Former President John Dramani Mahama has stated {that a} vote for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on December 7 is a vote for the third time period of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
He, has due to this fact, urged Ghanaians to vote Mahama as President and the parliamentary candidates for National Democratic Congress (NDC).
The former President was advertdressing college students of the University of Ghana throughout a tour of the Ayawaso West Wougon Constituency final week.
Mr Mahama who was accompanied by Mr John Setor Dumelo, the NDC parliamentary candidate for the constituency, Professor Joshua Alabi, his marketing campaign coordinator, the National Youth Organiser, George Opare Addo, and different executives of the occasion, informed the scholars that Ghana was sitting on a time bomb and wanted an skilled chief to set it on the trail of prosperity.
He condemned the NPP for his or her current comparability of the achievements of President Akufo-Addo to these of Ghana’s first President, Osagyefo Dr Kwame Nkrumah, including that the NPP was misplaced and oblivious of the hardships the occasion put Ghanaians in.
He requested the scholars to vote towards the Vice President Dr Mahamadu Bawumia, asserting that the NPP wished to make use of Bawumia as a pliant to cowl their loot.
“The best signal we can send to the world that we are ready for a turnaround is to vote the NPP out,” President Mahama added.
The former President stated the subsequent NDC authorities would associate with non-public entities to construct extra hostels for college students.
At the Bawaleshie Chief’s Palace, the previous President promenadeised to construct a brand new Community Day Senior High School within the constituency and supply make use ofready expertise to junior highschool graduates beneath the National Apprenticeship Programme.
Mr Mahama touted the obtainments of Mr Dumelo within the constituency, though he isn’t the MP for the constituency.
The former President informed the people who Mr Dumelo would make Ayawaso West Wougon a mannequin constituency in the event that they elected him because the MP on December 7.
The NDC flagbearer stated his 24-hour economic system coverage was the answer for rising unemployment price in Ghana.
He stated that he proposed the coverage to create well-paying and respectable jobs to Ghanaians.
In addition to that, the former President stated that National Women’s Bank could be established to offer monetary assist for ladies to stimulate financial development and improvement.
BY MALIK SULLEMANA