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The Ashanti regional youth wing of the NPP has been reminded by Energy Minister Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh of the vital role the youth wing of the party must play in its quest to “break the 8.”
Speaking at the Mega Ashanti Regional Youth Conference on Saturday, December 16, 2023, at the Prempeh Assembly Hall, Dr. Prempeh stated that the NPP’s youth should be proud of the accomplishments of the government despite the challenges posed by sudden worldwide disruptions.
He claimed that neither the NDC nor John Mahama could offer the Ghanaian people anything new, and that the youth of the party should take the initiative to point out the flaws in John Mahama’s promises.
“Whilst the NPP is able to navigate its path in the midst of difficulties that are completely force majeures, occasioned by no fault of ours, the NDC rather visits nemesis like Dumsor and mismanagement on the people. When Ghanaians complained John Mahama said he was not a magician” he said.
“John Mahama has been Vice President and President before, Dr Bawumia has only been Vice President and yet to be President. If you read our constitution, all executive powers are vested in the President. A Vice President serves and assists the President. It is not anybody’s responsibility that he (John Mahama) wasted his chances as President and got voted out. Afterall, he said he had a ‘dead goat’ syndrome which meant he just did not care. He will be evaluated by his record as President in the context of his failed promises vis a vis what he is promising now. He definitely cannot pass the believability test” Napo added.
The Manhyia South lawmaker claims that the NPP’s record is always better than the NDC’s. The greatest evidence of the NPP’s stellar performance during its first term up until those shocks, he claimed, is that a close examination of the NDC’s prior to 2020 campaign messaging will reveal that they had nothing to say about the economy.
This is due to their knowledge at the time that the economic management record had been unbreakable.
“Inflation which was picked from 15.4% in 2017, was 7.9% at the end of 2019. On what basis do Ghanaians vote out a government that had such a brilliant record until external shocks? In 2014, where there were no external shocks, the cedi was rated as the worst performing currency”
“We in the Ashanti region as the party’s pulse have to work hard, touring every corner of the region for our people to understand that, no matter the situation, the NDC can never be the option. Yes, there may be genuine concerns but that must not lead to apathy. We must continue to stand solidly behind the elephant” he stated.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
