Former President John Dramani Mahama has impeccable records that put him way above all the flagbearer aspirants of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Ningo Prampram lawmaker Samuel Nartey Geoerger, has said.
In the area of petroleum for instance, Sam George said, Mr Mahama inherited only one oil field but left behind three of them.
In education, he added, Mr Mahama as Vice President assisted President John Evans Atta Mills to build universities. As President, he added, Mr Mahama also constructed Community Day Senior High Schools.
Speaking to TV3’s Komla Kluste on Monday, May 8, Sam Goegre who is seeking reelection as a lawmaker said unlike former President John Mahama, Dr Kwabena Duffuor who is aspiring to be flagbearer of the NDC has no records to boast of.
“In the very unlikely event, in the 0.0001per cent probability chance that he becomes the flagbearer of the NDC, whose records is he going to campaign on? Is it not John Mahama’s records? Mr Duffuor has no record. He was the Minister in the government when John Mahama was the Vice President, Monkeys play by sizes. he cannot compare himself with Former President Mahama.
“President Mahama has a track record as president, he has a track record as an appointee of Mr Mahama’s government because Mr Mahama and President Mills formed the government and appointed him.
“Everything he has achieved or claimed to have achieved was at the direction and behests of Prof Mills and Mr Mahama,” he said.
He added “When it comes to records, Mr Mahama took over the reins of government at a time when we had only one oil field and bequeathed three oil fields to this government.
“In the area of education, Mr Mahama started construction of one hundred and twenty-three blocks, of Community Day Senior High Schools, forty-five of them were completed before he left office, and the rest were at various stages of completion.
“Under President Mahama you saw universities built. If you are talking about President Mahama as vice president and as president, you have the University of Health and Allied Sciences in the Volta Region, the University of Energy and Natural Resources in the then Brong Ahafo Region then you have the university in Somanya that President Mahama found the money for.”