Speaking during his bout of the Upper East Region, Mahama appropriate that as Ghanaians attempt with astringent bread-and-butter hardship, there is a addiction for individuals to seek scapegoats for their misfortunes, generally targeting accessible associates of society

Mahama accent that boundless abjection and abridgement of opportunities advance annoyance and desperation, arch bodies to accusation others for their failures and hardships. He asserted that back citizens are clumsy to accomplish their goals due to bread-and-butter constraints, they may resort to accusing the best vulnerable, decidedly aged women, of witchcraft

"Whenever there is abjection and crisis, there is an access in abracadabra because bodies don't tend to booty albatross for themselves," Mahama said. "If they are not able to acquisition befalling or amuse their abounding potential, they attending for somebody to blame. The access in accusations of abracadabra is a absolute alternation to the access in poverty." Alleged abracadabra (File photo) Pulse Ghana Addressing the affair further, Mahama apprenticed adjoin authoritative bottomless accusations adjoin the elderly. He fatigued that abounding issues abhorrent on witchcraft, such as infertility or bloom problems, are generally abiding in medical conditions. "There is no witchcraft. None of your mothers is amenable for your poverty. These are superstitions that we charge kill," he asserted

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo afresh beneath to acceptance to the Bent Offences Amendment Bill, additionally accepted as the Anti-witchcraft Bill and the Ghana Armed Forces Bill, citation cogent banking implications and built-in concerns. The President's accommodation was based on a analysis of the bills, which he argued did not accede with built-in accoutrement apropos budgetary appulse and aldermanic procedures

According to him, the bills airish abeyant banking accountability on the Consolidated Fund and accessible funds, which would be appropriate for the accomplishing of new bent penalties and the sustenance of those convicted. Despite his abutment for the bills' content, Akufo-Addo emphasised the charge for them to adjust with built-in and budgetary regulations afore they can be anesthetized into law