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General news for Monday, September 14, 2020
Source: starrfmonline.com
September 14, 2020
New Patriotic Party Campaign Deputy Manager, Dr. Abdul Mustapha Hamid
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The New Patriotic Party’s deputy campaign manager, Dr. Abdul Mustapha Hamid, has urged Ghanaians not to take for granted the “comfort” they enjoy under the Akufo-Addo presidency.
According to him, it is easy for Ghanaians to forget the conditions that preceded the administration of the nuclear power plant over time.
Ladies and gentlemen of the media, the Akan people say that, ‘atiyi3 ma awir3fi3’, that is, comfort breeds oblivion. We have taken the new comfort for granted and forgotten that it has not always been this way. It took the vision and conviction of President Akufo-Addo to restore dignity and sanity to our country and its people. Very soon people forgot that for three years we slept in the dark. For three years, companies in this country had collapsed due to “dumsor”. In fact, “dumsor” cost this country…. And it was not for lack of capacity.
“It was simply because the economy was in such bad shape, the NDC government was unable to raise the money necessary to keep the lights on. When we make the argument today, they tell us that they solved the dumsor before the exit. Here are the statistics for how many hours the lights were out in 2015, 2016 and 2017. In 2015, there were 868 hours and 44 minutes of power outages. In 2016, there were 320 hours and 27 minutes of power outages. In 2017, there were 41 hours and 7 minutes of power outages. So they should tell us if solving more than 800 hours of power outages is equivalent to solving ‘dumsor’, ”he said at a news conference Monday.
He highlighted: “Ladies and gentlemen of the media, that is what leadership does with vision and conviction. But beyond vision and conviction, we need leadership of empathy and compassion. For many years, Ghanaians in rural areas were dying because basic medical products such as anti-snake serums were not available. The empathy that President Akufo-Addo has for the rural population and his vision led him to institute the drone service to deliver critical medical supplies to remote areas of our country to save lives. We have established drone delivery centers in Omenako in the East Region, Walewale in the Northeast Region, Mampong in the Ashanti Region and Sefwi-Wiawso in the West-North Region. To date, 79,800 life-saving products have been delivered to 945 health facilities across the country, including 2,500 COVID samples to two testing centers. Just yesterday, Ghana’s drone delivery system along with Rwanda’s were the subject of a BBC documentary.
“Today, Akufo-Addo’s leadership is being praised around the world, and his quotes have turned into many writings and articles in respected magazines. Just go to youtube or google and search for the ten most respected leaders in Africa and see how our president, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo fares. How come Ghana was not mentioned in that regard eight, seven or four years ago? ”.
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