Railways Minister-designate, John Peter Amewu has apologized for describing Former President John Dramani Mahama as a conman.
He did that when he appeared before the Appointments Committee of Parliament during his vetting on Wednesday, February 24.
Mr Amewu, when he was the Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, described former President Mahama as a conman who failed to honour promises his administration made for the mining sector.
His comment came after the former Ghanaian leader delivered what they consider as an unfavourable assessment of the government’s anti-galamsey efforts.
When asked what informed this comment and whether he himself is also a conman, by Awutu Senya West Lawmaker Gizella Tetteh –Agbotui during the vetting Mr Amewu who is also MP for Hohoe said “Mr Chairman, I am not a conman. Yes, it is on record that I have used that word. It was in reaction to a statement that I issued when I was the Lands minister, the implications and the dictate of that word was in a context at the time I was issuing that statement.
“The conman was not directed to what the interpretation might have been made. Of course, it was not an appropriate word to use at the time. In that context, I have withdrawn that word.”
