Category: Political News

Mahama Explains Why His Wife Was Reluctant to Campaign For Him This Year

Former President and flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has finally revealed why his wife the Former First Lady Lordina Mahama refused to join his campaign team this year.

It’s been months since active political activities started after the novel coronavirus outbreak which halted several activities globally. After the coronavirus breeze, political parties resumed political activities toward the 2020 Presidential and Parliamentary elections while adhering to safety protocols rolled out by various institutions that were spearheading the fight against the virus.

During this period Ghanaians have seen the former president, his running mate, and other party executives roam the length and breadth of the country to woo electorates to vote back the NDC to power while lobbying for seats for their respective parliamentary candidates.

However, One of the things that went missing was the anchor behind former president John Dramani Mahama which was the former first lady. Members of the opposition parties alleged that the former president was having issues with the former first lady thus her refusal to support his husband in his battle for the presidency.

Former President Mahama has however cleared the air on the matter in an interview monitored by Mynewsghana stating that his wife during the 2016 campaign period experienced so much politics of insults and lies which made her a bit traumatized. Due to that she opted to take a low key role while I do my politics. She’s been very much focused on her foundation lately. Mr Mahama stated in an interview mynewsghana.net monitored.

The former first lady has finally joined the campaign trail and is currently in her home region to solicit votes for her husband seeking to return to power.

Lordina Mahama has been campaigning in Kintampo and Nkoranza areas of the Bono East Region for the NDC parliamentary candidates

In addition to sharing highlights of the People’s Manifesto and John Mahama’s promises to Ghanaians, Mrs. Mahama also invited the people to vote for the NDC and John Mahama because he is a President Ghanaians can trust, and he has a track record of development without discrimination.

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November 11, 2020
Mahama Promises Another Shot At Power Compact Deal

The Presidential Candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), former President John Dramani Mahama, has assured Ghanaians that he will lead the country to re-negotiate the Power Compact component of the Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC) with the United States of America (USA) should he be elected President at the December polls.

He said the re-negotiation would be necessary to secure funding to strengthen electricity distribution and retool some critical power sector institutions.

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Funding
Mr Mahama said the next NDC government would take the issue up with the Joseph Biden administration with the aim of getting back the money that was lost when the country terminated an earlier deal with the Power Distribution Services (PDS) following allegations of fraud.

“One of the priorities is to see if we can get back the money under the MCC to improve our electricity distribution system, ” he told the Daily Graphic in an interview on Sunday at Kwahu Pepease in the Eastern Region on the sidelines of his four-day campaign tour of the region.

Mr Mahama said due to the mismanagement of the energy component of the Energy Compact of the MCC by the current government, the country lost a significant amount of funding that would have been used to improve electricity distribution systems.

“When I was President, we successfully negotiated the MCC deal but unfortunately, this government messed up the Power Distribution Services (PDS) issue and that has led to us losing substantial amounts of funding that would have been used to strengthen our electricity distribution system,” he said.

Context
The US Embassy in Ghana last year announced that Ghana had lost the second tranche funding of $190 million after the government terminated the private sector concession agreement with PDS Limited.

Democrats win
Touching on the significance of the US election on that of Ghana, the former President said the victory of Mr Joe Biden and Ms Kamala Harris on the Democrats ticket was a morale booster for his second-time bid for the Presidency.

He said although he did not want to speculate that a Democrat win in the US would automatically correspond to a win for the NDC, there were some “uncanny parallels that seem to be happing between the USA and Ghana” in every election year.

“I don’t want to ascribe to anything but it looks like anytime power has shifted in the USA, it has shifted also in Ghana,” he said.

However, he said he was confident of winning the election and working with the new US government to help bring resources to bear to develop the country.

Lessons
Mr Mahama said Ghana could also draw lessons from the US elections by strengthening state institutions to be independent of any government.

He said for instance that despite the fact that President Donald Trump at a point ordered for the complete halt of the counting of the ballots, the institutions were independent and assertive.

“And that is the kind of predictability and strengthening of institutions we seek in Ghana. That institutions are able to work without political influence and I wonder what would have happened if the same was happening in Ghana. But we will see how things go,” Mr Mahama said.

He, therefore, called for a collective effort to strengthen institutions such as the Electoral Commission, the judiciary, the legislature and the institutions that anchor Ghana’s democracy to offer the right service and mandate that the people have given them, without any partisan consideration.

