Sylvester Tetteh, vice chairman of the communications committee in parliament, has voiced his displeasure with former President Mahama's reelection campaign rhetoric.
He pointed out that the previous president's pledge to do away with ex-gratia is meaningless and that it will only be taken seriously if he foregoes all the advantages he has had from the same program.
He said that Mr. Mahama is the nation's greatest benefactor of Article 71 in its history.
"He's got a chance." He has a chance to show Ghanaians that, in fact, he means what he says.
You want to be president once more, but Togbui Afede says he doesn't want to keep his ex-gratia and is donating it to the nation instead, which is benefiting from the Article 71 officeholders you wish to abolish. Thus, giving it up is the finest test for you, he stated.
The congressman said on JoyNews' Newsfile on Saturday that he believes the former president is the "wrong messenger," even if his message may be accurate.
Even though Mr. Mahama was unable to get support during his administration to abolish ex-gratia, he said, his own choice should have been the deciding factor.
Nonetheless, Mr. Tetteh asserted that outside of Mr. Mahama's party members, no Ghanaian trusted his programs since, despite holding government for a protracted length of time, he was powerless to bring about such a shift.
He said that the former president should have set an example after leaving office if he had the ambition to bring about such a transformation.
On March 2, former president John Dramani Mahama officially began his campaign to run for the NDC's post as flagbearer.
Three times, Mr. Mahama ran for the presidency of Ghana, but he was defeated by current President Nana Akufo-Addo in the most recent two elections.
His campaign gets off to a bad start while Ghana's faltering economy is the main issue facing the nation.
When he first announced his candidacy, he said that if elected president, he would do away with ex-gratia under Article 71.
In addition, he promised to launch an investigation into public finances, particularly the COVID-19 funds, and choose no more than 60 ministers should he be granted the go-ahead to retake power.
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