The Vice-Presidential Candidate of the
opposition New Patriotic Party Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia says the youth of Ghana have
a duty to stop the country's bleeding by voting for change.This, he
says, is an obligation all Ghanaian youth must not take lightly if the country
is to pull back from the precipice.
Dr. Bawumia was addressing thousands
of NPP supporters at the party’s National Youth Rally at Moree Park in the
Central Region.
As expected, he accused the John Mahama government of
mismanaging the country’s resources and leaving the national economy in dire
straits.
“They have mismanaged this country. Their incompetence and
corruption have left this country [on its knees],” he told the charged
crowd.
Dr Bawumia regurgitated the NPP’s campaign promises, insisting
they are solutions to Ghana’s intractable problems.
“We will set up the
Zongo Development Fund and make allocations to the Zongo development to make
sure that the Zongos are not forgotten in the development of the
country.
“We will reinstitute the teacher and nursing trainee
allowances,“ he added.
Tax incentives, he said, will be granted to
companies to enable them expand and create job opportunities especially
companies that employ fresh graduates.
“Everybody is included in Nana
Akufo-Addo’s Ghana; nobody will be left out in Nana Akufo-Addo’s government,” he
stressed.
He touted his opposite Number, Vice-President Kwesi Bekoe
Amissah Arthur, challenging him to answer his 170 questions published earlier in
the year about the state of the local economy.
“I understand the
Vice-President comes from this town. Please tell him I have been looking for him
to answer my 170 questions,” he told the cheering crowd.
Dr Bawumia also
appealed to the youth to “Vote and defend the ballot.”
“It is incumbent
to make sure that this time we defend the ballot and the polling station so that
they cannot steal,” he alleged. |
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