The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has listed a number of promises it intends to fulfill if its candidate, Mr John Dramani Mahama, is elected President again in the December election.
According to the main opposition party, the 2020 general elections is a referendum on the performance of President Akufo-Addo, who, in their view, "has failed woefully to deliver on his numerous campaign promises to Ghanaians, having fulfilled only 14% of the 631 promises in the 2016 manifesto of the NPP."
Speaking at a press conference in Accra on Monday, 22 June 2020, Mr Sammy Gyamfi, National Communication Officer of the NDC, noted that the comfort and transformation Ghanaians were promised by President Akufo-Addo and the NPP have become a pipe dream.
"Today, cost of living is so high and unbearable for the vast majority of Ghanaians due to the bad governance of President Akufo-Addo," he stated.
He noted that former President Mahama, if elected President again, shall do the following:
1. Pay all customers of the collapsed financial institutions whose monies are locked-up in full and restore indigenous Ghanaian participation in the financial sector.
2. Reduce the size of government by at least forty (40) ministers to reduce government expenditure and channel those resources into the productive sectors of the economy for the benefit of Ghanaians.
3. Provide free Technical and Vocational Education (TVET) from the second cycle to Tertiary level to build the human resource base of the nation for industrial development, entrepreneurship and job creation.
4. Institute a National Apprenticeship Program in line with his vision of rapid industrialization and job creation for the country.
5. Scrap the 50% increment in the Communication Service Tax to reduce the cost of telephoning and data. This will reduce the cost of living and the cost of doing business in the country.
6. Construct a regional hospital for each of the six (6) newly-created regions and the Western Region to improve access to quality and efficient health care delivery.
7. Provide districts without hospitals with fully-equipped modern health facilities.
8. Take healthcare to the doorsteps of the people by building a first of its kind “Onipa Nua” Hospital Ship and deploy it to provide medical services to the inaccessible riverine and fishing communities on the inland Volta water ways.
Additionally, the next Mahama government will rehabilitate the “Onuador” mobile vans that have been abandoned by the Akufo-Addo government and procure more, to provide medical outreach services in underserved and hard to reach areas in all the 16 regions of the country.
9. Construct two (2) new international-standard Infectious Diseases Centers and two (2) additional international research centers.
10. Abolish the dreaded double-track system of secondary education through an emergency and massive infrastructure drive. This will ensure a conducive environment and one-track qualitative learning experience for SHS students.
11. Establish University Campuses in each of the six (6) newly-created regions.
12. Abolish the mandatory national service and obnoxious licensure exams for teacher trainees and restore the automatic employment of teacher trainee graduates. Let me state unequivocally that no teacher trainee graduate will be denied posting or employment under the next Mahama government.
Additionally, the promotion and welfare of teachers will be prioritised by the next Mahama government.
13. Restore the automatic employment of Nursing Trainee graduates. Again let me state unequivocally, that no nursing trainee graduate will be denied posting or employment under the next Mahama government.
14. Restore the distribution of free cocoa fertilizer and chemicals to cocoa farmers to boost cocoa yield and improve the welfare of cocoa farmers.
15. Complete the Eastern Corridor roads, dualise the Aflao, Cape Coast and Kumasi roads among others.
16. Complete all abandoned or uncompleted hospital and health projects, educational projects, road projects and other infrastructural projects in the country.
17. Punish corruption and end the practice of nepotism.
18. Train, remunerate and empower assembly members to be responsible for the local level registration of births and deaths in their electoral areas, to improve the national population register.
Mr Gyamfi added that the NDC will be outdooring its manifesto for the 2020 general elections in August but even before that, the flag bearer and leader of the NDC will, in the coming days, announce some "big-ticket policies which are central to his transformational vision for this country."
"This will include a major and comprehensive job creation policy he intends to undertake, to create millions of permanent and dignifying jobs for the teeming unemployed youth when he assumes the reins of power in 2021," he added.
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hahahahahahah one interesting part of the list is, punish corrupt practices mahama himself is filthy corrupt how can he punish some one who is corrupt, they are just hungry and wantr to come and feed fat on the nations purse they have no proper solution for this country
Thanks sooooooooooooooooooo much but am really sorry it is too late. I have told you, your reign came to an end immediately Prof. Atta Mills died. We've heard but please forgive us, no way. THE BATTLE IS STILL, THE LORDS.
No running mate and no manifesto, Kai NDC you're confused. Political knockout
The jokers have set out to annoy Ghanaians. Who in their right senses will vote for Ndc. Tweakai!!! ***barred word*** party with ***barred word*** ideas. The ndc will be humiliated badly in this year's election. They keep making us angry by the day. This Sammy Gyamfi boy has made the party even more unpopular with his arrogance and pride. Nana Addo will win hands down in 2020.
Kwatrekwa s3 ob3ma wo ntama a tie ne din ! Are tbese same people not those who left about 3 years ago? and what prevented them from paying customers of DKM ,GOD IS LOVE and others ? are these people not the same who left NHIS with huge debts? are they not the ones who cancelled teacher and unrses trainee allowances? are they not the group who sent Ghana to IMF? are they not the same mafia that got bribes from Air bus, AKSA ENERGY/ TURKEY? Are they not the create loo*00t and share brigade? Are these people not the judgement debt contractors? Give us a breeeeaaaak! Ndc never in our lives ! We don't have short memory but if we had it sometime ago as you thougth we are now awake !! NDC NEVER AGAIN ! SAY NO TO NDC ! No matter how you brand yourselves you are still the create loo**00t and share ! The same liars and thi*eves in political suites ! The same propaganda, insulting and arrogant group ! We still watching your Salifu Maase aka Mugabe insulting everyone in Ghana the same disrespectful and arrogant aids around your demi-god flagbearer ! GHANAIANS ARE VERY DESCERNING and nothing will change our MINDS ! 4more4NANA !! WE LOVE NANA !! 4MORE2DOMORE !!! PIAAAAAAW !!!
Ha! ha!! ha!!! I laugh enter gutter self. 419 party. You guys think Ghanaians wash their face buttom -up eh. You behave as if you guys have not been in government before. The district hospitals ouare talking about inthe six new regions which you did not create Nana Addo is going to take care about them. Even most of the things you have said in your 419 promises, Nana is about to do or is doing them so, what again? After the 2020 elections NDC will be dead