John Dramani Mahama
Former President John Dramani Mahama has denied making any overtures to get back his brother, Ibrahim Mahama’s cancelled bauxite concession.
The concession, which was a state property, was given to Ibrahim at the end of his brother’s tenure as President, sparking a huge brouhaha over the propriety of the sale.
DAILY GUIDE reported yesterday that, Mr. Mahama was demanding a return of the said concession, but his aide, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, issued a statement saying the former President has not made any such demands.
He denied the impression the story created to the effect that the former President is demanding the return of a bauxite concession to his brother before he will ‘gel’ with the sitting President, insisting it was nothing but a figment of the imagination of the paper and its sources.
That, he said, was because “President Mahama in the aftermath of the Supreme Court judgment on his petition indicated that even though he disagrees with the court, he was nonetheless bound by the verdict.”
He, therefore, asked rhetorically “what form of ‘gel’ does the government want with President Mahama, and for which reason he will even consider making any demands?” insisting “President Mahama has remained the statesman that he is, and has remained true to his commitments to multiparty democracy.”
Apart from that, he said “he (Mahama) continues to have respect for the constitutional structures and has at no time made any request, nor suggested any conditions, let alone ask for the return of bauxite concessions by any person or entity as precondition for cooperation with the President.”
Mahama Rebuts Bauxite Claim
Former President John Dramani Mahama has denied making any overtures to get back his brother, Ibrahim Mahama’s cancelled bauxite concession.
The concession, which was a state property, was given to Ibrahim at the end of his brother’s tenure as President, sparking a huge brouhaha over the propriety of the sale.
DAILY GUIDE reported yesterday that, Mr. Mahama was demanding a return of the said concession, but his aide, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, issued a statement saying the former President has not made any such demands.
He denied the impression the story created to the effect that the former President is demanding the return of a bauxite concession to his brother before he will ‘gel’ with the sitting President, insisting it was nothing but a figment of the imagination of the paper and its sources.
That, he said, was because “President Mahama in the aftermath of the Supreme Court judgment on his petition indicated that even though he disagrees with the court, he was nonetheless bound by the verdict.”
He, therefore, asked rhetorically “what form of ‘gel’ does the government want with President Mahama, and for which reason he will even consider making any demands?” insisting “President Mahama has remained the statesman that he is, and has remained true to his commitments to multiparty democracy.”
Apart from that, he said “he (Mahama) continues to have respect for the constitutional structures and has at no time made any request, nor suggested any conditions, let alone ask for the return of bauxite concessions by any person or entity as precondition for cooperation with the President.”
Mahama Rebuts Bauxite Claim
Former President John Dramani Mahama has denied making any overtures to get back his brother, Ibrahim Mahama’s cancelled bauxite concession.
The concession, which was a state property, was given to Ibrahim at the end of his brother’s tenure as President, sparking a huge brouhaha over the propriety of the sale.
DAILY GUIDE reported yesterday that, Mr. Mahama was demanding a return of the said concession, but his aide, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, issued a statement saying the former President has not made any such demands.
He denied the impression the story created to the effect that the former President is demanding the return of a bauxite concession to his brother before he will ‘gel’ with the sitting President, insisting it was nothing but a figment of the imagination of the paper and its sources.
That, he said, was because “President Mahama in the aftermath of the Supreme Court judgment on his petition indicated that even though he disagrees with the court, he was nonetheless bound by the verdict.”
He, therefore, asked rhetorically “what form of ‘gel’ does the government want with President Mahama, and for which reason he will even consider making any demands?” insisting “President Mahama has remained the statesman that he is, and has remained true to his commitments to multiparty democracy.”
Apart from that, he said “he (Mahama) continues to have respect for the constitutional structures and has at no time made any request, nor suggested any conditions, let alone ask for the return of bauxite concessions by any person or entity as precondition for cooperation with the President.”
Mahama Rebuts Bauxite Claim
Former President John Dramani Mahama has denied making any overtures to get back his brother, Ibrahim Mahama’s cancelled bauxite concession.
The concession, which was a state property, was given to Ibrahim at the end of his brother’s tenure as President, sparking a huge brouhaha over the propriety of the sale.
DAILY GUIDE reported yesterday that, Mr. Mahama was demanding a return of the said concession, but his aide, Felix Kwakye Ofosu, issued a statement saying the former President has not made any such demands.
He denied the impression the story created to the effect that the former President is demanding the return of a bauxite concession to his brother before he will ‘gel’ with the sitting President, insisting it was nothing but a figment of the imagination of the paper and its sources.
That, he said, was because “President Mahama in the aftermath of the Supreme Court judgment on his petition indicated that even though he disagrees with the court, he was nonetheless bound by the verdict.”
He, therefore, asked rhetorically “what form of ‘gel’ does the government want with President Mahama, and for which reason he will even consider making any demands?” insisting “President Mahama has remained the statesman that he is, and has remained true to his commitments to multiparty democracy.”
Apart from that, he said “he (Mahama) continues to have respect for the constitutional structures and has at no time made any request, nor suggested any conditions, let alone ask for the return of bauxite concessions by any person or entity as precondition for cooperation with the President.”