'Mahama is pretentious and deceitful' - Janet Nabla descends on President

The 2024 presidential candidate of the People’s National Party (PNP), Janet Asana Nabla, has launched a scathing attack on President John Dramani Mahama, describing him as a pretentious leader whose actions contradict his public image.

According to Madam Nabla, while the President often projects himself as a compassionate and God-fearing leader, the actions of his administration, she argues, reveal a character driven by ill intent.

Nabla was reacting to a recent protest staged under the “Women’s Voices Matter” initiative in Accra. The demonstration saw several women march through the principal streets of the capital to protest the arrest and detention of Salomey Awity Baffoe, a 40-year-old senior nursing officer and mother of three from Techiman.

The protesters condemned what they described as unlawful arrests, state-sponsored injustice and a growing threat to free speech and women’s rights in Ghana.

Speaking in an exclusive interview on Frontline on Rainbow Radio 87.5 FM, Nabla accused the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration of deliberately using state security agencies to intimidate and suppress critical female voices.

“There are several women with cases currently pending before the High Court who are facing very difficult times. These arrests are happening because the government wants to silence the voices of women,” she lamented.

She questioned why the NDC administration had allegedly reintroduced what she described as a “culture of silence” into Ghana’s democratic landscape.

Nabla alleged that while in opposition, President Mahama and the NDC made strong criticisms of the previous government without facing arrest, yet they are now, under their administration, harassing, arresting and unlawfully detaining critics.

Speaking to host Kwabena Agyapong, Nabla further alleged that the NDC government was manipulating the security apparatus to target political opponents.

She dismissed President Mahama’s recent public disapproval of the arrests of political commentators, describing his comments as mere political optics.

She also recalled President Mahama’s earlier warning that security agencies would track down and prosecute individuals who insult public officials on social media using their IP addresses. According to her, that warning is now being actively enforced.

“Our question to President John Dramani Mahama is whether we are under a military regime. Are we under military rule? If former President Akufo-Addo had arrested you and your NDC people like you are doing today, would you have liked that?” she asked.

“President Mahama pretends to be a compassionate person through his public speeches but all these are just for public show. He is a treacherous person with his heart filled with evil. He is manipulative and has no sense of compassion, like he makes it appear. When the President speaks, he appears to be like a saint, but his heart and soul are all dark,” she added.

Nabla urged Ghanaians not to be misled by what she described as the President’s calm demeanor.

“What we are saying is that enough is enough. President Mahama has set his eyes on women to silence, intimidate, and harass them. That is why we went on the demonstration. We, the women of Ghana, have had enough, and we will no longer allow anyone to harass us,” she declared.

She further noted that President Mahama had promised to allocate 30 percent of ministerial and political appointments to women. However, she argued that the commitment had instead translated into “30 per cent arrests of women,” which she described as a breach of both the Constitution and the Affirmative Action Act.

Nabla also criticized the President for failing to fulfill his promise to establish a Women’s Development Bank, arguing that the government had instead focused its attention on arresting citizens.

She warned that if the President failed to heed their call to immediately release all women arrested or jailed for criticizing the government, they would escalate their protests across the country.

Although Nabla acknowledged that some social media users may go too far in their choice of words, she maintained that arresting and prosecuting them was not the best approach.

Instead, she proposed the use of caution, dialogue and reformation rather than arrest, harassment, and prosecution.

Source: rainbowradioonline.com
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