“It is will be a painful insult if
President Mahama presents himself
again as a candidate in 2016. It will
also be an indictment on the
intelligence of the average Ghanaian
if Mahama presents himself as a
candidate and he is voted for…”
Kwamena Duncan, who made the
above statement, opined that looking
at the prevailing economic
challenges imposed on Ghanaians by
President John Dramani Mahama and
his NDC administration, Ghanaians
should not vote for him again
should he have the audacity to
contest again in 2016; otherwise the
difficulties will worsen.
The Central Regional Secretary of
the New Patriotic Party (NPP),
contributing to a panel discussion
on Peace FM’s morning show
‘Kokrokoo’, however conceded that
there is no government that does not
face challenges but “the kind of
hardship this government has
plunged the country into is mind
boggling”.
He also added that “if we want
something good for the nation, we
don’t have to be docile…we must be
out there and pour out our anger. We
must make them aware that we are
not happy with what is happening in
the country. It is true that we are
practicing democracy but democracy
also allows us to express our mind
and talk. We must not be docile.”
TUC
Organized Labour, following
increment in petroleum products and
transportation fares asked
government to bring back the
subsidies on petroleum products.
According to them, the removal of
subsidies has worsened the already
difficult conditions of ordinary
Ghanaian.
In a press statement jointly signed
by Kofi Asamoah, Secretary General
of TUC, ICU’s Morgan Ayawine,
GNAT’s B.K. Osei, CLOSSAG’s J. N. O
Ankrah and GMA’s Kwabena Opoku
Adusei, organized labour emphasized
that: “These astronomical price hikes
have become the hallmark of
government and governance” and
added that a subsidy regime on
petroleum products was necessary
looking at the current economic
challenges.
It said there was “a limit to what
workers and their families could
tolerate” and pledged that in the
coming days, it will, “in
collaboration with other
stakeholders, use all legitimate
means to express its disapproval of
not only the current pricing regime
for fuel and other utilities, but
equally and importantly on the
prevailing economic and social
conditions”.
However, Kwamena Duncan does not
believe anything good can come out
of their posturing.
According to him, “I take their
comment sometimes with a pinch of
salt. We have a TUC who will raise
people’s hope and do nothing…while
they have shown this red card, they
ought to insist on it until
government does something.”
Ghanafo abr3!
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