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Political Pressure group, the Alliance for Accountable Governance (AFAG) says it is on a crusade to put pressure on the Mahama-led NDC government to find a panacea to the myriad of problems plaguing the economy by offering a platform to the ordinary Ghanaian to air their views on “dumsor” and the corruption currently pervading the system.

To this end, the group says it has set in motion a campaign dubbed; “Just Drop Mahama” and on the list of priorities is the worsening power crisis which AFAG insists is affecting socio-economic conditions in the country.

At the press conference in Accra, the pressure group described the current energy crisis as "a great mockery" of the country's developmental milestone, since "it is collapsing jobs, yielding joblessness, undermining domestic business efforts and impoverishing Ghanaians."

To the group, President Mahama's numerous trips have "yielded zilch" and therefore called on him to stop "shirking responsibilities" and "running away from challenges".

"Mr. President stop-globe trotting and fix the mess. Corruption and the politics of patronage have become unparalleled under your government. You are shirking responsibilities and running away from challenges. Your numerous trips have yielded zilch. The taxpayers’ money is being wasted for expensive per diems and alarming entourage size," the pressure group said at the press conference.

Vice President of AFAG, Henry Asante, who addressed the media, accused President Mahama of "gaining notoriety" for reneging on his word and urged him (Mahama) to "speak based on substance and not merely to satisfy the listening pleasure of Ghanaians" pointing out that as president, "every word from him is a major policy statement".


"....it is a great worry to us that; the president over and over again appears to be gaining notoriety with the use of empty words. As every word from him is a major policy statement, it’s imperative for the president to understand the position he occupies and limitations to the choice of words. He must speak based on substance and not merely to satisfy the listening pleasure of Ghanaians. The President has promised on more than three occasions to end “dumsor” and all have come to nothing! The President now says, dumsor will stop in the shortest possible time. Mr. President...Please stop you empty assurances, you are confusing Ghanaians," he said.


Read below a copy of AFAG's statement 



POWER CRISIS: PRESIDENT’S WASTEFUL ASSURANCES


Fellow Countrymen, it is with pain that AFAG speak across, and through the hearts of most Ghanaians on this debilitating power crisis without an end in sight. Ghanaians are faced with an Irony of fate, largely by an electoral “manipulation. “

The current energy crisis is a great mockery to our developmental milestone. It is collapsing jobs, yielding joblessness, undermining domestic business efforts and impoverishing Ghanaians. Currently, large numbers of newborn babies are dying as a result of erratic power supply. It is also reported that blood for life saving at the National blood bank are getting saggy because of "dumsor". In the midst of all these national catastrophes and killer tax regime, the president has shown no leadership nor has his globe trotting love, yielded any meaningful results.

The VRA’s announcement that, the power crisis will deepen without any tangible reason is absolutely unacceptable. This comes at a time when the President of the Republic had assured Ghanaians during the National prayer and thanksgiving service of an end to off peak load shedding by government an eventual end to load shedding in April 2015. Also, The President said at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Presidential debate prior to the 2012 general elections. “The power crisis will be a thing of the past by the end of 2013,” Three years down the lane, the situation has worsened than ever before! Mr. President, what actually inform you to say these pronouncements?

Fellow Ghanaians, it is a great worry to us that; the president over and over again appears to be gaining notoriety with the use of empty words. As every word from him is a major policy statement, it’s imperative for the president to understand the position he occupies and limitations to the choice of words. He must speak based on substance and not merely to satisfy the listening pleasure of Ghanaians. The President has promised on more than three occasions to end “dumsor” and all have come to nothing! The President now says, dumsor will stop in the shortest possible time. Mr. President, you don't appear to be on top of issues. Please stop you empty assurances, you are confusing Ghanaians.

Fellow Ghanaians, AFAG will not retreat on our position on the President. This president of ours is the most incompetent and indecisive head of state of all times. He is just good at globetrotting without minding his sworn responsibility to solve urgent and precarious situations facing the country. Perhaps, it is because, he is clueless, and lacks the courage to provide the needed leadership.

 

Mr. President stop-globe trotting and fix the mess. Corruption and the politics of patronage have become unparalleled under your government. You are shirking responsibilities and running away from challenges. Your numerous trips have yielded zilch. The taxpayers’ money is being wasted for expensive per diems and alarming entourage size.

 

Resolution:

 

AFAG is launching its “Just Drop Mahama Foras”. This crusade will see AFAG at town hall meetings with ordinary Ghanaians to share their thought on household economy, “dumsor” and corruption.

 

We are hopeful the NDC will listen to public outcry and change their leader. Ghanaians need a better deal.

 

SIGNED

 

AFAG LEADERSHIP