President Mahama not long ago complained that, he has been the most insulted President in the history of Ghana and he might be right but there is no smoke without fire. When President Mahama learned how to communicate to the citizens of Ghana without talking down to them, maybe the insults too will stop. President Mahama is said to be an Expert Communicator but it seems to me like he doesn't know how to communicate to Ghanaians. There has been many instances when President Mahama either deliberately or inadvertently has insulted Ghanaians due to his otiose communication skills and I will expatiate on this by using an article that appeared on Ghanaweb on 02/04/16

In order for readers to differentiate what was reported in the said article, the statements from the article will appear in lower case letters whilst my response will be CAPITALIZED. I chose to CAPITALIZE my responses because I am angry and shouting when I wrote the response to this article.

General News of Thursday, 4 February 2016
Source: Starrfmonline.com
My 2nd term is for cash in your pockets – Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has stated that the first term of his government focused on infrastructural developments and job creation across the country.

DOES PRESIDENT MAHAMA REALLY BELIEVE WHAT HE SAYS? I WILL GIVE HIM CREDIT FOR SOME INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENTS WHICH EVERY GOVERNMENT SINCE PRESIDENT NKRUMAH HAVE DONE BUT GHANAIANS HAVE PAID A STEEP PRICE FOR MAHAMA'S INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT HAVEN SADDLED US WITH OVER 30 BILLION DOLLARS DEBT DUE TO THE 25% INFLATED PRICES THAT GOES INTO THE POCKETS OF MAHAMA AND HIS CRONIES.

JOB CREATION? WHAT JOB HAS HIS GOVERNMENT CREATED? HIS THREE YEARS OF DUMSOR DUMSOR HAS RATHER WIPED OUT SOME BUSINESSES. MANY FIRMS HAVE LAID OFF WORKERS AND SOME COMPANIES HAVE GONE OUT OF BUSINESS SO WHAT JOB HAS HIS GOVERNMENT CREATED? LIES, YOU HAVE NOT CREATED A SINGLE JOB SINCE YOU ASSUMED POWER OVER THREE YEARS AGO.

According to him, his second term will focus on "putting money into the pockets of Ghanaians".

THIS STATEMENT IS AN INSULT TO US. WE DON'T CRAVE FOR WELFARE CHECKS, MR PRESIDENT, WE JUST NEED AN ENVIRONMENT WHERE WE CAN WORK AND EARN AN HONEST LIVING. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PUT MONEY IN OUR POCKETS WHEN YOU ARE TAXING US TO DEATH WITH INCREASE IN WATER BILL, ELECTRICITY, PETROL PRICES, CASH AND CARRY HEALTH SYSTEM YOU HAVE RE-INTRODUCED INTO THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM ETC? MR PRESIDENT, YOU ARE RATHER 'PICK POCKETING' OUR POCKETS WITH YOUR INSENSITIVE TAXES WHILST YOU INTENTIONALLY AWARD CONTRACTS TO PEOPLE LIKE SELASSIE IBRAHIM WITH OVER 50% EXTRA COST TO HER SMARTY'S COMPANY IN THE BUS REBRANDING FIASCO. WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO RETRIEVE THE STOLEN MONEY FROM HER?

MR PRESIDENT, WE HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE ABOUT THREE YEARS AGO WHEN GHANAIANS WERE PROMISED OF THE SAME THING. HOW ARE YOU GOING TO PUT MONEY IN OUR POCKETS? ARE YOU GOING TO SET UP WELFARE OFFICES WHERE GHANAIANS CAN GO AND PICK WELFARE MONEY BY SHOWING THEIR NDC PARTY MEMBERSHIP CARDS? WE ARE NOT STUPID, MR PRESIDENT SO DON'T INSULT OUR INTELLIGENCE.

He said having money without basic infrastructure is economically meaningless adding that it is better to sacrifice for more pressing needs in life.

DID THIS CLUELESS INCOMPETENT MAHAMA REALLY SAY THAT? SO IT IS ALRIGHT FOR HIM, HIS FAMILY, MINISTERS, NDC PARTY FUNCTIONARIES ETC TO HAVE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS WITHOUT THE SO CALLED BASIC INFRASTRUCTURE BUT IT IS NOT ALRIGHT FOR POOR WORKERS TO HAVE MONEY IN OUR POCKETS? IS THIS THE REASON WHY SOME WORKERS HAVE GONE BETWEEN SIX MONTHS TO TWENTY FOUR MONTHS WITHOUT BEING PAID? WHAT AN INSULT. GHANAIANS MADE YOU TO BE PRESIDENT AND NOT TO BE THEIR FATHER, MR PRESIDENT.

