JJ Is NDC ?Showboy? Not JAM -Akomea

The Government of President John Agyekum Kufour has reacted to claims made by Prof. John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills, National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer, at a day?s forum held by his party, in Accra, on Tuesday.

Prof Mills is the immediate past vice-president of Ghana. Nana Olege Akomea, the Minister of Information, who read the government?s response at a news conference held in Accra, on Thursday emphasized that Prof Mills? claim that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Administration, was focusing attention on his party?s founder, Flt. Lt. JJ Rawlings, rather than him (Atta Mills), was misplaced. This is because, according to Nana Akomea, if former President Rawlings, who is the NDC founder, had showed up at Atta Mills ?State of the Nation? forum at the National Theatre that day, Rawlings would most certainly have taken centre-stage, with his own party people flocking to him, instead of Atta Mills who is the Party?s Presidential Candidate for this year?s elections.

He observed: ?The former president is said to be the founder of NDC. The NDC claims Rawlings was a successful president, so why is Prof Atta Mills not keen that there is focus on former President Jerry John Rawlings??

The Information Minister stated that NDC itself does not focus on Prof Mills. According to him NDC excited with former President Rawlings. This is very apparent anytime the two appear together at NDC functions?, the Information Minister further observed.

Continuing, Nana Akomea stressed that Prof Mills should count himself lucky that former President Rawlings was not present at the forum, adding that, if former President Rawlings had been present or walked in at the forum, Prof Mills would have found himself ignored by the very NDC crowd he was meeting.