The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has chastised President Nana Akufo-Addo and Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia for their poor governance. L
According to him, the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration has decimated Ghana’s democracy beyond recognition; destroying livelihoods and families.
Speaking during the NDC’s manifesto launch on Saturday, August 24, the former president stated that the NPP’s 2024 manifesto has been repackaged with enticing promises to deceive Ghanaians.
He stressed that Ghanaians dreamt of a better administration to restore the country, however, the citizens did not receive what they had hoped for.
“Most Ghanaians will agree that Nana Akufo-Addo is indeed the President Ghana never got. Indeed, I dare say, his much-touted economic whiz kid, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is also the economic messiah Ghana never got,” he said.
Mr Mahama added that the current NPP administration has been the “biggest political scam pulled on Ghanaians since our independence in 1957.”
He stated that Ghanaians can no longer endure the hardship, impunity, state capture, and mismanagement inflicted by the NPP government.
He argued that it is time for the NPP administration to exit office, as they have decimated the country’s democracy beyond recognition.
“They have destroyed livelihoods and families and pushed millions of our people below the poverty line. Your vote on December 7 will end the tyranny, the cronyism, the corruption and the hardship and pave the way for the vision, experience and trustworthiness that I John Dramani Mahama am going to restore to the Flagstaff House,” he said.
Mr Mahama said that Ghana is in crisis and called on patriotic citizens to rise and reset the nation.
On his part, Minority Leader, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson, described the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as a monumental failure.
According to him, the rate of dissipation experienced across sectors under the current administration is nothing to write home about.
“The NPP government has been a monumental failure. They have destroyed our livelihood.”
Speaking at the launch of the NDC’s manifesto in Winneba on Saturday, the legislator lamented the number of taxes slapped on Ghanaians which has left a huge burden on businesses.
“They have indeed driven our economy aground. They have collapsed Ghana’s cocoa sector. They have wasted and dissipated Ghana’s public fund. They have destroyed our good governance. They have reversed the progress of our country.
He told the gathering that this has been further worsened by the mismanagement of the economy, the collapse of the cocoa sector, and the scathing impact of the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme as part of the IMF conditionalities.
“They have delivered crude and painful haircuts across board. They have corrupted the moral fiber of our dear country, and of course, they have implemented the ‘Agyapadie’ state capture plan,” added on Saturday.
Dr Forson urged Ghanaians to “come together to restore and reset our country.”
African Eye Report/Myjoyonline
