Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, Running Mate of Nana
Akufo-Addo, has pointed out that looking at the actions and policy decisions of
the NDC government, there is no truth in their claim that they love Northerners
but what is clear is that they love their stomachs and pockets. The NPP
Vice-Presidential candidate who made this point on Sunday at a mini-rally at
Buipe in the Yapei-Kusawgu Constituency of the Northern region said that after
losing the argument on the real issues that affect the livelihoods of people of
the North, the NDC is now seeking to benefit from tribalism by claiming that
they are ones who love Northerners but debunked that assertion as nothing but an
empty lie borne out of desperation.
“The NDC has run out of the
arguments, they cannot win the policy debate so they are resorting to tribalism,
they want to divide this country. They say John Mahama is a Northerner, but what
happened to the SADA Money? Who chopped the SADA Money? If they loved
Northerners they wouldn’t have looted the SADA money”
“They say they
love Northerners but they haven’t paid school feeding grants for our secondary
schools in the north for two terms in a row; they say they love the Northerners
but who chopped the GYEEDA money?” he stated.
Dr. Bawumia also cited the
cancellation of the Teacher and Nursing Trainee Allowances which has greatly
helped people from the North to train as teachers and nurses and whose
cancellation has virtually ended the dreams of many thousands to pursue training
in these important sectors.
“Who has refused to pay the Teacher
training allowances which benefits Ghanaians including Northerners? Who has
refused to pay the Nursing training allowances that benefits Ghanaians including
northerners? They say they love Northerners, why has prices of fertilizers gone
up so high? Our youth cannot find jobs and yet they say they love Northerners”,
he said.
Continuing, Dr. Bawumia observed that the evidence only
indicates that officials of the current John Mahama government only love their
stomachs and boldly stated that Ghanaians are not going to vote on tribal basis
but will vote for Nana Akufo-Addo who has demonstrated the necessary compassion,
honesty and vision to secure the future of Ghanaians.
“They only love
their stomachs. They only love their stomachs. The one who loves Northerners is
Nana Akufo-Addo. We have to vote for a government of integrity, a government
that has compassion, a government that has honesty and a government that has
vision, we are not going to vote on tribal basis, we are going to vote for our
future and that future rests with a government under Nana Akufo-Addo”, he noted.
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