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A taxi driver who has the inscription \u2018Oh Why John Mahama\u2019 behind his taxi has told Citi News<\/strong>\u00a0the Police seem to be worried about the inscription.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Police have arrested me before and they always asked me why I have this behind my car and I told them it is a question and not an insult and they allowed me to go,\u201d he claimed.<\/p>\n

It is a common occurrence to see creative and funny inscriptions on commercial vehicles in Ghana.<\/p>\n

\"expelience\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It most often expresses the belief, feelings and thoughts of the driver of the vehicle.<\/p>\n

On\u00a0Wednesday, John Dramani Mahama\u00a0marked the second year of his governance\u00a0as President of Ghana, and many political leaders and ordinary Ghanaians rated his performance.<\/p>\n

This taxi driver who pleaded anonymity told Citi News\u2019<\/strong> Betty Kankam-Boadu that the inscription on his vehicle is his own way of accessing the President\u2019s performance.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cWhen Mahama came to power, he said he will reduce fuel prices for us but he hasn\u2019t done that. I am a full NDC member and I have always voted for the NDC. We thought he was a young man who could help the youth but he lied to us. Fuel prices keep going up. It is down on the world market but he keeps increasing it.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to him, the last increment of fuel prices compelled him to put up that inscription.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen he increased it for the third time, I put this inscription on the back of my tax cab,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He however clarified that he does not have a problem with the President \u201cbut the people around him are the ones creating the problems so \u2018Oh why John Mahama\u2019 is a wakeup call for him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The taxi driver pointed out that even Ghana\u2019s ex-President John Rawlings has also cautioned President Mahama about the people he has surrounded himself with.<\/p>\n

He also mentioned that \u201cpeople insult me when they see the inscription on my car but I don\u2019t care. Even if the President calls me to ask why I wrote that behind my car, I will give him all the reasons.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis thing behind my car, I will not take it off today or tomorrow until he makes things better for us,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n

He added that \u201cI drive two cars and the other one, I have written behind it, \u2018our ex-President Jerry John Rawlings, please open your eyes\u2019 It\u2019s in town so you will see it one day.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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