Addo writes: John Mahama was a young President but still failed Ghanaians

Ex-President John Mahama has been misspeaking on an international stage in the past couple of days.

In his case, John Mahama did not only retire, he also received all his retirement benefits and ex-gratia payments from the people of Ghana which settles him as a former President.

Going by John Mahama’s own logic, is he telling us that since he performed very abysmally even as a young President, and was voted out as a result if he gets the chance to become President again, he will perform even more abysmally due to the fact that he is now older?

Is he also saying, that experience, grooming and wisdom do not matter when it comes to leadership?Does John Mahama also know that there are many unhealthy young people due to their lifestyle of alcoholism, womanizing, drug abuse etc while many older people are physically and mentally strong due to their chosen good lifestyle?

If young age automatically translates into better performance, why did John Mahama inherit a healthy economy from President John Atta Mills and left Ghana worse off economically?President Atta Mills, though died at 68, left behind a GDP of 14.5 % but when young John Mahama was leaving office he did not only fail to maintain what he inherited from Professor Mills, but he also brought the GDP down to 3.2 %.

Also, Professor left behind a single-digit inflatable rate of 8.6 % which was maintained and sustained for 36 months but when the so-called young John Mahama was leaving office, he took inflation up to 18%.

John Mahama and Vice President Dr Mahamoud Bawumia were some of Ghana’s youngest leaders yet they have both made the worse case for any future young leader of Ghana.

It is apparent that John Mahama is struggling to find a message to convince NDC delegates ahead of his come-back announcement just as he struggled to find a message to deliver on the international platform in London where he found it necessary to waste everyone’s time talking about age and leadership.