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Stop Votes buying, Cure
your Incompetence- NPP ‘Truth Forum’ tells Mahama
NPP Release
September 27, 2016
The New Patriotic Party’s
‘Truth Forum’ has called on President Mahama to work on his
own incompetence and the corruption in his government to
save the country from final collapse, other than engaging in
vote buying.
Speaking at a press conference in Accra
this afternoon, a leading member of ‘Truth Forum’, Lawyer
Buaben Asamoah said, given the lack of political traction
for vote buying, the ‘Truth Forum’ would not have bothered
to engage on it but for the alarming waste of questionable
resources involved in reportedly and allegedly giving away
vehicles, houses, motorbikes, outboard motors, head pans,
gas cylinders, tablets, mobile telephones and raw cash.
“Indeed, the infamous picture of His Excellency
President Mahama stuffing cash in the pocket of a Chief on a
street in the full glare of the public shows the depths to
which the Presidency has in desperation, sunk, in pursuit of
a phantom political desire,” he said.
The real
question Mr. President, is whether you are going to pay all
of us to vote for you? Lawyer Buabeng asked.
“Millions of Ghanaians are out of jobs, are dropping out of
school, are not being treated in hospital, cannot afford
electricity and rent and would rather walk than pay for
transportation. This sorry plight is due primarily to the
misalignment of resources away from essential services and
priorities to high rent seeking projects,” he stated.
Mahama and his NDC, the Truth Forum said, tested the mix
in the three month run up to the 2012 elections with
devastating results for public finances.
“Overspending in excess of 8.7 billion Ghana cedisby the end
of the year included but was not limited to unexplained
expenditures of about GHS350 million from the Ministry of
Youth and Sports, GHS650 million by the Office of the
President or Office of Government Machinery and GHS60
million for the Ministry of Environment, Science and
Technology, about GHS 300 million at NADMO as well as GHS
112 million on capacity building not to talk about some $100
million dollars improperly squandered at GYEEDA.”
According to the Truth Forum, even though the President
Mahama led NDC Government appears to have perfected the art
of electoral gift giving, the people have also wisely learnt
their lessons from 2012 to date. “They have learnt that the
vote buying cannot crowd out incompetent economic
management, provide jobs for the jobless, reduce electricity
bills, reduce excessive taxes, restore teacher and nursing
training allowances, pay school fees or ensure a functional
NHIS.”
The Forum also called on civil society to
stand up and condemn what is going on, and bring some
decency into our politics. |
