A staff member at the president's office attempted to use Facebook to accuse former president John Dramani Mahama of plagiarizing.

When John Mahama gave a speech on the current economic difficulties facing Ghana under the Akufo-Addo administration on Thursday, October 27, 2022, Charles Nii Teiko Tagoe accused him of plagiarizing. He made the accusation on his Facebook page.

Charles Tagoe claimed on his Facebook page that former president Mahama had copied a line from American playwright and screenwriter Aaron Benjamin Sorkin.

His attempt however was met with a barrage of comments reminding him of President Akufo-Addo’s history when it comes to the issue of plagiarism.

“You should be the last person to talk about plagiarism. Nana Addo shameless [SIC] plagiarized a full speech on his first day in office,” Lingani Goodman commented under the presidential staffer’s post.

Other commenters sought to accuse the presidential staffer of engaging in a fallacy of diversion.

“You have been offered free and pragmatic solutions to help you guys bring us from this mess you have caused, unfortunately, that is not where your interest is, but rather the usual jokes. I’m not surprised though,” Tony Goodman also wrote under the post.

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has on various occasions been accused of appropriating speeches.

The first of such accusations was levelled against President Akufo-Addo when he delivered his inaugural address on January 7, 2017.

Former President Mahama on Thursday delivered his address at the UPSA Auditorium on the topic “Building The Ghana We Want.”

Mr Mahama in his address spoke about the current economic hardship in the country and made various proposals that he believes the government need to adopt to turn the situation around.