National Organizer of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams says argument that President John Dramani Mahama has promised to ‘put money in Ghanaians pocket’ is "unreasonable".
“People talk as if the president is a magician which he is not,” he said in an interview with NEAT FM’s morning show ‘Ghana Montie’.
Mr. Adams believes it is awkward for anyone to think that the president can perform magic to direct physical cash into people’s pocket.
He explained that the president can only create jobs which will generate the money for the populace – “That is what the president is doing. He has created jobs all over the country. So I don’t know what else he should do.”
President Mahama on a campaign platform promised to "put money in Ghanaians pocket" should they vote for him in the upcoming elections.
But on Wednesday night, the President at the 2016 Presidential Encounter hosted by Ghana Television, urged the youth to take advantage of government’s initiatives to make-ends-meet.
He explained that, government has invested a lot into skills development in other to improve the living conditions of Ghanaians seeking employment.
“The fact of life is that you can only have money in your pocket if you work and earn it and so there is no magic to put money into people’s pockets.
“That is why government is investing as much as it is investing to try and provide our people with the skills that they need to enter the world of work.
“If you sit at home and you don’t take advantage of the opportunities, money is not going to magically appear in your in your pocket . . . so what government is doing is investing to create the situation so that as many of our people can take the opportunities as possible and we are doing this in all sectors.” President Mahama said.
His comment has generated many cacophonies among the electorates – but Kofi Adams insists “President Mahama’s responsibility is not to put money in people’s pocket. There is no such arrangement for that magic.”
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In 2008 Mr. John Mahama then the running mate of the late Candidate J. E. A. Mills toured the whole country asking Ghanaians why Prez. Kuffuor had not put money in their pockets. He and his boss promised all unemployed Ghanaians that 'if the NDC was given the mandate to rule they would give jobs to every able bodied Ghanaian so they would get money in their pockets to look after their their families. What has changed now?
Will NDC in general remember in 2008 when they were telling Ghanaians that "They should put their hands into their pockets, what will they find. Then they say NOTHING in the pockets that upon that they should VOTE NPP out and BRING NDC to put money into their pockets. We remember ALL what was said in 2008 and 2012 Elections. All what they said AGAINST NPP has now come to against themselves (NDC).
***barred word***, arrogant, pride eaten people. Can't wait to see you people out of office. You are just wasting our resources, selling our country to foreigners because of your greed. God will punish you. Throwing the masses into poverty whiles you enrich yourselves. You will never live to celebrate all that you have stolen from us. You have turn the economy to favour you, and you turn around to tell us what you think we should hear at this moment, whiles the same economy is putting money into your pockets
Anytime this guy talks NDC loses some votes. He should give us a break.