Time for women
The former President said the significance of the choice of Ms Kamala Harris as the first female Vice-President of the US was crucial for the involvement of women in decision making. He said he was hopeful that a similar result would come out of the December 7 election to give Ghana its first female Vice-President.

“We are hoping for the same thing in Ghana and it’s my hope that we will be successful here too so that women can occupy their rightful place in governance,” he said.

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November 10, 2020
No By-Election For Vacant Fomena Seat

The Electoral Commission (EC) will not conduct a by-election for the vacant Fomena seat.

Per the law, the EC cannot organise any major election within months before the holding of a general election.

This is provided for in Article 112 clause six which states that “Notwithstanding clause (5) of this article, a by-election shall not be held within three months before the holding of a general election.”

The Speaker of Parliament, Prof Aaron Mike Oquaye, last Saturday, declaredthe Fomena seat, occupied by a member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Andrew Amoako Asiamah, vacant.

The decision followed a letter written to Parliament by the NPP to withdraw Mr Asiamah as its representative for Fomena.

Context

This was after Mr Asiamah had filed with the EC to contest in the 2020 parliamentary elections as an independent candidate.

According to the NPP, Mr Asiamah lost his membership by his action and that served as plausible grounds to withdraw him from the House pursuant to Article 97 (1)(g) of the 1992 Consitution.

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November 10, 2020
Preparation Towards December 7 Polls Commendable

Two significant events happened in Parliament last week, precisely on Wednesday and Saturday, unusual sitting days of the house.

As part of holding the state institutions accountable to the people, Parliament, in its wisdom, summoned two institutions to brief the house, as representatives of the people, about the state of preparedness towards the conduct of peaceful elections on December 7 and more importantly, how to sustain the peaceful environment in the country.

Taking his turn on Wednesday, the Minister of National Security, Albert Kan-Dapaah, gave the assurance that adequate measures had been instituted to ensure peaceful conduct of the elections, with special attention on the flashpoints across the country.

He appealed to political parties to let national interest override their partisan interest. We infer that national interest means that political parties contesting the December 7, which is barely a month away, must play by the rules of the game in ensuring that peace reigns during and after the elections.

More profoundly, the Chair of the Electoral Commission, Jean Mensa, made a passionate appeal to Ghanaians – “Let Peace Reign”- when she took her turn to brief Parliament on preparation towards the conduct of the December 7 polls.

We are enthused to learn from her that the EC is fully prepared and ready to conduct a successful, credible, fair, orderly and peaceful election, having secured, among other logistics, 74,800 new Biometric Verification Devices with enhanced features to speed up the verification process at the 38,622 polling stations across the country.

It is refreshing that barely a month to the polls, the elections supervisory body has delivered some of the items required for the elections, including ballot boxes, to its regional and district offices across the country.

Very significantly, it gladdens us that the EC is not leaving anything to chance in terms of public health, having also designated some officials and named them as ‘COVID-19 Ambassadors’ to be deployed at all the polling stations to strictly enforce the COVID-19 protocols by ensuring sufficient COVID-19 items at the centres for use.

This effort is laudable, given the resurgence of infections in the country. We must, therefore, strictly enforce the COVID-19 safety protocols to nip in the bud further infections in the country.

Touching on the very important issue of security, the EC boss told Parliament that it had since the beginning of the year been engaging the security agencies under the auspices of National Security Task Force by providing them with relevant pieces of information, including potential flashpoints, to assist them plan effective strategies to deal with eventualities on election day and days after.

We commend Parliament for this initiative and similarly pat the backs of these state institutions for their readiness to ensure credible, fair, seamless, transparent and peaceful elections.

Indeed, the commendations will come in droves when they effectively implement this laudable security and safety architecture.

Of course, the security, peace and stability of this country during and after this crucial election can only be assured with public cooperation.

We, therefore, urge the public to take advantage of this golden democratic opportunity to come and exercise their franchise in an orderly manner.

Let we remind them that the security agencies are clad with all the powers to swiftly deal with any rabble-rouser, to maintain the security and stability of the country.

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November 10, 2020
I’m coming back to give you asphalted roads – Mahama to Afram Plains South residents

Presidential Candidate of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has promised to fix the main road from Ekye Amanfrom in the Afram Plains South to Donkorkrom in the Afram Plains North District when he assumes office in 2021.

He made this promise at a durbar of chiefs and the people of MaameKrobo over the weekend.

Mr. Mahama said the Akufo Addo-led NPP government knows it has not lived up to its mandate of delivering the best to the good people of Ghana so it has now resorted to sod cutting of “Sakawa” Projects which they know they can’t deliver.

