Newly elected General Secretary of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP), John Boadu, has slammed Former President Mahama over recent comments he made on the bus buying issue involving the chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Freddie Blay.
According to Mr. Boadu, the former president should leave such tweets which he described as ‘petty’ and inappropriate to party foot soldiers.
Mr. Mahama who reacted to news indicating that Freddie Blay was financed by Universal Merchant Bank (UMB) to purchase 275 mini-buses for the constituencies ahead of the NPP’s National Delegates Conference in Koforidua, questioned why the NPP sought to secure a loan from the same bank which the NPP earlier claimed was owned by his brother, Ibrahim Mahama,
He took to his official twitter page and wrote;
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"$11.4 million Freddie Blay buses ahead of NPP election financed by Universal Merchant Bank? I thought Merchant Bank was sold to my brother, Ibrahim? So Ibrahim Mahama's bank financed the 275 buses for Blay & NPP? LOL!"
Speaking in an interview of the Citi Breakfast Show, Mr. Boadu said the comment by Mahama is for “people who just want to joke’’ and should not come from serious-minded people.
“Some of this pettiness should stop, these are for people who want to just joke. Not for a President. Why didn’t he tweet when the UMB bank came out boldly that they have made available over $100m to get involved in the one, district one factory?”
“We just have to be serious, these ones you can leave it to your foot soldiers to do that for you,” he added
He also questioned the decision by Mahama to not comment on commendable initiatives such as the move by the same UMB to support the NPP’s flagship ‘one district, one factory’ program.
Mr. John Boadu said the decision by the National Chairman of the NPP Mr. Freddie Worsemawu Blay to purchase 275 mini-buses was not a vote buying strategy but rather an initiative because he believes there is a need for the NPP to be self-sustaining.
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