Biblical Ananias is reputed to be the greatest liar on earth. He sold his plot of land and connived with Sapphira, his wife to send only part of the amount to the Apostles. The two pocketed the rest for their own use. But the deed was discovered by Spirit filled Peter who rebuked the husband. Immediately, Ananias dropped dead at the feet of the Apostles.<\/p>\n
Over here in Ghana, our President, John Dramani Mahama is enacting a similar script. For one thing, he lied through his tenure as Vice President and with his elevation to the position of President he has became a liar on a gargantuan scale. In fact, lying is now his second nature. Not a day passes without Ghanaians hearing one false statement or utterances from either the President himself or his acolytes.<\/p>\n
Turn to Page 3 of the Ghanaian Lens of Tuesday, 2nd<\/sup> September, 2008 with the heading \u201c10% of Oil Revenue will Go to Western Region \u2013 John Mahama\u201d.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Vice Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress, John Mahama has promised that his party would use 10% of the oil revenue to develop the Western Region. Mr Mahama who is touring the region said it is prudent for the people in the region to be compensated daily for the adverse effects of the emerging oil industry.<\/p>\n \u201cRadio Max\u2019s Kweku Owusu Peprah told Joy News that the running mate of Professor Mills promised to refurbish the railway system in the Western Region which he accused the Kufuor administration of neglecting\u201d.<\/p>\n People of Ghana, hear me now. When the issue of giving 10% of the oil revenue to the Western Region resurfaced last year or so, what did the NDC say? The party said it made no such promise. Our President was not bold enough to own up to having made that declaration on behalf of the NDC.<\/p>\n To me, the mark of a true gentleman is the courage or ability to stand by his words\/utterances even if it means being vilified, condemned or crucified. There is not an iota of virtue in our President.<\/p>\n The President has not been forthcoming with the truth as it concerns the death of his predecessor, John Evans Atta Mills. He said it openly that it was the death of his former boss which opened a door of opportunity for him to become President. Does that not make him culpable in the unsolved mystery surrounding the death of his former boss?<\/p>\n Again, there is every indication that the relationship that existed between the late President Atta Mills and the current one, John Mahama was anything but cordial. John Mahama finds out his former boss was not well but refuses to visit him at home. And it was not as if the late President was staying far away for they both had their offices right inside the Castle. The late President lived there. But John Mahama deliberately ignored his former boss and refused to go and see him even though he, (John Mahama) knew that the late President was not in sound health.<\/p>\n What do you make of that?\u00a0 Was it was mere hatred, envy or a subtle opportunity to \u2018migrate\u2019 from the Vice Presidential Seat to that of the President. Yes, appearance could sometimes be deceptive. President John Mahama, it appears had played the role of Macbeth. Indeed, King Duncan\u2019s observation that \u201cThere\u2019s no art to find the mind\u2019s construction on the face\u201d aptly fits John Dramani Mahama.<\/p>\n \u201cHere in Ghana, in less than six weeks we will find ourselves lining up to elect a President. That is nothing strange. The strange thing raising eyebrows is the revelation that one of the presidential aspirants is allegedly involved in the mysterious death of his predecessor. President John Dramani Mahama, presidential candidate of the Nefarious Destructive Cancer is at the centre of this saga but has been as mute as an embalmed Egyptian Pharaoh neither admitting nor denying his involvement.<\/p>\n \u201cThe man has said nothing. His close friends have said nothing, hangers on and the party chiefs have been silent over the accusation. It is much unlike them. When Baba Jamal and Yaw Boateng Gyan were caught on tape, even with incontrovertible evidence against them the general verdict at the camp of the nefarious destructive cancer was that \u2018They have done nothing wrong. It is NDC political enemies at work\u2019.<\/p>\n \u201cThe charge against the President stands only as an allegation. But why has President Mahama been so silent over an allegation that potentially can wreck the NDC in the elections? Does he know something frightening about the death of his predecessor that we are yet to know? Does he think silence is the best option? Those defending John Mahama blindly should rather ask him to come clean if they truly love Ghana instead of being carried away by partisan stupidity\u201d.<\/p>\n On one occasion John Mahama said he had met the former President in his office on the morning he died and had even seen him a few minutes before his death. On another occasion, he forgot what he had told Ghanaians earlier on. On that occasion he said that the late President had sent a memo to his office to asking him (John Mahama) to represent him (Mills) at a public function. In all this contradictory utterances, President Mahama had other high ranking government officials to back him up. Is the President telling the truth?<\/p>\n President John Dramani Mahama, speak out. Your silence is too deafening?<\/p>\n As Vice President, John Mahama brought a South Korea Company called STX to construct houses for the security services in the country.\u00a0 The New Patriotic Party advised the NDC administration to be cautious with the way it was going about the issue, but John Mahama would have none of that. Why? For one, he was probably thinking of the \u201cgreat cut\u201d he was going to make out of the deal for himself. Therefore whoever stood in his way had to be crushed. And that was the reason why he resorted to insults and name calling. He called members of the opposition parties who had advised cautious approach to the deal as \u201cbaloney\u201d.