The 2016 flagbearer of the People\u2019s National Convention (PNC), Dr. Edward Nasigri Mahama, says his new position as an Ambassador-at-large under the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) administration, will afford him an opportunity to serve Ghana.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe practice democracy even in the PNC; and people are entitled to their opinions about this issue. But I know quite clearly that if I had declined those submissions, those who said I should have declined would say that I only want to be president.\u00a0 I am quite clear in my conscience that he has appointed me ambassador of Ghana not of the PNC or the NPP.\u201d<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”kuKVlIAmDo7sOmBTN9u1VRY5EySpsS6o”]\u201cI am taking this position because the president thinks that there are specific things he wants me to do\u2026whenever he asks me to do I will do it to the glory of God and the president. Anybody who said I shouldn\u2019t do anything for Ghana because my party is not in power I don\u2019t agree with them,\u201d he added in a Citi News<\/strong> interview on Tuesday.<\/p>\n Dr. Mahama had been criticized by some members of the PNC including his own Chairman, Bernard Mornah, who insisted that he [Mahama] should have declined the position offered him by President Nana Akufo-Addo as a matter of principle.<\/p>\n The five-time flagbearer of the PNC was sworn in on Monday by the President together with 21 others who have been assigned to other countries.<\/p>\n Bernard Mornah argued Dr. Mahama turned down similar a<\/a><\/strong><\/span>appointments<\/b><\/span>\u00a0in the past, and also suspended Mallam Issah<\/strong><\/a><\/span> and Ambrose Dery as well as others who took up appointments in past NDC and NPP governments.<\/p>\n But Dr. Mahama discounted the claims describing them as \u201coutright lies.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cHe [Bernard Mornah] is speaking out of ignorance, malice or outright lies. In fact, I proposed Ambrose Dery to go into the NPP government. Moses Daniba served under the NPP government; I never chaired a meeting to expel any of them so what he is saying are outright lies.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWhat I did not do in 2000 was that I would not serve as a vice president unless it was a party to party agreement. A vice president is serving under a particular manifesto that the candidate puts up in the year he is elected. Ambassador is ambassador for Ghana, there is a difference.\u201d<\/p>\n –<\/p>\n By: Godwin Akweiteh Allotey\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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