Mahama must “sit up” or suffer Jonathan’s fate – Political scientist
- Starrfmonline
- Apr 1, 2015
- 1 min read
A Political Science lecturer at the University of Ghana, Dr. Evans Aggrey Darko has urged President John Mahama to concentrate on delivering the promises he made to Ghanaians during the 2012 electioneering or risk suffering the fate of Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan who has been defeated in a presidential race by the opposition.
According to him, the outcome of the Nigerian elections must serve as a great lesson to the President going into the 2016 elections.
General Muhammad Buhari, a former Nigerian army general who first won power three decades ago in a military coup, beat incumbent and main rival Goodluck Jonathan in a historic presidential election in Nigeria.
The 72-year-old stretched Mr Jonathan by about 2 million votes, testament to the faith Nigerians have put in him as a born-again democrat intent on cleaning up Nigeria's perceived corrupt politics.
Situating the circumstances surrounding the defeat of the Nigerian leader in the Ghanaian context, Aggrey Darko said Mr Mahama must take a cue from the Nigerian situation and “sit up”.
“The lesson here is that you can still be a sitting president, organise elections and still lose the elections.
“So if there are concerns and people have genuine problems; like the power crisis we are facing and the many complains of corruption, the President must take them seriously and must not sweep them under the carpet,”he stated on Citi FM Wednesday.
Source: Starrfmonline.com