\u00a0 Vice President John Mahama, then de-facto President brought Security Personnel to Parliament to intimidate opposition members during the passage of the bill which was done under a certificate of Urgency.<\/p>\n Every aspect of the STX loan agreement smacks of corruption, but Mahama would not allow the voice of reason to prevail. It was the cut he would make for himself which was the deciding factor. For all he cared, Ghana could burn so long as he got his \u201ccut\u201d. For example there was to be a political risk insurance of $265 million to be paid upfront. A cheaper one could have been arranged but no, John Mahama, would have none of that. This risk insurance money from all indications, have been paid to the dubious company, but John Mahama and his Nefarious Destructive Cancer say, it has not.<\/p>\n But listening to Alban Bagbin, Minister of Water Resources, Works and Housing on the floor of Parliament on July 6th<\/sup>, 2011 leaves no doubts in one\u2019s mind that the money has indeed been paid.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning has issued the Sovereign Guarantees and made the necessary arrangements for the transfers of the money\u201d.<\/p>\n Again, President Mahama, then Vice President was sent to Brazil by the late President Mills to go and arrange the purchase of 5 air crafts for the use of the Ghana Armed Forces. The contract figure he brought was \u201cgargantually scandalous\u201d so much so that the late President instituted a three member Committee to investigate the corrupt deal by his Vice. Could you envisage how one tyre of the plane could go for One Million Dollars? Why! You might exclaim. But that was the figure our current President John Mahama brought.<\/p>\n But why should the President inflate the figure of the five planes? It is because the Nefarious Destructive Cancer, as a party is rotten through and through and this has permeated all ramifications of the party. And the President is not an exception. He equally is infested with the bed-bugs that have burrowed deep into the skin of the party.<\/p>\n Again President Mahama has surreptitiously bought a private jet in the name of his junior brother. He has not been bold enough to tell Ghanaians the plane belongs to him. When questioned about this development he will tell you to read his lips. The brother had been in business for a long time but could not buy a private jet. But he could only afford one after his brother had become President? Co-incidence, one might say.<\/p>\n And that is not all. Members of the nefarious contraption have been making a lot of cacophonous noise about purchase of government bungalows by members of the New Patriotic Party. They tend to overlook the fact that one of them, infact the highest ranking member, President John Mahama has also bought a government bungalow by proxy through his brother. Ask John Mahama and he will point at his brother. But why should everything be traced to the President\u2019s younger brother?<\/p>\n Indeed, it is true that the President has been lying throughout his life. But one thing I know is that liars cannot and will never enter the kingdom of Heaven.<\/p>\n This brings me to the question of Free and Qualitative Education at the Senior High School as promised by Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo. On this, President John Dramani Mahama has been consistently inconsistent with his criticism of the policy. He has continued to shift the goal-post every time he comments on the policy. But what is your alternate policy, Mr President? You appear not to be in your best element when the free SHS Education Policy is being discussed. The President and the Nefarious Destructive Cancer have always thumped their chest of opening two new Public Universities in both the Volta and the Western Regions. But the Universities are yet to take off. Isn\u2019t that a deceit of the highest order? Yes, that\u2019s what they have done to us.<\/p>\n President Mahama and his ignorant NDC apparatchiks are so mesmerized by Nana\u2019s free SHS concept and his free and eloquent delivery anytime that the subject is broached that they must use any means to halt the progressive forward march process of the policy. His Education Minister, Lee Ocran, who like the doubting Thomas in the Holy Bible refused to accept the fact that Jesus Christ had resurrected, even with concrete evidence tells Ghanaians that it will take Twenty Years before the policy could be feasible. His boss President John Mahama disagrees and says it will be possible after Ten Years. The two have perhaps forgotten the saying \u201cthat if you stay too long at the river the current will sweep you away\u201d.<\/p>\n President Mahama has again shifted the goal post. He no longer talks of Free SHS Education. He now talks about standardization of school fees in all SHS throughout the country. But that is a total lie. It is not possible to standardize school fees in Senior High Schools all over the country. No, it is not, lai, lai!<\/p>\n But doesn\u2019t it intrigue you that despite John Mahama and the NDC\u2019s \u2018paa paa\u2019 of putting up more structures in schools before embarking on Free Education at the SHS Level, the number of permanent classrooms available to the public sector for efficient delivery of education in the Greater Accra Region declined by 1,783 classrooms within the last two years:2010\/2011 and 2011\/2012?<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Number of Permanent Classrooms in Public Schools<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a02009\/2010\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2010\/11\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2011\/2012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gap over 2010.2011<\/strong><\/p>\n Kindergaten\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1,939\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1,207\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 993\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -214\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Primary\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5,843 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a06,806\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 4,952\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -1,854<\/p>\n Junior High Sch.