“Even if President Mahama disagrees with me, I am sad that he chose to lace his disagreement with insults to my person, by implying politics had caused me to lose my ‘fine mind’.
“The last time other citizens commented on these same sentiments of President Mahama, he met them with similar insults, calling them ‘silly’.
“I urge President Mahama, that if he wants to be President of Ghana again, he should refrain from insulting citizens. I assure him I am still his friend and I still have a fine mind,” parts of the statement read.
Nana Akomea, last week in a radio interview asked the former president to forego his ex-gratia entitlements to set an example for his readiness to scrap the benefits should he assume office in 2025.
In a rebuttal, the former president tweeted that he was concerned about what politics could do to a fine mind like Nana Akomea.
“My friend Nana Akomea. Really sad what politics can do to a fine mind! I don’t take ex-gratia. I receive a monthly pension,” he tweeted.
My friend Nana Akomea. I did not insult you. I know you know the difference between a lump sum ex-gratia payment and a monthly pension. Why you chose to misinform the public was because of politics.
— John Dramani Mahama (@JDMahama) May 29, 2023
Source: ghanaweb.com