He said, “I know they will come here after I’m gone to come to promise you a road network. They will come and cut the sod for the construction of these roads which they didn’t even capture in the budget. When they do, know that it’s just Sakawa, just for your votes”.

The former president further promised to build a district referral hospital to serve the people of Afram Plains South and its surroundings.

He, therefore, pleaded with the residents to vote massively for the NDC to relieve them of their burdens.

Mr. Mahama used the opportunity to introduce the Parliamentary Candidate Joseph Appiah Boateng known as JAB1 to the constituents.

Speaking on Agoo FM, Joseph Appiah Boateng expressed confidence that, a win for the NDC will develop Afram plains south constituency.

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November 10, 2020
EC creates 5,000 more polling stations for 2020 elections

The Electoral Commission has announced the creation of 5,000 more polling stations for the 2020 elections.

The new additions have taken the number of polling stations to be used for the polls to 38,000.

This was disclosed by the Director of Electoral Service, Dr Serebour Quarcoe in an interview with Citi News.

He disclosed the purpose of the new polling stations is to reduce queuing and time-wasting at the various centres.

He explained in detail how the new polling stations will operate.

“We want to reduce the queuing at the polling stations so the Commission decided to put the threshold at 749 so any centre that is more than that is spilt. So, there are some centres that have been split into five. Some are four, three and two. The splitting has created about 5,000 plus centres. So, there are no new centres. The splitting is around the whole country but mostly in areas that are densely populated,” he indicated.

The EC has already said that it is almost ready to deliver a free and credible election on December 7, 2020.

The Chairperson of the Commission, Jean Mensa assured Parliament that her outfit is focused on delivering a successful election.

“Mr Speaker, I am pleased to inform you that the Electoral Commission is 95 per cent ready for the successful, credible, fair, orderly and peaceful conduct of the election on December 7, 2020”, she said.

Jean Mensa also dispelled the notion that she does not have respect for the House.

“It is important to emphasize that this is the first time I have been invited by the House in my capacity as the EC Chairperson of the Electoral Commission, I have on no occasion turned down an invitation from the Parliament of Ghana,” she said.

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November 10, 2020
PPP promises to pass Affirmative Action Bill when elected

The Progressive People’s Party has assured Ghanaians that it will pass the Affirmative Action Bill when voted into power in the forthcoming December polls.

The Bill, which has been drafted for over 15 years is yet to be passed into law despite advocacies by various groups.

The Bill seeks to eliminate gender inequalities and promote a progressive increase in active participation of women in public life from a minimum of 40% to parity of 50% by 2030 in line with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

In an interview with Dr. Abubakari Sidick Ahmed on the Road to Jubilee House programme on Radio Univers 105.7FM, presidential candidate for the party, Ms Brigitte Dzogbenuku, explained that it was necessary to increase the number of women in leadership positions because ‘they control the purse’.

“Ghana’s informal sector is predominantly women. Ghana’s economy is predominantly informal. I am a woman as well as we make up 51% of this country. We will need a lot more women in leadership because they control a lot of the purse. Here we are, we still haven’t passed the Affirmative Action Bill, PPP will pass the Bill and ensure that a lot more women move into places of leadership,” she said.

Meanwhile, she says that the PPP, when voted into office, will reduce have a relatively small government size as they would decentralize the government and make electorates involved in the development of their respective communities.

“For us, we won’t need 123 ministers, that is why we are saying you should vote for your DCEs and MMDCEs. That will cut out on the Regional Ministers and all their deputies. Because if you have your DCEs and MMDCEs, they have already taken up the communities there and imagine how much you would be saving on that,” she intimated.

‘Road to Jubilee House’ airs on Tuesdays and Thursdays on Radio Univers 105.7FM.

Ghanaweb

November 10, 2020
Stupidity And Cowardice Comment: Martin Amidu Replies “Wise” And “Brave” Mahama
Martin Amidu, The Special Prosecutor has hit hard at former President John Dramani Mahama for labelling him as a coward by deferring investigations into the controversial Airbus bribery scandal.

In his latest response to the former President, Marting Amidu said the comments from John Mahama shows the latter’s lack of understanding of issues of security and intelligence.

“The long public service of the Special Prosecutor spanning various aspects of security and intelligence from the period of 1982 to 7th January 2001 and July 2009 to January 2012 makes him more experienced in determining when it is not conducive to the national security interest to foolhardily take certain law and order actions. The Special Prosecutor owes that exercise of discretion to his vast experience over the years, his responsibility to maintain national stability and his conscience as a patriotic anti-corruption crusading Ghanaian.”

