{"id":139412,"date":"2024-01-15T16:50:21","date_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:50:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/15\/give-me-some-holidays-to-fix-ghanas-economy-if-you-vote-me-into-power-mahama\/"},"modified":"2024-01-15T16:50:21","modified_gmt":"2024-01-15T16:50:21","slug":"give-me-some-holidays-to-fix-ghanas-economy-if-you-vote-me-into-power-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2024\/01\/15\/give-me-some-holidays-to-fix-ghanas-economy-if-you-vote-me-into-power-mahama\/","title":{"rendered":"Give me some holidays to fix Ghana\u2019s economy if you vote me into power \u2013 Mahama \u2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, says Ghanaians will have to give him some holidays if he is voted into power to fix the country.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He says, per the country\u2019s books, Ghana is broke, and it will take some time for any government to fix the economy before the demands and needs of the people are met.<\/p>\n<p>John Dramani Mahama made this known when speaking to party faithful in the Volta Region of Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>He said, \u201cI will plead with the teachers\u2019 union, GNAT, NAGGRAT, UTAG, and TEWU, and all of them. I know all of you are clamoring for an increase in your allowances, and so forth. Let me caution you in 2025, inshallah we will show you the books and the finances of this country and you\u2019ll realize the harm that the NPP administration has done to this economy.<\/p>\n<p>This country is broke, and so we will beg you that when we come into office, give us a bit of a honeymoon. Let\u2019s put things in place so that we can bring the economy back on its feet, and when we\u2019ve done that, we can accede to your demands again. That is why I\u2019m being measured in the promises that I make because we all know the crisis in which this country has been plunged\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mynewsgh.com <\/p>\n<p><!-- AI CONTENT END 1 --><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama, says Ghanaians will have to give him some holidays if he is voted into power to fix the country. 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