Hon. Lawyer Edudzi Kudzo Tameklo Writes:

Good morning Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, former Vice President and former NPP flag bearer.
I read through your statement addressed to your senior brother, President John Dramani Mahama.
Maybe a phone call would have been more impactful but let me ask a questions.

Before then, reading through your entire statement, there was nowhere you attempted to apologize to the young Ghanaians who lost their jobs in similar mass revocation of appointments in 2017.
We are building a beautiful country and the expectations are that as we grow, we reform.

President Professor John Evans Atta Mills, may his soul rest in peace, decided that he will be father for all.
This decision didn’t sit well with a lot of NDC members who suffered under President Kuffour. But as a leader, he thought that it was best for Ghana and our quest for national unity and cohesion.

Unfortunately President Nana Addo and your good self, decided otherwise.
I recall vividly the letter from Hon Yussif, the National Service director then, now MP for Yagaba Kubori, withdrawing the appointments of new Regional and District Directors of NSS.

The law firm I practiced from, went to court to challenge these mass withdrawals.
The Judge refused and dismissed our suit. For 8yrs these innocent Ghanaians suffered quietly.
Mr Former Vice President, you had a glorious opportunity to have called your people to order and stopped these things forever.
You simply refused or neglected to show leadership.

What is your moral basis for your call to President Mahama?
I recall former Senior Minister, Nana Yaw Osafo Marfo during his ministerial vetting, saying that “we will quietly lay them off”, religious leaders kept quiet because, the people were being treated badly were perceived to be NDC members.
I remember cautioning against such mass dismissals in the past especially when I was going to court to defend the case against the NSS. Because often the people who suffer are just desperate young Ghanaians who are just looking for jobs.

Nobody wanted to listen to me. From 2017 to 2024 was like a coup detat has happened.
I used to tell my NPP young friends that Nana Addo is not a good example because at 72yrs then, I felt he had nothing to lose. His direct children were not involved in public services.
He oriented them towards business. He could afford to dismiss people in such mass manner because there was no way it would affect him.

Professor Mills had a long experience in public service and could therefore have a personal feel of such interventions.
He saw the events of Apollo 500 among others.
Mr former Vice President, you simply failed.

NDC members who suffered 8yrs of such harrowing experiences would hardly agree if their leaders fail to act in similar manner.
They won’t understand.
Like I said on Key Points on Tv3 on Saturday, we should get to the point where we can all agree that such mass recruitments should be avoided three months to the next election.

We all have the responsibility to young people of this country to design the future.
Dr BAWUMIA, you lost the opportunity in 2017 to show leadership.
May Allah define our roles so we don’t fail future generations.