John Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has criticized President Akufo-Addo and charged him with mismanaging the nation.
On Tuesday, January 30, during his Building Ghana Tour in the Eastern Region, Mr. Mahama addressed concerns and voiced his displeasure with the status of the nation.
He declared that the nation was nothing like the one he gave President Akufo-Addo.
“My brothers, looking at the state of Ghana today, this isn’t the country, I handed over to Nana Akufo-Addo on 7th January, 2017. The country has collapsed.”
“Debt has swallowed the country. Taking your community as an example, no developmental project has been done since they came into power,” he said.
In his speech, Mahama emphasized how the current government’s policies, in his opinion, are depriving the people of Asuogyaman and other regions of opportunities for growth.
He notably criticized the New Patriotic Party government for allegedly politicizing the premix and outboard motor distribution procedure to fishermen at landing beaches.
Mr. Mahama promised that, should he be re-elected, his government would put appropriate policies in place to guarantee the efficient and impartial distribution of premix to fishermen.
“When NDC was in power, proper measures were put in place for fishermen to establish its landing beach committees where Premix was given to the committee to hand over to the fishermen, however, the narrative has changed now. Politicians are now in charge of the premix affecting the works of fishermen. We promised to change it when voted into power.”
