No President can execute his vision within four years, President John Dramani Mahama has said.
Speaking to a massive gathering of supporters of the National Democratic Congress (NDC ) at a rally at Nsawam in the Eastern Region yesterday, the President explained why the Constitution made room for an additional four years for a President after his first term of office.
The President said in spite of the challenges that confronted the country, he had been able to steer the nation to achieve appreciable progress, especially in socio-economic infrastructure.
He, therefore, urged the electorate to have confidence in him to take the nation to another level by voting massively for the NDC on December 7.
The Nsawam Adoagyiri Constituency was won by the NPP in 2012 but the NDC is determined to snatch it this time.
Carnival
The President's arrival at Nsawam saw parts of the town turned into a carnival as hundreds of NDC supporters took over the streets.
In an incredible show of support, party supporters came out in their numbers and as a section of the street was filled with masses of supporters who waved and cheered as the President's motorcade made its way to the rally grounds, a large crowd had also assembled at the rally grounds on a sunny afternoon to hear President Mahama speak.
Looking at the huge numbers of supporters that turned out to meet him, the President said it was a sign that Nsawam Adoagyiri was saying, "JM Toaso."
The President indicated that the crowd he saw at the rally was far bigger than what he saw in 2008 and 2012 when the NDC held similar rallies at Nsawam.
That, he noted, was a sign that NDC was coasting to victory."I am confident in the name of Jesus, Insha Allah, that on 7th December, NDC will win," he told the charged crowd.
Akufo-Addo can't score
He again took on Nana Akufo-Addo for persistently suggesting that the NDC government had underperformed.
Likening the NPP presidential candidate to a football spectator who was condemning Black Stars captain, Asamoah Gyan, for wasting a penalty in a crucial match, the President said Nana Akufo-Addo "cannot score a penalty even if there is no goalkeeper in the post."
God knows winner
The President said many were making noise about the general election but God already knew the one who would win the election.
"And I know that God is on our side, and we have won already," he said as the teeming supporters responded, "JM toaso, JM toaso."
Jobs
President Mahama said under the Youth Employment Agency ( (YEA), those who would be given skills training would be provided working tools free of charge to start work.
Youth employment, the President stated, had been one of the major challenges the country had faced over the years, but he assured all that the government was determined to tackle it head-on in his next term of office.
Compensation
President Mahama said the process to compensate victims of an explosion at the Akuabo quarry site at Paebo in the Eastern Region had begun.
The explosion, in December 2015, left one person dead and injured many people, while several other people were left homeless after the roofs of their houses were ripped off.
President Mahama said the committee that investigated the incident suggested compensation for the victims. "We have started working on it and all who deserve compensation would be given," the President said.
He said a number of roads, including the Aburi-Nsawam and Nsawam-Asamankese road, were being worked on.
He assured communities whose roads were yet to be worked on to exercise patience as the government would tackle them.
Calling on the people to vote for the NDC parliamentary candidate for Nsawam Adoagyiri, Ms Benedicta Asante, the President said he wanted to see more women in his government in his next term of office.
"I have appointed a lot of women in my government and they have performed creditably," he said.
Source: Graphic.com.gh
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He will score even if there are ten goalkeepers in the goalpost.
Hi President, please tell me what you have done for ghana because i dont see anything you say you have done.
Please Mahama leave office quietly, infact i think you should be campaigning for nana, your party has no decent policies to sway the vote for you.
Mahama has failed and must leave office immediately, what can you tell the student nurses about their allowance or the school feeding program, im afraid im struggling to see what you have done for ghana, you know it yourself that u a failure, please clear your desk from flagstaff house and let nana take over and show you how its done.
Why can mahama not talk on facts but rather behaving like a child, all this ***barred word*** about open goals is rubbish, tell us why you should really be re elected.
JM Twaso !!!!
3 and half years vice President n head of economic management team, 4 and half years President n you are still crying for another 4 years.what new thing can you do.u hv terminated teachers allowance, nurses allowance, free martenity health care, school feeding program,bus free fare for school children, u have terminated health insurance, now no jobs for graduates after school. Gentleman are u not worst off than Satan. Please the truth is we are suffering. High water bills, high electricity tariff in de midst of dumsor. Aaaba. Please we beg u to rest your a$$ somewhere. U wanted to help but your INCOMPETENCE N LACK OF VISION didn't help. And a warning to you,dont try anything silly. Even Rawlings,a military handed power peacefully.
His inability to score in a goalless goal post is better than scoring an own goal. You have been scoring own goals ever since you were elected. Woyome is an own goal, the Embraer saga is another, Kanozoe is next, Sada, Gyeeda, the Nkonfem socialism,Buss branding, Ameri, Karpower and many other own goals that have brought shame and pain to Ghanaians. Disappointment is your surname. Good for nothing....
The stress of losing is talking. It is actually going to get worse now that his attempt to play with the collation sheets have been resisted by Ghanaians. Within the next few days Ghana will hear more of such talk from John Mahama. He can smell the defeat and he is desperate. Still the 170 issues have not been touched by him and he has no message at all. This is how a failed President who is losing an election looks like. I feel sad for the NDC party that this is their candidate. It is so unfair and sad. It is looking more and more certain they will stay in opposition for a very, very long time.
hmmmm your time is coming , we need change