A retired international diplomat, Michael Yaw Offei, has urged President-Elect John Dramani Mahama to appoint a new set of appointees, different from those he worked with during his first tenure.

In an interview with journalists at his residence in Tema on Tuesday, he reminded them that the debilitating defeat Mr.

Mahama suffered as the incumbent in 2016 was due to some of the people he had appointed into office. "There is a saying that if you have been bitten by a snake before, you develop fear even for worms.

I hope this holds true for former President John Mahama, whose headache as President in his first term was caused by some of his appointees. "My advice to him is to keep all of those former appointees at arm's length and bring in a brand-new batch of fresh appointees," said Mr.