Times come when we have to squeeze ourselves a bit to do the precious things that we need in life. We cannot have money in our pockets when the roads are not good.

HAHAHAHAHA,WHAT A 'NUGATORIC' NONSENSE.HOW MUCH HAVE YOU SQUEEZED YOURSELF? HAVE YOU GOT RID OF YOUR PERSONAL PLANE? EVEN PRIME MINISTER OF BRITAIN DOES NOT RIDE IN PERSONAL PLANE. WE CANNOT HAVE MONEY IN OUR POCKETS WHEN THE ROADS ARE NOT GOOD? IS THAT THE REASON WHY YOUR CHILDREN HAVE BEEN SENT TO DUBAI AND ENGLAND TO HAVE MONEY IN THEIR POCKETS BECAUSE THE ROADS THERE ARE GOOD? COMMUNICATION EXPERT INDEED.

What is the use of money in your pocket when you are sick and you cannot get a hospital to be cured. So sometimes when we are squeezing ourselves it is to do the essential things in life.

PLEASE, STOP IT NOW.SO WE HAVE TO DIE FOR THE FIRST FOUR YEARS IN OFFICE BECAUSE WE DON'T HAVE HOSPITALS? THIS STATEMENT IS BEYOND STUPIDITY IF THE PRESIDENT REALLY SAID THAT. SO THIS IS THE MAIN REASON WHY YOU HAVE COLLAPSED THE HEALTH INSURANCE SCHEME AND THEN INTRODUCED CASH AND CARRY WHEN YOU KNOW WE DON'T HAVE MONEY IN OUR POCKETS BECAUSE YOU HAVE TAXED US TO DEATH? GHANAIANS, THIS IS HOW YOUR SO CALLED COMPASSIONATE PRESIDENT THINK OF YOU. HE AND HIS FAMILY CAN FLY ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD TO SEEK MEDICAL CARE IN A MINUTE BECAUSE YOU HAVE BOUGHT HIM A PLANE SO HE CAN BE INSOUCIANT. MAHAMA'S KERFLOOEY ADMINISTRATION IS THERE ONLY TO TAKE CARE OF MAHAMA AND HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS.

It is good politics to say things are hard but the money we are raising, we are using for things that would benefit this country, you cannot have jobs when you don't have social infrastructure, so we have spent these last four years to bring these social infrastructure back to scratch.

WHAT IS THIS INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT SAYING? , you cannot have jobs when you don't have social infrastructure. YOU SAID YOU HAVE CREATED JOBS AT THE SAME TIME YOU WERE BUILDING SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURES IN THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF THIS ARTICLE. THE MONEY YOU ARE RAISING BY BORROWING LIKE A DRUNK SAILOR HAS NOT BENEFITTED ANYBODY BUT YOUR BANK ACCOUNT AND THAT OF YOUR FAMILY AND CRONIES.

So when I win the second term then we will start putting money in your pockets,

LIES. WE DON'T NEED FATHER CHRISTMAS. WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GET THE MONEY AND PUT IT IN OUR POCKETS? ARE YOU GOING TO REPATRIATE ALL THE LOOTED MONEY YOU AND YOUR GOVERNMENT HAVE STASHED IN OFFSHORE ACCOUNTS AFTER YOU HAVE LIED TO SOME FEEBLE MINDS TO VOTE FOR YOU? GHANAIANS, DON'T BELIEVE THESE LIES, WE HAVE HEARD IT BEFORE.

President Mahama said when he commissioned the Fourth Community Day Senior High School at Nyanoa-Kwaobaah in the Upper West Akyem District of the Eastern region on Thursday.

NOW THAT THE CHIEF LIAR IS TRYING TO WIN YOUR VOTES, HE IS GOING TO PROMISE HEAVEN AND EARTH TO YOU BUT IF HE WON, HE WILL GIVE YOU HELL FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND WHEN YOU COMPLAIN, HE WILL DANCE TO "YENTIE OBIAA" TO TELL YOU HOW FOOLISH YOU VOTERS ARE. YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.

Justice Sarpong

(CARDINAL of TRUTH)