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Ghana Needs Honest, Competent Govt to Turn Economy Around

The presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Mahama, has said that Ghana needs a competent, selfless, honest and truthful government that will come and lead it out of the mess it has gotten into under the Akufo-Addo and Bawumia administration.

The head of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has lost its way in governing the economy due to greed and corruption, and he says it’s only the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that can give the people hope when they get their hands on power again in 2024.

As a result, the mascot of the NDC urged citizens not to give up hope, but to overwhelmingly support the NDC in order to free them from the fetters of the government.

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The Mahama administration paid a courtesy visit to the Dagbon lord, Ya-Na Abukari II, at the Gbewah Palace in Yendi yesterday as part of his three-day “Building the Nation Tour” through the Northern Region.

Seven out of the 18 constituencies in the region are expected to be visited by the former president.

Mion, Gushegu, Yendi, Tamale North, Tamale South, Sagnarigu, and Tamale Central are the ones he’d be talking to about his vision and asking for their backing.

The country is in trouble and requires assistance from the current high levels of incompetence, greed, and corruption displayed by government officials, he said.

The Yendi water project.

The Mahama government’s inability to undertake the Yendi water supply project since taking office left him dissatisfied, saying: “I’m very disappointed that the government hasn’t been able to work on the project for about eight years now, even though the NDC-led government did almost all the groundwork for the start-up.”

If your son becomes the next president, I want to reassure you that you won’t be thirsty anymore, he said.

Over the past few years, the Yendi municipality and environs have been facing a perennial water crisis.

Even though the municipality has mechanised boreholes, they are not enough to meet the needs of the residents. This situation was forcing them to buy water from private individuals at a high cost.

Akufo-Addo cut the sod for a $30 million water project in 2020 to address the situation.

The water supply system, backed by the India Exim Bank, was expected to deliver 15,000 cubic metres of water per day to assist the populace.

The project is still in the early stages of development.

The Employment creation.

The Ya-Na thanked the former President for his visit and urged him to work on finding more jobs for the countless unemployed youth when he gets the chance to lead the country again.

The Overlord also advised him to ensure a clean campaign devoid of insults and vilification to help ensure an incident-free election in December this year.