The Volta4Change (V4C) group has finally
endorsed the candidature of Nana Akufo-Addo, the presidential candidate of the
opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).A statement issued and signed by
Messrs Abraham Futukpor, Eyram Doe, Kwame Ashiabi and Wilson Marfo Kpakpladja,
leading members of the group said, “To vote for John Mahama en masse like we
continually do for the NDC will be tantamount to a regional
suicide.
“Volta4Change, after a careful review of all the alternatives
available as president of our dear country, have decided to endorse and support
the candidature of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo,” they stated.
The
endorsement by the group comes on the heels of concerns raised by the
Agbogbomefia of Asogli and President of Volta Region House of Chiefs, Togbe
Afede XIV that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) had taken its
supposed political ‘World Bank,’ for granted and showed gross disrespect to the
chiefs and people.
Issues
According to the group,
“It is a myth that the NDC is ‘for’ the Volta Region because if they truly are,
they would not have allowed the Volta Region to be the morass of decay and
degradation that it currently is and the fact that the founder of the NDC, who
left office 16 years ago, hails from our region, does not automatically make
them a party that has or will look after our interests.
“Assuming without
admitting that we vote NDC because of its founder, it is common knowledge that
the founder has persistently chastised the John Mahama government as being
highly corrupt and fraught with people of questionable characters who are unfit
to be leaders,” they emphasized.
Instead, they noted that “John Mahama
sees us as a guaranteed perpetual source of votes, even when we have been
neglected. Indeed, we have been described as the “World Bank” of the NDC, yet
they have no incentive to provide our region with the support that it gravely
needs.”
The leaders of the V4C group noted that “no matter how bad things
get in the Volta Region or they treat us, they will still be voted
for.
“This mentality must change because we have been taken for granted
for far too long and John Mahama is not fit to govern our nation.
“John
Mahama does not deserve our votes and we must ensure that Mahama and his band of
corrupt cronies are booted out of office. The NDC cannot be allowed to continue
to wreak havoc on our region, paying lip-service to development whilst in
reality, they are doing nothing to improve the lot of our
people.
Reason
“With John Mahama’s record of
non-achievement in our region, it would be an absolute travesty if we elect him
to continue to accelerate the rot that has spread through every district in the
Volta Region like a malignant cancer.
“For us Voltarians, the 2016
general election boils down to one issue – what future do we want for our
region.
They insisted that “for eight years, the NDC has achieved nothing
worthy of note and its performance, both nationally and regionally, has been
woeful to say the least.
“We owe John Mahama nothing. To those that
continue to vote for the NDC out of a misplaced sense of ‘tribal loyalty,’ ask
yourself, whether or not your life has changed for the better within the eight
years of this NDC government since “inflation, dumsor, dilapidation of
infrastructure and corruption have followed John Mahama like a putrid smell. In
this year’s elections, our votes will be decided on issues and issues
only.”
“After eight years of incompetence and mismanagement, it is time
for us to deliver our verdict on the reign of destruction and boot them out of
office,” they insisted. |
