Veteran journalist, Kwesi Pratt Junior, has unleashed a blistering attack on some appointees of the ruling government, accusing them of engaging in “misbehaviour”.
According to GhanaRegions.com source, he said some appointees are in a hurry to put in place plans to become successors to President Mahama, who will not be eligible to contest the next general elections after two successful terms.
Speaking on Metro TV’s Good Morning Ghana show, Kwesi Pratt called on President John Mahama to be bold enough to sack such appointees before they become detractors and derail the government’s focus.
He stated that, at least, the campaign for the next presidential candidate of the NDC to succeed John Dramani Mahama has not started.
However, he added that “There are some few people, who are making statements which suggest that they may be interested. My prescription has been clear and public.”
“I’ve said that the president should sack those in his administration who have begun misbehaving because what they are doing actually amounts to misbehaviour.”
He took a swipe at a particular minister, whose name or ministry he refused to mention, and angrily lambasted the minister for harbouring presidential ambitions.
“There’s a particular minister and as we sit here, …I still cannot tell what programme his ministry is implementing. I’m still confused about this very crucial ministry.”
He added that he once read in the dailies that the said minister, whose name he refused to disclose, discussed leaders chosen by God and stated that if God chooses him, he will become a leader.
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“So, I said, what is wrong with this mad minister? He’s mad! You can’t even handle that ministry well now, and then God will make him president. What is wrong with him?
“I don’t know how he came to the conclusion that he too can be president, whether it is the reflection of himself he saw in the mirror or whatever,” he fumed.
He wondered why President Mahama would supposedly permit the next three years and four months of his administration to be wasted by some of his appointees.
“My prescription is simple, sack them -teach them a lesson. Don’t let them mess your legacy,” he emphasised.