“There is no question of stupidity or cowardice about it. Any person aspiring to be President of Ghana for a second term who does not know that a cardinal principle in security and intelligence is that “caution is the better part of valour” was not and is not worth the vote.

Meanwhile, Martin Amidu who has defended Mahama’s culpability in the bribery scandal has also challenged the former to voluntarily submit himself to be interrogated over the case.

“Your Excellency, the wise and the brave former President John Dramani Mahama, man-up, wise-up, and be brave enough to come with two lawyers of your own choice to be cautioned and interrogated by this Office to demonstrate your valour and wisdom as not being elected Government Official 1 and also as not being the first guarantor to Samuel Adam Mahama’s passport application,” Amidu said in a statement issued on Monday, November 9, 2020.

John Mahama accused the Special Prosecutor of deliberately mentioning his name and the Airbus scandal in the Agyapa report in a bid to equalize wrongdoing.

The former President said Martin Amidu’s move was only a diversionary tactic.

“If you have investigated Airbus, present a report on Airbus. Since you know the Agyapa report will be damning on the government, you chipped in a paragraph on Airbus. Nobody asked you about Airbus. If you were man enough, present two separate reports on the Agyapa Royalty deal and the Airbus scandal [so I can respond to you].”

“If you think I have been indicted on the Airbus scandal, accuse me directly. But because he is a coward and knew the Agyapa royalties deal will be discussed today, he chipped in a paragraph on Airbus to equalise the discussion,” he added.

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November 10, 2020
Election 2020: Greater Accra Has Highest Voter Population

The Greater Accra Region has the highest valid voter population for the 2020 presidential and parliamentary elections.

Out of the total 17,029,971 valid voters on the Register, the Region has 3,529,181, followed closely by Ashanti Region, with 3020,141 voters.

Dr Bossman Eric Asare, the Deputy Chairman in charge of Corporate Services at the Electoral Commission (EC), disclosed this in response to a question posed by Members of Parliament at the weekend.

Members of the Commission were invited by the Leadership of Parliament to brief the House on the Commission’s preparedness for the 2020 election.

Present at the briefing were Mrs Jean Mensa, the Chairperson of the EC, Mr Samuel Tettey, Deputy Chair of Operations, Mr Kye Duodo, the Procurement Officer, and Mr Henry Ashong, the Deputy Finance Director.

Dr Asare said the Eastern Region had the third-highest with 1,641,215, voters followed by the Central Region with 1,568,352 and Western Region, 1,187,566 valid voters.

The rest are Western North – 468,683, Volta -924,117, Oti – 358,552, Bono – 653,609, Ahafo – 316,938 and Bono East – 594,617.

The Savannah Region has 298,402, Northern, 1,050,015, North East, 289,535, Upper East, 659,309 and Upper West, 469,739.

He said the exceptional list had a total of 14,002 persons while the multiple list had 18,619 persons.

Mrs Jean Mensa said the printing of the 2020 Voters’ Register was underway and assured that it would be completed and distributed well in time for the elections.

She said a soft copy of the register had been made available to all political parties.

Printing of ballots was on-going at seven printing houses in Accra, namely; the Buck Press Ltd, Assembly Press, Fonstat Ltd, Innolink, Yasarko Ltd, Checkpoint Ltd, and Acts Commercial Ltd, she said.

Mrs Mensa said to ensure transparency, agents of all political parties and security officers were monitoring the processes at the printing houses.

The printing of the Results Collation Sheet for Presidential and Parliamentary Elections, also known as the “Pink Sheets,” commenced on Sunday, November 8, she said.

The EC Chairperson said the Commission had recruited 233,632 temporary officials made up of returning officers and their deputies, presiding officers, verification officers, name reference officers as well as a Covid-19 ambassadors for the exercise.

The EC Boss said a comprehensive training programme had been drawn for each category of officials and that they would be equipped with the requisite skills to enable them to perform excellently.

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November 10, 2020
NDC Will Reintroduce Police Visibility – Agalga

Mr James Agalga, the Parliamentary Candidate (PC) for the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Builsa North Constituency of the Upper East Region says the next NDC government will reintroduce police visibility across the country to minimise crime rate.

He said statistics from the Ghana Police Service indicated that “Crime rates are on the increase, we have a 27 percent increase in major crimes in the country. There is no denying the fact that there is a state of insecurity in the country which needs to be resolved as quickly as possible.”

