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The Presidential candidate of the All People's Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga says the worsening economic situation in the country could be attributed to the poor leadership of the two dominant parties as a result of their inability to engage other parties in taking decisions that are geared towards the development of the country after elections.

He said this during a courtesy call on the Chiefs and people of the Christian Village to climax the five day ‘come on board’ tour in Accra.

The tour began at Dome, through Dodowa, and Abokobi. Some other places the presidential hopeful visited included Adentan and Ayikuma in the Shai Osudoku district.

"The economy is retrogressing and the hardships keep worsening each day for voting for the two dominant parties. The NPP and the NDC alone cannot manage this country, when political parties win power it does not mean they should not listen to others. Everybody should be brought on board to help towards the development of the country. The main problem of this country is bad leadership and the winner takes all mentality. If the NPP wins every thing is in their hands so is the NDC with total disregard for any other party. One should either belong to these parties before they will listen to you even if you have the solution," he noted.

He maintained that under the leadership of the APC, various sectors of the economy would receive a major boost, and widespread poverty addressed utilizing the abundant resources the country is endowed with.  

“Health, education, employment have not received any major achievement for so many years. We move from one country to the other begging to improve on these sectors whiles resources are available here, our party’s vision is to improve the well being of everybody in the country making use of these resources. Where are the leaders to make use of these resources," he quizzed.

The Party used the occasion to introduce the executives and the parliamentary candidate for the Okai koi North constituency, Mr. Joseph Akoto Lamptey to the Chiefs and elders at Christian Village.

Hassan Ayariga mentioned that chieftaincy as one of the important institutions of the state should be considered as a partner in development as it exist, adding that the idea of chiefs  to refrain politics should be looked at.  

"Chiefs are told not to engage in politics, I disagree. These same politicians who say this turn around and come to the chiefs during elections for your endorsement. Where lies the distinction between chieftaincy Institution and politics. If the politicians don’t need you why will they come to you during elections? You play a key role in the development of the country," he added.

At Asofan in the Trobu constituency, Mr. Ayariga appealed to the chiefs and people to vote for the APC as the only party to address the widespread hardships the country particularly youth unemployment the country is faced with.

"Look around and you will find poverty all around, a lot of the youth are not in any gainful employment. We are going to tackle this head-on by creating job opportunities for the youth."

The Chief of Asofan, Nii Sei- Anertey Abbey commended the party for the respect accorded the Chiefs by visiting them in their quest to occupy the highest office of the land praying for them to achieve their goals.

Mr. Ayariga touched on agriculture as one of the sectors that the party would give priority to describing the various policies by past and present governments as inadequate to address the challenges the sector is confronted with.

"Both the NPP and NDC have done little in agriculture. We are always importing food products from outside. What are we dong to ensure that we have enough food in the country?" he quizzed.

He appealed to Muslim youth at Malam Zongo and some residents of Gbawe not to allow any political party to use them as agents of election violence to forment trouble but rather as agents of peace in their respective communities before, during and after the elections.