Samira Bawumia, wife of vice presidential
candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has criticized
the current Mahama administration for imposing untold hardship on Ghanaians who
currently beg for arms.She said that a chunk of the nation’s resources
are being controlled by a few individuals in government while the majority of
Ghanaians continue to suffer.
According to her, owing to the situation,
many Ghanaians struggle to make ends meet.
Mrs Bawumia urged Ghanaians to
vote out Mahama-led NDC and bring back the NPP to improve their living
conditions.
“Everybody has become a beggar in Ghana under the leadership
of John Mahama. When your children are going to school you have to go and beg
for money for them. When your child is sick you have to go and beg for money
before you can send him or her to the hospital. Why? Are we going forward or
backward?” she quizzed.
Hajia Bawumia made the disclosure while speaking
to members of the Muslim community and some traders at the Community 1,
Tema.
She wondered why the NDC is asking for another four-year
term.
Mrs Bawumia said retaining the NDC government in power would
further push Ghanaians down the abyss of poverty with dire
consequences.
“The NDC have been in government for eight years and they
couldn’t perform to the satisfaction of Ghanaians, but they are again asking for
another term in office. If they couldn’t deliver on their promises to Ghanaians
in eight years, would they be able to deliver on those promises in four years?”
she asked.
According to her, social intervention programmes put in place
by the previous Kufuor administration to improve the lot of Ghanaians have all
collapsed as a result of the mismanagement of the economy.
She noted that
under the NDC administration, National Health Insurance Scheme(NHIS), which
benefited mostly the poor in society, has collapsed, despite the huge resources
at the disposal of the Mahama administration. “This year’s elections should be a
serious matter for many people who must change NDC so we do not continue to
suffer.”
She indicated that Ghana requires a selfless and incorruptible
person like Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to improve the country’s economy in
order to bring relief to the suffering masses.
“Nana Akufo-Addo did not
accept allowances meant for ministers and also did not stay in government
bungalow for eight years when he served as a minister in Kufuor’s government,”
she said.
She reiterated that the next NPP government, led by Nana
Akufo–Addo, would introduce policies such as the Zongo Development Fund,
one-district -one factory, as well as 1 million dollars seed fund to be
allocated to each constituency.
Hajia Bawumia appealed to the Muslim
community to vote massively for Nana Akufo-Addo in the upcoming general
elections, saying NPP is the only party that cares about Muslims.
The
Member of Parliament (MP) for Tema East constituency, Daniel Nii Kwartei Titus
Glover, called on Ghanaians to elect Nana Akufo-Addo as president to lessen
their plight.
He described Nana Addo as an incorruptible and visionary
leader who would improve the lives of the people.
Mr Titus-Glover
appealed to his constituents to renew his mandate to enable him continue the
good works he initiated during his first term. |
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