Nana B (middle) giving his address as others look on
The
New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Youth Organizer, Henry Nana Boakye, aka Nana
B, has said the Akufo-Addo administration is fulfilling its campaign promises
and will not disappoint the people of Ghana.
He
said President Akufo-Addo and Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia were committed to ensuring that there was
accelerated development of the country and would not get distracted by the
opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), adding that “one good term
deserves another.”
Addressing
‘The Youth Must Know’ series, an initiative of the NPP Youth Wing, on Monday in
Tamale in the Northern Region, Nana B said “President Akufo-Addo, in a
relatively short time, has brought hope and happiness to people in the north
due to the many far-reaching social intervention policies and job creation
initiatives being implemented. On the other hand, when Mr. Mahama and the NDC
were in office, they were a monumental failure and disappointment to the
northern regions.”
He
said the NPP would give the youth in the northern regions compelling reasons to
own its 2020 campaign, work assiduously on the grounds and vote massively for
Akufo-Addo/Bawumia ticket in 2020 so they can continue to deliver for Ghana.
“In
the eight years of the NDC, they paid lip service to youth employment. In fact,
unemployment in the northern regions had significantly increased by the time
the NDC left office in 2016. The rate of poverty was equally alarming. The
incompetence and corrupt tendencies of Mr. Mahama rather eroded the gains made
by the erstwhile Kufuor government, thereby worsening the plight of the youth
in this part of the country.”
He
said that thousands of youth in the north lost their jobs due to five years of ‘dumsor-dumsor’
under Mr. Mahama, adding that the NYEP avenue created by former President Kufuor
to offer jobs to the youth was also turned into a ‘cash cow’ for the NDC after
being renamed GYEEDA.
“Mr.
Mahama and the NDC, through GYEEDA, misappropriated and embezzled over GH¢1 billion
that could have created thousands of jobs for the young people in the northern
regions,” Nana B pointed out.
He
said “today, this same person, who perpetrated such an atrocious act against Ghanaians
and the people of the north, is unashamedly working against ‘One-District One-Factory’,
‘One-Village One-Dam’ and other great job creation and life-changing policies
of President Akufo-Addo.”
“Mr. Mahama should tell the good people in the northern regions the number of jobs he created and why he would be any better if given a second chance,” he added.
By Nana Kwasi
