General News of Thursday, 23 September 2021Source: www.ghanaweb.com• The Kufuor government did not sideline Vice President Aliu Mahama• Kufuor's Chief of Staff says allegations to that effect are untrue• Alhaji Aliu Mahama was Ghana's first Muslim Vice PresidentKwadwo Okyere Mpiani, Chief of Staff during the John Agyekum Kufuor government, has rejected allegations that late Vice President Alhaji Aliu Mahama was sidelined during his time in government. Mpiani said Mahama was voluntarily picked by Kufuor as his running mate for the whole eight years he served as president. He wondered why people will choose to believe that Kufuor or any of his assigns will sideline Mahama, especially along ethnic lines. “He (Aliu Mahama) didn’t apply for any post, and he wasn’t voted for. His son, Farouk Aliu Mahama, is a lawmaker in the current Parliament.
