I will oppose any attempt by NDC to amend two-term constitutional limit – Cadman Mills

Cadman Mills, younger brother of the late former President of the Republic, John Evans Atta-Mills has pointed out that he will vehemently oppose any attempt by the incoming John Dramani Mahama administration to amend the two-term constitutional term limit imposed by the 1992 constitution on the president.

In a post on his X handle on Sunday, 29 December 2024, entitled; “Is Sycophancy Already Raising its Ugly Head,” Cadman Mills said it beats his imagination that even before Mr Mahama takes office on 7 January 2025, elements within the NDC have started talking about constitutional amendment to allow Mr Mahama to secure a third term in office.

“The Worrisome: It is particularly alarming that without having served a day in office there are already calls for the constitution to be amended to allow the incoming president to be eligible to contest for an additional term (making a cumulative 12 years, if he wins in 2008),” Cadman Mills’ post read.

“But why? Why in Ghana? Have we not learned anything from the experience of other countries? Please count me as being vigorously opposed to tampering with term-limits for the highest office in the land,” the post by Cadman Mills further read.

Cadman Mills, also raised some other concerns and observations about certain individuals within the National Democratic Congress (NDC) who according to him, are attempting to secure positions in the upcoming John Dramani Mahama government.

He warned that early signs of sycophancy are already visible, with some individuals and institutions excessively flattering Mahama and his family in an attempt to gain favour. He specifically mentioned public calls for Mahama’s son, Sharaf Mahama, to be appointed as the Minister of Sports, citing his personal interest in the sector, particularly in boxing.

Mills expressed his disapproval of such suggestions, arguing that Ghanaians deserve more than mere family appointments based on flattery. He also reminded the NDC that the Ghanaian public has high expectations for the incoming administration to deliver better results than the previous one, which led to the party’s removal from office after Mahama’s first term.

“I need not tell anyone what my political learnings are. I vigorously challenged the NPP candidate’s policy prescriptions for Ghana. I was therefore relieved when he emphatically lost the election. Like all Ghanaians, I celebrated the victory of the NDC and JDM at the polls.

“But a JDM-led NDC administration is not new to the Ghanaian political scene: It held office from 2013 – 2017. Ghanaians can hope that this administration will be “better” than its first incarnation (because “we are not going back!”

“But it is not a foregone conclusion. But already the signs of sycophancy are starting to rear their ugly heads. It appears that many (people and institutions) are tripping over their feet to please the incoming president and his family, including the suggestion that his son (who has a keen interest in boxing) be made sports minister. There are others. I will identify two,” the post read.

“The ridiculous: A bank (UMB) takes space in a national newspaper to APOLOGIZE to E & P (in which the incoming president’s brother is the main shareholder) for not reporting to the credit bureaus that E & P’s indebtedness had been paid off!

“But is UMB seriously telling Ghanaians that it reported a debt owed by E & P to the credit bureaus but failed to regularly report (update) the outstanding loan balance to these same bureaus?

“This is impossible! Once a debt has been reported to the credit bureaus, the outstanding (unpaid) balance is regularly reported to the bureaus until the outstanding balance reaches zero and the bank “takes it off its books,” Cadman Mills’ post further read.

“It also means that once a debt has been reported and the subsequent update does not include the debt, it can only mean that the debt has been settled and the credit bureaus will duly take note.

“There is no fanfare, celebrations, champagne popping, or special alerts to the credit bureaus that “the balance is zero”. So why the “apology”? Why in this case and why now,” Cadman Mill further quizzed in his post.

Reporting by Wilberforce Asare in Accra

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