News:
August 2, 2012
The communication director of the New Patriotic Party,Nana Akomea has rebuked President John Mahama for using the one week celebration of the death of the late President Mills in Accra as a platform for his political campaign.
According to him, the Ghanaian culture does not allow the President to campaign at such a solemn moment where the entire country was in grief.
President John Mahama used the one week observation of the passing-on of the President Mills to campaign, calling on the Ghanaian youth to support and vote for him in the upcoming elections because he was youthful.
He described himself as the first President of post- independent Ghana and urged the elderly politicians who are seeking the high office of the land to take the back seat and watch the young President rule Ghana.
However speaking on Oman FM, Nana Akomea stated that in as much as the President’s comments were unfortunate, it will not secure him for any political gains.
“His call on the youth to vote for him will not work, where is the Youth Policy the NDC government promised the youth of Ghana, what employment programme have they gotten for the youth?. These are what the youth look out for in voting for a particular government” he said.
He noted that the NPP before exiting power under his watch as a sector minister for Youth and Man Power , the NPP grew a national Youth Policy with an action plan for its implementation only for the NDC to win power and defer to reveiew it which has not been done till now .
Nana Akomea added that the NDC’s base in power is numbered as they have woefully failed to improve the living conditions of Ghanaians.
Kwadwo Anim/Ghanamps.gov.gh