{"id":105801,"date":"2015-04-08T06:29:35","date_gmt":"2015-04-08T06:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=105801"},"modified":"2015-04-08T06:32:53","modified_gmt":"2015-04-08T06:32:53","slug":"mahama-bribed-kokombas-with-tractor-pickup-bugri-naabu-alleges","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=105801","title":{"rendered":"Mahama bribed Kokombas with tractor, pickup \u00a0&#8211; Bugri Naabu\u00a0alleges"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The outspoken New Patriotic Party (NPP) Northern Regional Chairman, Daniel Bugri Naabu has accused President John Dramani Mahama of bribing the Konkomba Youth Association with a tractor and a pick up vehicle.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">According to him, President Mahama at this year\u2019s Konkomba Youth Association\u2019s congress in Saboba gave the youth a tractor and by extension the Saboba chief a pickup.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/npp-northern-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105802\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/npp-northern-2.jpg\" alt=\"???????????????????????????????\" width=\"533\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/npp-northern-2.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/npp-northern-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 533px) 100vw, 533px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Daniel Bugri Naabu who has incessantly accused President Mahama of sidelining Konkombas in his cabinet described the President\u2019s gesture as a desperate attempt to win the votes of the Konkomba community in 2016.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Northern Regional NPP Chairman said no amount of influence by the President would change Konkombas mind to vote for the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) during the 2016 general elections.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cJohn Mahama take Konkombas and laugh at them by giving them a tractor for the Konkomba Youth Association and giving the chief a pickup and promising them, the promise will always come, nothing will happen: I am very sorry the Konkombas would never change their mind, they would never vote for the NDC again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/npp-northern-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-105803\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/npp-northern-3.jpg\" alt=\"???????????????????????????????\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/npp-northern-3.jpg 533w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/npp-northern-3-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">President Mahama at the event also promised to construct the Yendi Saboba road but Daniel Bugri Naabu described it as cosmetic.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cHe has been in office for almost eight years and all along the Saboba road is there untarred and yesterday again he said he would tar it and counted a number of roads when you haven\u2019t even paid contractors who executed government projects.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The NPP Northern Region Chairman insisted that President Mahama has sidelined his kinsmen in his government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/npp-northern.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-105804\" src=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/npp-northern.jpg\" alt=\"npp northern\" width=\"600\" height=\"372\" srcset=\"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/npp-northern.jpg 600w, https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/npp-northern-300x186.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cEven today if he should give a Konkomba ministerial appointment is because we the opposition members find it very wrong: for more than nine MPs coming from Konkomba areas have not been given anything how many years now, now if you come and give them even a minister how many days is he left in office, is useless.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\u201cI am very sorry the Konkombas would never change their mind: they would never vote for NDC this time,\u201d Naabu remarked.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8211;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By: Abdul Karim Naatogmah\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The outspoken New Patriotic Party (NPP) Northern Regional Chairman, Daniel Bugri Naabu has accused President John Dramani Mahama of bribing the Konkomba Youth Association with a tractor and a pick up vehicle. 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