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Politics of Sunday October 18, 2020
Source: GNA
2020-10-18
NDC Standard Bearer, John Dramani Mahama
President John Dramani Mahama has promised to provide free fertilizers to cocoa farmers to ease their plight in the cocoa production chain.
He said that under the administration of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in 2015, cocoa farmers received a free supply of fertilizers, in addition to the annual increase in the producer price of cocoa.
The former president, who was greeted in Onwa by a large crowd amid cheers, shouts and dancing, said the sale of fertilizers had resulted in a drastic reduction in cocoa yields as farmers were unable to afford it.
Mahama said the NDC was prepared to introduce more policies that would increase cocoa yields to help generate more income for the country.
On the numerous abandoned projects started by the NDC, he assured Ghanaians that all projects started or abandoned by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government would also be completed.
He stated: “In our first year, we will mobilize resources and continue projects that have been abandoned.”
According to Mahama, the 2020 elections were pivotal as they would shape the destiny of the country, which required the participation of young people to reorient the future of the country.
“The first mistake the nuclear power plant made was suspending all government contracts and refusing to pay contractors,” and this, he noted, ended up collapsing banks and causing job losses.
He chided the government for failing to take prudent steps to resolve the banking sector crisis, but decided to shut down nine banks, 27 savings and loan companies, and more than 300 microfinance institutions, which led Ghanaians to difficulties.
On the national debt, Mahama accused the government of borrowing more than any other government, but with little to show.
He said that, in contrast, the ¢ 56 billion GH borrowed under his administration was used for numerous projects across the country, including; Ho airport, markets, hospitals, schools, electricity, water, port, interchanges, among others.
Mahama also promised to work hard to reduce the high cost of living and provide jobs, if elected.
He told supporters that Ghanaians were looking to the NDC to get them out of the current economic difficulties and therefore called for unity in the Party to help the NDC win the 2020 elections.
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