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3,358\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2,636\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 2,757\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 121<\/p>\n Senior High Sch.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 987\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1,012\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a01,176\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 164<\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Total\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11,127\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11661\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9,878\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 -1,783\u00a0 <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n (source: EMIS, MOE,2012)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n The Results of Annual District Operational Plan Implementation in 2011\/2012 Academic Year<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Construction of classrooms :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Only one unit classroom built<\/strong><\/p>\n Rehabilitation and maintenance of sch. Facilities:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3 classroom blocks renovated<\/strong><\/p>\n Provision of incentive package for teaching staff in\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 25 teachers were supplied with gas cylinder<\/strong><\/p>\n remote areas:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 and their accessories;<\/strong><\/p>\n Implementation of STMIE clinic :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 45 students participated in STMIE clinic;<\/strong><\/p>\n Provision of school furniture\u00a0 :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 128 KG round tables &70 dual desks and 63 mono desks;\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Provision of teaching\/learning materials:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Assorted & already-made TLMs provided to 25 schools;<\/strong><\/p>\n In-service Training for teaching Staff and\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 547 officers and teachers trained to improve their\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n Circuit supervisors :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 management skills & ensure effective teaching\/learning;<\/strong><\/p>\n Construction of Office accommodation:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Two office rooms were constructed;<\/strong><\/p>\n Science Fair :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 :\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30 pupils from 15 basic schools participated;<\/strong><\/p>\n Best Teachers Award:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 63 staff were awarded at the Best Teacher Ceremony;<\/strong><\/p>\n School uniforms to needy students:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 30 needy pupils benefitted.<\/strong><\/p>\n (Source: MMD ADEAP, 2011)<\/strong><\/p>\n The above are some of the much touted achievements of John Dramani Mahama in the field of Education. Isn\u2019t it a deceit and 419 of the highest order to supply free school uniforms to only 30 pupils in a region that boasts of 834,591 pupils at the Basic School Level and still thump your chest as if you had done something intelligent. It is criminal and the President and members of his Nefarious Contraption ought to be arrested and brought before the people\u2019s court to show cause why they should not be \u201ccastrated\u201d.<\/strong><\/p>\n Did the Nefarious Destructive Cancer put up any infrastructure in place before embarking on the JSS and SSS concept? Did they make adequate consultations with stake-holders before dismantling the entire framework of the country\u2019s educational system? No, they did not, but they now have the temerity to look Ghanaians in the face and tell us that free education is not possible.<\/strong><\/p>\n Hypocrites of the highest order! That\u2019s what they are. And the President is no different!\u00a0 A President who has given different accounts of the death of his predecessor and gained from it should be the last person to talk of morals to Ghanaians. If he has no hand in the strange circumstances leading to the death of his predecessor, he should tell Ghanaians which of the various accounts he has given is authentic. <\/strong><\/p>\n Gosh, President John Mahama is not credible. Virtue, honesty, hardwork, Godliness are some of the qualities one should not expect to find in the vocabulary of the man who rejoiced at the demise of his predecessor because the seat he had been eying for a long time had finally come to him. Do we entrust our collective destiny to this vicious and visionless man without focus? <\/strong><\/p>\n Why can\u2019t President Mahama tell Ghanaians to the face that there is nothing wrong with the West African Pipeline supplying Gas to the country? Why can\u2019t he tell Ghanaians the truth that Nigeria has cut of supply of Gas to Ghana because of non payment? The truth of the mater is that money meant to pay for the Gas was diverted into paying Woyome\u2019s dubious judgement debt.<\/strong><\/p>\n And this President, who doesn\u2019t care how you and I survive, this man who together with his Greedy Bastards, Babies with sharp teeth and the Old Evil Dwarfs insult us to the face that any person who doesn\u2019t see their \u201cBitter Ghana Agenda\u201d is either blind or asleep wants Ghanaians to give him their votes so that he could cover his involvement in the death of his predecessor the same way that they \u2018escorted\u2019 one of the people implicated in the death of Issah Mobillah outside the country\u2019s borders.<\/strong><\/p>\n