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NDC BEGINS DISTRIBUTION OF MAHAMA
TEXTILES FOR VOTES
The Catalyst can confirm that the ruling National Democratic
Congress government has set its vote buying machinery in
motion, with the commencement of the distribution of seized
and pirated textiles to folks in villages across the
country.
This vote-buying strategy, which was initially earmarked for
the swing regions in the country, namely the Brong Ahafo,
Central, Western and Greater Accra Regions, has seen a
change in strategy with the Ashanti Region being the new
target of gurus of the NDC.
Despite the assurance given in 2015 by the deputy Minister
of Trade and Industry, Hon. Murtala Mohammed, to destroy
some 3,500 pieces of pirated textiles confiscated from
traders in various markets in the country, the paper can
confirm that these textiles were not destroyed.
After being hoarded and kept in Customs Bonded Warehouses,
these pirated textiles have been rebranded with “John Mahama
for 2016” pictures and were recently seen on display at
Gomoa Lome during the celebration of the annual Akwambo
festival.
Also, under the ruse of the Livelihood Empowerment Against
poverty (LEAP), Gender, Children and Social Protection
Minister, Nana Oye Lithur, has instructed the addition of a
piece of cloth to the sums of money given to each of the
beneficiaries under the LEAP programme.
“Residents, regardless of whether we support the NDC or not
are, everyone is being given this cloth”, a resident told
the paper.
In Asikuma-Odoben-Brakwa District, a total of three hundred
and eighty-nine (389) care givers who are on pay roll now,
with a total of nine hundred and eighty-nine (989) real
beneficiaries of the programme, were each given a piece of
cloth, in addition to the GH¢180 they each received.
The distribution of the seized pirated cloths, according to
our reporter, is on the ascendancy in towns like Breman
Asikuma, Anhwiem, Baako, Towoboase, Bedum, Amoanda and
Odoben.
It is clear that, despite having superintended over a GH¢8.7
billion deficit in the election year of 2012, the Mahama
administration, in its desperation to win the 2016 election,
is set to defy IMF directives and overspend his way into
victory in 2017.
This, according to sources, is the President’s best hope of
winning the election, regardless of the massive levels of
apathy that have rocked the ranks of the ruling government.
“He does not care about the economy or what the fallouts of
his actions will be. Yes, he overspent in 2012, and we went
for an IMF bailout. He will overspend again, by distributing
goodies again because he is certain the IMF and the
international donor community will come to the country’s aid
and bail us out, like what they did to Greece. This is
against the tenets of probity and accountability on which
the NDC was founded by our great leader, J.J Rawlings,” a
disgruntled national executive of the NDC told the paper on
condition of anonymity.
Source: Ekow Bondzie/The Catalyst
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