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The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Women’s Organizer, Otiko Afisa Djaba has appealed to her kinsmen, Gonjas to change their voting pattern on December 7 by rejecting President John Dramani and the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The NDC at the 2012 polls swept all seven Parliamentary seats in Gonjaland because President Mahama is one of their origin.

Daboya-Mankarigu, Damongo, Sawla-Tuna-Kalba, Salaga north and Salaga south, Yapei-Kusawgu and Bole-Bamboi are the seven Gonjaland Parliamentary seats out of the 31 constituencies in the Northern Region.

Addressing a mammoth rally in Tamale as part of the NPP Presidential nominee, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo’s four days campaign tour of the Northern Region, Otiko Afisa Djaba asked the electorate in Gonjaland to change position at the December 7 polls. 

According to her, President Mahama has outlived his usefulness and that does not deserve a second term in office. Otiko Afisa Djaba insisted that the upcoming 2016 elections are not about one’s ethnicity but largely about electing the right leadership to better place Ghana within the scheme of global affairs.

“All the seven constituencies in Gonjaland went to the NDC because John Mahama is our brother. What has happened to SADA which the NDC introduced to reduce poverty in Northern Ghana. The incidence of poverty in Northern Region has increased by 80% and I want to say President Mahama has not been faithful to the Gonjas who voted for him.

” The development of Ghana has reached a stage where we feel that Ghanaians deserve better and the 2016 elections are not about one’s tribe.

“President Mahama uses words to say he is transforming lives. He must walk the talk because the people of the three regions of the north are suffering.”

She touted Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo as the most competent and incorruptible leader capable of assuaging the plight of Ghanaians who she opined have been subjected to untold hardships by the Mahama led NDC administration. She urged the electorate to ignore what she described as the NDC’s vile propaganda against Nana Akufo Addo’s personality and believe in him to fix the nation’s myriad socio-economic challenges. She tasked women folks in the country to arise for change by embarking on door to door campaigns to maximize the NPP’s electoral fortunes on December 7. Mrs. Otiko said Nana Akufo Addo has the can do spirit and a vision required to improve the livelihood of Ghanaians.

“President Mahama uses words to say he is transforming lives. He must walk the talk because the people of the three regions of the north are suffering.”