Former President John Dramani Mahama has said his honesty with Ghanaians about the difficulties the country went through while he was president, did not help his electoral fortunes. Speaking at a gathering in Sissala West, as part of his ldquo;Building the Ghana We Want rdquo; Tour in the Upper West region, Mr Mahama said: I was brought up to tell the truth at all times, so, when I was president, if things were not going well, I told the people of Ghana and what we were trying to do about i .