The Executive Director of Good Governance Advocacy Group Ghana (GGAGG), Listowel Nana Kusi-Poku has alleged that Dr. Kwabena Duffuor habours animosity towards former President John Mahama because of personal grievances.
According to him, Dr. Duffuor harbours resentment towards Mahama for not being appointed as his running mate during the 2020 general elections.
Kusi-Poku asserts that the basis of this enmity was sown when Mahama appointed Seth Terkper as finance minister when he won the 2012 elections instead of retaining Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, who served in the role under late president Atta Mills.
He maintained that the decision created a rift between the two, with Dr. Duffuor perceiving himself as more qualified for the position.
“There is no cure for sickness, there is the saying that we do not have medications for hating one another,” Kusi-Poku expressed. “Duffuor hates Mahama for nothing, it is just unnecessary hate… because he said Duffuor should stay behind for Seth Terkper to become Finance Minister… he sees himself as more human than Seth Terkper.”
Speaking in an Interview with TVXYZ, on May 11, 2023, he further highlighted the most recent incident that fueled Dr. Duffuor’s hate towards Mahama.
He explained that during the 2020 elections, Mahama chose Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as his running mate, bypassing Dr. Duffuor, which decision allegedly left Dr. Duffuor aggrieved, despite bing equally qualified.
“I think deeply and I read between the lines. Since then, he has developed a hate for John Mahama, and the last thing that broke the camel’s back is during the 2020 elections because Mahama chose Jane Naana and ignored him as the running mate, he was annoyed why will they chose a woman to be a running mate whiles he is available. Meanwhile, this woman was not just an ordinary woman but a very well-educated one of course. You are a Dr. and she is also a professor.,” Kusi-Poku explained.
Meanwhile, Dr. Kwabena Duffuor has secured an interlocutory injunction on the NDC’s May 13, 2023 primary over what he termed as irregularities concerning the elections voter register and photo album.
Source: ghanaweb.com
