolument or entitlement. These bizarre and downright false claims by the former President speak to a grand electoral strategy driven by desperation and deception.
“You recall that on 22nd October 2020, Mahama promised to grant galamseyers amnesty if he won the election for President. Now contrast this amnesty position with what former President Mahama said on the Ghana Tonight show about President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo needing to resign because he vouched to fight galamsey, whatever the cost,” Richard Ahiagba told the media.
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