The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP)
National Women’s Organizer, Otiko Afisa Djaba has appealed to her kinsmen,
Gonjas to change their voting pattern on December 7 by rejecting President John
Dramani and the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC). The NDC at
the 2012 polls swept all seven Parliamentary seats in Gonjaland because
President Mahama is one of their origin.
Daboya-Mankarigu, Damongo,
Sawla-Tuna-Kalba, Salaga north and Salaga south, Yapei-Kusawgu and Bole-Bamboi
are the seven Gonjaland Parliamentary seats out of the 31 constituencies in the
Northern Region.
Addressing a mammoth rally in Tamale as part of the NPP
Presidential nominee, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo’s four days campaign tour of
the Northern Region, Otiko Afisa Djaba asked the electorate in Gonjaland to
change position at the December 7 polls.
According to her, President
Mahama has outlived his usefulness and that does not deserve a second term in
office. Otiko Afisa Djaba insisted that the upcoming 2016 elections are not
about one’s ethnicity but largely about electing the right leadership to better
place Ghana within the scheme of global affairs.
“All the seven
constituencies in Gonjaland went to the NDC because John Mahama is our brother.
What has happened to SADA which the NDC introduced to reduce poverty in Northern
Ghana. The incidence of poverty in Northern Region has increased by 80% and I
want to say President Mahama has not been faithful to the Gonjas who voted for
him.
” The development of Ghana has reached a stage where we feel that
Ghanaians deserve better and the 2016 elections are not about one’s tribe.
“President Mahama uses words to say he is transforming lives. He must
walk the talk because the people of the three regions of the north are
suffering.”
She touted Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo as the most competent
and incorruptible leader capable of assuaging the plight of Ghanaians who she
opined have been subjected to untold hardships by the Mahama led NDC
administration. She urged the electorate to ignore what she described as the
NDC’s vile propaganda against Nana Akufo Addo’s personality and believe in him
to fix the nation’s myriad socio-economic challenges. She tasked women folks in
the country to arise for change by embarking on door to door campaigns to
maximize the NPP’s electoral fortunes on December 7. Mrs. Otiko said Nana Akufo
Addo has the can do spirit and a vision required to improve the livelihood of
Ghanaians.
“President Mahama uses words to say he is transforming lives.
He must walk the talk because the people of the three regions of the north are
suffering.”
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