On August 14, Minister of Youth and Sports, Mr Nii
Lantey Vanderpuye, during the governing National Democratic Congress’ campaign
launch in the Central Region, said the race to the Flagstaff House in the 2016
elections would not be determined by “how short one is” or “the kind of
spectacles” any presidential aspirant wore.Without specifically
mentioning names, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Odododiodio said: “Being a
president is not about being tall. It is not about how short a person is. Being
a president is not about the spectacles that one wears but the love for one’s
country and its people and finding solutions that will benefit
citizens.”
This, he said, Mr Mahama had demonstrated by “eradicating the
plight of citizens” in his first tenure.
In a veiled response to Mr
Vanderpuye, Mrs Bawumia told supporters of the NPP in Agbozume in the Ketu South
municipality of the Volta Region on Wednesday August 24: “Politics is not about
who is tall or short, but the one who can bring proper development to the
people.”
She also said the NDC had nothing to show for the excessive
money it has borrowed over the past four years of the Mahama
administration.
According to her, although the nation had been blessed
with crude oil in commercial quantities, the government had engaged in excessive
borrowing with little or nothing to show for those loans. "The interest alone we
[Ghanaians] are paying on debts is more than the allocation they give to six
ministries including education and health. There is still nothing for the NDC to
show for the excessive borrowing except for unnecessary expenditure.”
Mrs
Bawumia also used the occasion to disabuse the mindset of Ghanaians that the NPP
is anti-Muslim. "The NPP is the first party to have a Muslim as a vice-president
in Ghana. Former President Kufuor wouldn't have chosen the late Alhaji Aliu
Mahama as Vice President. They also said NPP will drive away Zongo people if
voted into power. How can the NPP drive away Zongo people when NPP is
Zongo? |
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