Mr Agalga said this when he took his turn to answer a question at a debate programme on plans PCs contesting the Builsa North seat had to improve the security situation in the Constituency.

The debate was organised by the Justice and Peace Commission of the Christ the King Catholic Church at Sandema, in the Builsa North District in collaboration with the National Commission for Civic Education (NCCE).

The programme was on the theme: “The role of Parliament, local authorities and participatory governance for community development,” with support from the European Union and the Konrad Adenuer Stiffing, a German Non-Governmental Organisation.

According to Mr Agalga, “Previously, Police visibility was part of our national policy. So we rolled that policy out and Police could be seen everywhere. Now Police visibility has been rolled back. It is a fact.

“When the NDC wins and I become Member of Parliament, that is my domain, we are going to bring back police visibility across the country and our District will not be left out. You will begin to see the Police everywhere.”

The PC who is the incumbent Member of Parliament for the area and the Ranking Member of the Defence and Interior Committee of Parliament, noted that “When criminals see the Police dotted all over the place, they are deterred.”

He said “When we rolled out visibility, we brought down crime by about 16 percent at the time under the watch of Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Alhassan. We shall reintroduce the Police visibility concept.”

Mr Agalga said it was critical to retool the Ghana Police Service to enhance effective visibility, especially in the Builsa North Constituency, “As we speak, the Police Command in Sandema has only one operational vehicle. We used to have three, so we need to give them more vehicles so that their mobility can be enhanced.”

He said motivation for security service personnel was low, adding that Police and Fire Service personnel were threatened with their Cap 30, “So they are not ready to die for you and I, that is the plain truth. When we come to office, we shall amend the Labour Act 2008 to ensure that all the security agencies are firmly rooted in the Cap 30 pension scheme.”

The programme saw Mr Simon Gibson Achavuusum Anuegabey, an Independent Candidate, Mr Joseph Ransford Asuok, the Peoples National Convention (PNC) answer questions on how they intended to improve unemployment, health, security and education sectors when given the nod to represent the people in Parliament.

Mr Jeffery Adda, the Builsa North District Director of the NCCE in his address, said the programme was intended to create a platform for the electorates and the PCs to interact, and afford the Candidates the opportunity to inform the electorate on their policies and programmes.

He said the programme further enabled the Candidates to pledge towards peace in the December 7 Presidential and Parliamentary elections.

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November 10, 2020
Time has come for women to sit at the decision-making table – Mahama

Former President and leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has admitted that this is the time for women to join the decision-making table to decide for themselves.

According to him, over the years, men have always taken decisions on behalf of women; a worrying trend which he believes needs to come to an end.

The NDC flagbearer made this known when he was reacting to Joe Biden’s win and Kamala Harris being the first female Vice President of America.

“As the current system has been set up is rigged towards women because men take all the decisions that affect women. I think that the time has come in the world for there to be a shift for women to sit at the decision-making table if not be at the top of the table. I think it is good news for the US because they’ve not only shattered the glass sealing but they’ve punched a big hole in it and it’s only a matter of time that I think a woman would emerge as the President of the United States,” he said in an interview on TV3.

The NDC leader said he and his party are hoping for the same in Ghana because he has a very capable woman as his running mate and is hopeful that the NDC will be successful so that women will occupy their rightful place in governance.

John Dramani Mahama noted that over the years, the United States of America’s elections have moved side by side with that of Ghana and although he will not be quick to ascribe meanings, he is optimistic that the NDC will triumph.

“I don’t want to ascribe anything to it but it looks like anytime power has shifted in the US it has shifted also in Ghana. There is a certain certainty in this world that every four years there is a US election in November and ours in December.”

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November 9, 2020
NDC Expresses their Disappointment in Regional Executives for Not Supporting their Campaign
With just 31 days left for Ghanaians to go to the polls to elect a President and Members of Parliament, it seems all is not well within the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) in its campaign as the party accused Regional and Constituency Executives of not doing enough.

In a letter signed by the General Secretary of the NDC, Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, the letter states that, after a meeting of the Functional Executive Committee (FEC) of the NDC, it was noted that, the party need to intensify its campaign.

The letter further stated that, Regional and Constituency Executives of the NDC have reneged on their responsibilities in their respective Regions as they left everything to the campaign teams in the Regions and the party Headquarters.

The letter also indicated that, the Regional campaign tours by the flagbearer of the NDC, John Mahama and the running mate, Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang has revealed several disappointing lapses in the Party’s campaign in many Constituencies across the Country.

