George Boatneg and Akua Donkor
The Editor-in-Chief of the New Crusading Guide newspaper, Abdul Malik Kwaku Baako Jnr, says comical comments made by the man who wants to challenge President Mahama for the NDC’s flagbearership position are no different from those made by Akua Donkor, leader of the Ghana Freedom Party (GFP).
Kwaku Baako said it is strange that National Democratic Congress (NDC) commentators are condemning George Boateng for his public comments when they previously defended similar outrageous statements by Akua Donkor.
“The hypocrisy, the double standard of the NDC is clear,” he said on Newsfile, Joy FM’s news analysis programme, on Saturday.
George Boateng, a 45-year-old NDC polling station executive at Oyarifa in Accra, shot to the media limelight when he picked up nomination forms last week to challenge President Mahama at the party’s primaries scheduled for November 7.
Mr Boateng sees himself as the saviour of the party and believes President Mahama does not deserve to lead the NDC into the 2016 presidential election.
George Boateng believes President John Mahama has failed to improve the lives of the poor.
But these are not the only comments that have caused a stir within the NDC, which is tactfully pushing a campaign to get President Mahama contest the presidential primaries unopposed.
Mr Boateng has also said he will work towards the cultivation and exportation of marijuana to boost Ghana’s export earnings when he becomes president.
According to him, he will kill by firing squad all homosexuals in the country when he assumes the presidency.
Akua Donkor, who is also aspiring to be president of Ghana on the ticket of the Ghana Freedom Party, has also made similar ridiculous comments.
Madam Donkor’s recent explanation of the cause of the country’s power challenges has been described as comical. She said dealers in generators in the country have bribed power distributor, the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG), to cut power to consumers and compel them to buy generator sets.
Her inclusion in a trip to Rome in July, where President Mahama held bilateral talks with Italian President Sergio Mattarella and Prime Minister Matteo Renzi, generated a lot of furore, with many questioning the value her inclusion brought to the nation.