President John Mahama has thrown a slight jab at the wife of New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice Presidential Candidate Dr Mahamadu Bawumia over comments she made that the president was insensitive to the plight of his own people who were suffering to get water for household chores.
Dr Bawumia's wife, Samira, at the launch of the NPP's 2016 manifesto at the Ghana International Trade Fair site in Accra on October 9, criticised President Mahama for spending so much on campaign billboards while the people of Damongo, his hometown, struggled to water for household chores and were sometimes forced to use water from the same source as that used for cattle.
But addressing a rally a Kyebi in the Abuakwa South Constituency as part of his campaign tour of the Eastern Region, President stated that if Samira had a better understanding of the issue she would not have made that criticism.
Explaining the situation, he said "it was not that Damongo had no water but the problem was that the system was an underground one which gets into difficulties when there is harmattan. There were plans to build a system which will rely on water from the Black Volta which is 60 kilometres away to solve the problem".
"I heard somebody saying that Damongo had no water but the person does not understand the technical reasons why it so. You don't understand anything. You can't think far. So you just open your mouth to say anything", he insinuated.
According to him, if the claims were true, then it meant he was really ruling as president for all.
"The fact that we built systems for other towns while my hometown has no water means I'm not selective", he stated.