The 2016 Presidential Candidate of the New
Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has assured Ghanaians that
the NPP will provide a first-class government. ‘’Every country that
seeks progress and development must have a good leader. A good leader is one who
is not coming into office to steal the money of Ghanaians. A good leader is
selfless and has love for his country and his people. A good leader is one who
has good policies and an array of able men and women who can give the nation a
first-class government,” the NPP presidential candidate made the pledge last
Wednesday on the first day of his five-day tour of the Western Region with a
visit to the Sefwi Wiawso Constituency.
Dwindling
fortunes
According to a statement from the party, Nana Akufo-Addo, who
paid a courtesy call on the Sefwi Omanhene, Okatekyie Kwasi Bumakama II,
interacted with residents of Boako, a town in the constituency, with the
assurance that an NPP government, under his leadership, would turn around
Ghana’s dwindling fortunes within a short period of time.
Nana Akufo-Addo
revealed that the NPP had fashioned a lot of policies and programmes, some of
which were already in the public domain, and some which would be made known soon
to rapidly develop the country.
He stressed that the only way to bring
these policies into fruition, and return Ghana onto the path of progress and
prosperity, would be on December 7, when Ghanaians vote out the incompetent and
corrupt government of President Mahama.
Unavailability of
jobs
“The unavailability of jobs and the rising levels of hardship can
only be alleviated by the use of our thumbs. We have to vote and bring change to
Ghana. I am appealing to you to repose your confidence in me and the elephant.
Give me the opportunity to serve you, so we can implement policies which will
create jobs, and bring wealth to all Ghanaians,” Nana Addo stated.
With
the majority of residents of Boako engaged in cocoa farming, Nana Akufo-Addo
noted that the imprints of the work President Kufuor did in the cocoa sector was
still there for all to see. Under the Mahama government, however, all the gains
chalked up by President Kufuor, which resulted in the raising of the standard of
living of cocoa farmers, had been eroded.
“Under Mahama, the cocoa
sector is in decline. When, God-willing, you give me the opportunity, the good
work President Kufuor did for the growth of the cocoa sector is one I am also
going to emulate,” he assured.
On the National Health Insurance Scheme,
which he described as “one of the most important pieces of social legislation in
the history of our country and on the continent”, the NPP flag bearer said the
programme had collapsed under the watch of President Mahama.
Affordable
health care
He assured residents of Boako that “I am coming into office
to revitalise it, so the poor and vulnerable in our society can gain access to
quality, affordable health care.”
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