It added that, the National Headpotters of the Party sometimes arrange for supporters to be bussed from other Regions for party events and which does not augur well for the NDC.

As a result of this, the Functional Executives Committee leadership of the Party have aggreed to assign National Officers to all the Regions

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November 7, 2020
Donald Trump is leaving power With Prez. Akuffo Addo- Margaret Ansei

A Deputy spokesperson for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) election 2020 campaign Madam Margaret Ansei popularly known as Magoo has said the US elections results compiled so far shows the incumbent president Donald Trump is leaving power.

She noted that President Akufo-Addo and the ruling NPP which is a resemblance of the Republican party should brace themselves for the same big surprise come December 7.

According to her, the President and the NPP government should start preparing their handing over notes.

Magoo explained that everything points to the fact that Akufo-Addo Addo who has shared Ghana’s resources through dubious means to members of his family members has attracted the anger of Ghanaians.

She cited the Agyapa deal which has been revealed by the Special Prosecutor in its report that it was distraught with nepotism and did not pass through authentic legal requirements— is one of the reasons why Ghanaians must vote Akufo-Addo for John Dramani Mahama to win and prosecute those robbing Ghanaians.

Madam Margaret Ansei who is currently on a regional radio tour in the Eastern Region assured that nothing can save Akufo-Addo who has come to impoverish Ghanaians and thrown the country into unbearable hardship despite all the juicy promises he made prior to his election in 2016.

“As it stands now the majority of Ghanaians are waiting patiently to vote out the Akufo-Addo’s family and friends government on December 7 just like the Americans have done to Donald Trump,” she emphasised.

November 7, 2020
Nana Konadu Rawlings Attacks NDC

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Party (NDP), Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings, has accused the National Democratic Congress (NDC) of stealing her manifesto ideas.

According to the former First Lady, the ideas in the NDC’s manifesto for the 2020 election were her contents for the 2016 election. She disclosed this in an interview on GhOne TV. She said the ideas were as a result of her desire to champion skills training and development.

“Now I can see that though I was condemned in 2016 about skill development and skill training, about making salt, other people have stolen the idea and put it in their manifesto,” she said.

However, fast forward to the 2020 election, the same party she said condemned her for preaching that agenda is also towing that line.

“I’ve heard it from former President Mahama saying we can now make salt and skill training and skill development is the best, they were insulting me about it but I said it is key to a country’s development.

It’s key because you can’t have 12 million people going to school and all becoming graduates. Every nation needs categorisation of specific duties,” she noted.

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November 7, 2020
Akufo-Addo, Mahama debate must happen – Ofosu Ampofo

The National Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo, says the NDC still wants President Akufo Addo to debate John Dramani Mahama ahead of the December polls.

He said the debate will help set the records straight for Ghanaians to make informed decisions on December 7,2020.

“We have just a month to the Election, we still want the debate between John Mahama and Nana Akufo Addo.That debate is very very important to set the records straight. President Mahama is prepared for that debate even if wife of President Akufo Addo will be the moderator.

“It is very important that, that debate comes on to set the records straight because nobody reaps what he has not sowed. When we build Hospital and he is Commissioning he doesn’t give credit to us, everywhere he goes he goes to Commission our projects he doesn’t give credit to us” Mr.Ofosu Ampofo said when addressing a mini rally at Atimpoku in the Asuogyaman Constituency of the Eastern region as part of President Mahama’s Campaign tour of the region.

The Presidential Candidate of the NDC, John Dramani Mahama said he is ready for the debate.

He explained that the Tema-Akosombo-Mpakadan railway project was initiated and funded by his government .

“I went to India to appeal to the Indian Prime Minister for an agreement to construct a railway lines for us because our neighbors in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger when they load goods from Tema Port they cart it with articulated truck which causes accident and also cause damage to the roads.

“When they support us with the railway lines all the goods to Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger will be transported through here (Akosombo) then ferried to Buipe .Indian Prime Minister agreed and we signed the agreement . Unfortunately the project didn’t start before we left government .So we secured funding for this railway project “.

“That is why as Chairman (Ofosu Ampofo) said the debate should happen so we speak to the issues but they they have not agreed to the debate me. It is not late if they want to debate I am ready”.

The NDC Parliamentary Candidate for Asuogyaman Thomas Ampem Nyarko said the Constituency witnessed massive development under the leadership of John Mahama. He said the NPP has not been able to undertake any major developmental project in the four years in office.

Ghanaweb

November 7, 2020