Theft of state funds has become commonplace in
the Mahama administration, Ablekuma West MP Ursula Owusu-Ekuful has
said.Speaking at a rally at Shiabu, Dansoman, during flag bearer Nana
Akufo-Addo’s tour of the Greater Accra Region on Tuesday, 4 October, Mrs
Owusu-Ekuful said Ghanaians were tired of the corruption and thievery within
government and urged the electorate to vote against President John Mahama and
the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).
“Are we going to allow
them to continue with their thievery when there are no jobs and Ghanaians are
suffering? Are we not tired of the corruption, lack of jobs, inability to pay
our children’s fees? It is time for us to change for development and
prosperity,” she said.
“It is time to vote for change, to vote for Nana
Akufo-Addo, who God has ordained to come and deliver us from this suffering.
I’ve worked with Nana Akufo-Addo and I know his mettle. He is capable. At his
age, Nana Akufo-Addo is not taking care of children like some others are, for
him to go stealing state funds to take care of his family. He is coming to fix
the country for us.”
According to her, the NDC and the Mahama
administration only “know how to squander ill-gotten money but do not know how
to fix the country”.
Meanwhile, the party’s Women’s Organiser, Otiko
Afisa Djaba, has urged supporters and members of the New Patriotic Party to
protect the ballots in the December 7 polls with their lives.
Speaking at
the same rally in the Ablekuma West Constituency, Ms Djaba said: “They say they
will rig the polls, will you allow them? You must protect the ballots with your
lives.
“Don’t be afraid,” she told the crowd of NPP supporters, adding:
“Ghana belongs to all of us, it’s not for the NDC alone. ... We say the battle
is the Lord’s.”
She urged party supporters to intensify their
door-to-door and house-to-house campaigning so as to get more Ghanaians to vote
for Mr Akufo-Addo as president in the polls.
She also told constituents
in the area that incumbent MP Ursula Owusu-Ekuful, who is seeking re-election,
is a “powerful woman” who deserves being in parliament.
“Ghana deserves
Akufo-Addo and Ursula”, she said, adding: “John Mahama is making all Ghanaians
suffer. … We need change again.”
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