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Ghanaians can’t forget your past provoking speech on job creation:NAPO to NDC Mahama
Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the Vice-Presidential Candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), has questioned the former President and National Democratic Congress (NDC) Presidential Candidate, Mr. John Dramani Mahama, on whether he is now a magician to be promising jobs.
Dr. Prempeh recalled that during the tenure of Mr. Mahama when the youth of Ghana were clamouring for jobs, the then President [John Mahama] told them that he was not a magician to create jobs for them.
However, in a surprised turn of events, the former President, who is again contesting the Presidency on the ticket of the NDC, is now promising the nation’s youth that he will create jobs for them if they vote for him in the December polls.
The 2024 Manifesto of the NDC is said to be hinged on job creation, among other things. This is what has compelled the NPP running mate to ask whether the NDC flagbearer has now become a magician, since he had said in the past that only magicians could create jobs for the nation’s youth.
Dr.Mathew Opoku Prempeh introducing Me.George Akom,NPP Parliamentary candidate for the area to voters
Dr. Prempeh, popularly known as Napo, was speaking at a mini rally at Drobonso, the capital of the Sekyere Afram Plains Constituency, during his constituency-focused campaign tour on Wednesday, August 28, 2024.
Napo described the flip-flop position of Mr. Mahama as a mark of desperation, which should not be taken seriously by the Ghanaian electorate.
According to him, the former president has demonstrated on several occasions that he lacks credibility, for which reason his promise of creating jobs for the youth is only a deception.
Napo appealed to the chiefs and people of Drobonso to repose their confidence in the NPP and for that matter in his boss, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, and the party’s parliamentary candidate, George Ackon.
Besides, he paid a courtesy call on the Chief of Drobonso in his palace.
Welcoming the NPP running mate, the chief commended the NPP government for giving them an Agenda 111 hospital, electricity, a district court, among other projects, albeit the NPP has never won the parliamentary election in the constituency.
From the Sekyere Afram Plains Constituency, the NPP running mate and his team proceeded to the Juaben Constituency, where he paid a courtesy call on the Paramount Chief of the Juaben Traditional Council, Daasebre Nana Siriboe II, who also doubles as the Chairman of the Council of State.
A durbar of chiefs, religious leaders and the people of Juaben was held at the forecourt of the palace to welcome the vice-presidential candidate.
Daasebre recounted the achievements of the NPP in Juaben, including the creation of the Juaben Municipal Assembly, asphalting of all the major roads leading to Juaben and the town’s inner roads, construction of a model STEM JHS and other educational infrastructure, especially at the Juaben SHS, streetlights, astroturfs and many others.
He also commended the party’s parliamentary candidate, Francis Owusu Akyaw, for undertaking some landmark projects, even though he is not yet a Member of Parliament.
On the basis of the foregoing, the paramount chief advised that the NPP should not campaign in Juaben because the people have already accepted the party.
Napo, on his part, thanked Nana Siriboe II and pleaded with him that while he counselled the President of the Republic and the State in general, he [Napo] only required the chief’s continuous guidance and instructions to make him succeed.
He reiterated Dr. Bawumia’s firm commitment to working closely with traditional leaders in governing the country.
By: Richard Obeng
