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Nana Addo Danquah Akufo-Addo, flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), has alleged that the Mahama-led government spent $10 million on printing presidential diaries.

This issue according to him, is sad because Ghanaians on a daily basis are struggling to put food on their tables.

“I listen to the disillusionment of the average Ghana with politicians who promise them relief and end up bringing them grief when they get into office. I listen to the journalist who is saddened by the revelation that a government can spend $10 million to print presidential diaries. Yes, you heard me right: $10 million. And yet we are barely able to scrape together $10 million as a down payment on our debt to Nigeria for the supply of a truly essential product – gas,” he said.

Speaking at the International Conference of the NPP at the NH Grand in Amsterdam, Nana Addo continued that "we have had enough of the lies. We have been taken for granted for far too long. You and I know Ghanaians deserve better. That is why you and I have the responsibility to do what we have to do to bring about change. Change is coming. Change is within our reach, but change will depend on you and I.”

NPP will do things differently

Nana Akufo-Addo assured the people of Ghana that he is committed to doing things differently when he is elected President in 2016.

This, he said, is hinged on the fact that he is the presidential candidate of a party that has a credible record of delivering results.

“We have shown both with our philosophy and our policy actions that ours is the party that believes in the wellbeing of the individual. We believe in enterprise because we know that when business thrives society benefits from the profits of enterprise,” he said.

That, according to Akufo-Addo, is why his government, God-willing from 2017, will push for policies that are jobs-focused, promote low taxes, ensure access to affordable and competitive credits and make investors feel confident that their ventures will be bankable.

“We will then create the hundreds of thousands of jobs that the young people of Ghana are yearning for… Ours is not to create, exploit and benefit from divisive politics. Ours is to sell equal hope to every Ghanaian. We are committed to a one, united Ghana because we believe in equality between ethnic groups; equality of rights and equality of responsibilities,” he added.