President John Dramani Mahama has strongly condemned the reported incidents of government office takeovers and the alleged attacks on certain government officials by some angry NDC youths.

Addressing a gathering of guests during the presidential dinner on January 8, 2025, Mahama expressed concern over the recent developments unfolding in some parts of the country, where agitated party youths are besieging government institutions to take over and loot storage warehouses containing government items.

According to Mahama, these unfortunate incidents do not reflect well on the NDC administration, as the party appears to be repeating similar actions carried out by the NPP after it assumed power.

He emphasised how such events, among others, contributed to the opposition New Patriotic Party's loss in the 2024 Election.

“As I said in the campaign, there is no use fighting over political power if we are coming to repeat the same mistakes that the NPP did and that is why I am a bit concerned about some of the things that are happening. I know that in 2017, that is what the NPP did,” he said.

Recalling similar events that occurred in 2017 after the NPP assumed office, Mahama urged his party members to act differently.

He appealed to them to refrain from engaging in such illegal and criminal acts simply because their party is now in power.

“After we [NDC] lost the election and immediately handed over, they started to attack government offices, take over tollbooths and public toilets, go to government offices and throw people out, seize and stop people from the streets, and take cars from them. We must not do the same thing. Let us show Ghana that we are different.

“I know that a lot of our youths sacrificed and went to great lengths to make the party win, but I know that the regional and constituency executives know who helped to achieve this victory. What we must be doing is compiling a list of such people and what possibilities there are so we can engage their youthful energies when things have settled. Rather than take the law into our own hands to open fertilizer depots to take fertilizers, open warehouses to take rice and things, let us show the NPP that we are different,” he added.

Mahama reminded the rank and file of his party of the importance of staying committed to the promises made to Ghanaians in effectively governing the country.

He added that doing so would strengthen the trust between the populace and the NDC, providing the party with a well-deserved opportunity to continue serving the people.

“We need to get this right so that Ghanaians will repose the confidence in us and give us another opportunity to continue. All of us must put our shoulders to the wheel and work as hard as we can in order to achieve this. Ghanaians have taken us at our word that we are going to do things differently. Ghanaians punished the NPP for arrogance, incompetence, and not listening to what their cries and challenges were,” he stressed.

I urge regional and constituency chairmen to call the youths to order – President Mahama pic.twitter.com/oVWLRulDto

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