The vice-presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has challenged President John Mahama to feel sorry for the plight of Ghanaians and not the electorate from Northern Ghana who have decided to vote him out of office.
“You should pity people who do not have a job; you should pity people who cannot access healthcare because the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) has collapsed. You should feel pity for school children who are going hungry because the National School Feeding programme is collapsing. You should feel pity for secondary school children who are going hungry because of feeding grants. You should feel pity for graduates who cannot get jobs three and six years after graduating. You should feel pity for cocoa farmers whose plants are dying and fishermen who cannot get fish because of the high cost of inputs,” he said on Monday, November 21.
President Mahama, while campaigning in Lawra, in the Upper West Region said: “I pity Northerners who are calling for change,” adding that he felt sad for the New Patriotic Party’s vice-presidential candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia – a northerner – because the NPP will only “use you and dump you”.
But Dr Bawumia, who is with Nana Akufo-Addo on a campaign tour in the Upper East Region, pointed out at a rally that the suffering masses are those calling for change and are determined to vote for a competent and incorruptible leader who will develop the country.
“These are the people who want change, and it shows the insensitivity of this government and this president who has the audacity to say that he feels pity for northerners who want change. It is not only northerners, but everyone wants change,” he said.
“We want a visionary leader who is not corrupt and competent, and that is Nana Akufo-Addo, and it does not matter whether you are a northerner or southerner.”
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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Now let's run a little exercise & brainstorm. Nkrumah ruled for 15yrs. NPP had 8yrs. NDC have got 27yrs. Both NDC & Nkrumah inherited a very good economy to take of. Compared to d : Highly Indebted & Poor one NPP had to take of. Nkrumah built - Akosombo Dam. NPP - Bui Dam. NDC - Nothing. Nkrumah - Tema motorway. NPP - N1 Highway NDC - Nothing. NPP - 8 interchanges made in good quality NDC - 2 uncompleted china metalic interchanges Nkrumah - 2stadia NPP - 3new & renovated already existing 2. NDC - Just one & d@ was even a gift from d Chinese government. Under both Nkrumah & NPP, Ghana's economy was good enough to have successfully hosted d Africa Cup of Nations. NDC cld only achieve co-hosting rights & capacity with Nigeria. NPP had successfully implemented a lot of social intervention programs. Discovered crude oil & gas in commercial quantities. Putting Ghana on d map as an Oil Producing & Exporting Country. So I beg of u all not to settle for anything less 🙏. To whom much is given, much is expected.
The president should rather pity Ghanaians who are losing their lives because they cannot pay their medical bills instead Alhajj Dr. Bawumia
If you read and listen to the two statements, you can easily see that the president was only talking senselessssssss and Bawumia is a very wise person
What did you and your miserable NPP offered Ghanaian when you ruled Ghana for 8 years.Instead of telling the youth the truth,you lied to them to write their names for jobs which never came.Sharing money to top judges and journalist including Kweku Baako was your best achievement.***barred word***,wait till you November 8 or 9th and you will see your ***barred word***.
NDC WILL USE THE STATE MONEY TO BUY THE CONSCIENCE OF EC COMISSIONERS, EC OFFICIALS, POLLING AGENTS TO RIG THE ELECTION. NDC WILL LOOT THE NATION JUST TO WIN POWER. GHANAIANS SHOULD WATCH NDC CAREFULLY. THE CONSCIENCE OF THESE PEOPLE SHOULD NOT BE TRUSTED. NPP SHOULD OPEN THEIR EYES WIDE AND CHECK THE BALLOT PAPERS, PRINTING OF PINK SHEETS AND MANIPULATION OF FIGURES. NPP SHOULD BE AT THE POLLING STATIONS AND WATCH THE POLLING AGENTS CAREFULLY, FILLING OF PINK SHEETS, SENDING THE PINK SHEET TO COLLATION CENTRES AND COMPILLATION AND TALLY OF ALL THE FIGURES. NO ONE SHOULD BE TRUSTED IN THE ELECTION PROCESS.