The exigencies of our politics requires that electoral competitions are not a staged one-off event, however, it is conducted within a multiplicity of processes that can lead to a triumphant end either through overt or covert means – every moment counts in politics, and every space ought to be contested without the limitation of time. We therefore cannot ignore the lingering-obvious that is poking at us on the heels of “it’s not yet time” while we continue to murmur in our homes, little gatherings, offices etc as to who we should expect to hold the flag of our party in the next Presidential primaries.
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Jerry John Rawlings and the junior officers were arrested and charged with mutiny for a failed coup attempt on May 15, 1979.
It sparked when the then military turned the trial against the government by accusing it of massive corruption and requesting that his fellow accused be set free as he was solely responsible for the mutiny.
He was incarcerated for sentencing. His diatribe resonated with the entire nation as there was massive suffering.
On the night of June 3, 1979, junior military officers including Major Boakye Djan broke into the jail where Rawlings was being held and freed him, and ostensibly marched him to the national radio station to make an announcement.
FLASHBACK: ‘Corrupt’ Akufo-Addo must stop the nepotism, thievery happening in his government – Mahama jabs
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, three years ago, urged President Akufo-Addo to step-up his game in the fight against corruption in his government, as promised Ghanaians.
According to him, the level of nepotism and thievery happening in his government is nothing to write home about.
Mahama further called on Akufo-Addo to launch investigations into issues of corruption that had emerged under his government.
In a Facebook post, the former president said, I urge President Akufo-Addo to give meaning to his pledge to fight corruption and nepotism by investigating and prosecuting the many allegations made against his appointees.
NDC flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama
Flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, three years ago, urged President Akufo-Addo to step-up his game in the fight against corruption in his government, as promised Ghanaians.
According to him, the level of nepotism and thievery happening in his government is nothing to write home about.
Mahama further called on Akufo-Addo to launch investigations into issues of corruption that had emerged under his government.
In a Facebook post, the former president said, “I urge President Akufo-Addo to give meaning to his pledge to fight corruption and nepotism by investigating and prosecuting the many allegations made against his appointees.”