[ 2016-11-22 ]

'Divisive' Mahama creating enmity between North and South - Akufo-Addo
The flag bearer of New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana
Akufo-Addo, has criticised President Mahama,
accusing him of being “divisive” and creating
enmity between Ghanaians from the northern part of
the country and those from the South.

“Now that the change is blowing all over the
country, our president is resorting to tribal and
divisive language. Instead of being a figure to
bring all of us together, he wants to set North
against South,” he noted in a reply to an
earlier comment by President John Mahama.

Mr Mahama, while campaigning at Lawra, in the
Upper West Region said: “I pity northerners who
are calling for change,” adding that he felt sad
for the New Patriotic Party’s vice-presidential
candidate, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia – a northerner
– because the NPP will only “use you and dump
you”.

The three-time presidential candidate, addressing
party supporters in the Upper East Region on
Monday November 21, said the NPP would place the
country on a pedestal that would result in
“unprecedented development”.

On his part, the vice-presidential candidate of
NPP, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, challenged Mr Mahama to
rather feel sorry for the plight of Ghanaians and
not the electorate from Northern Ghana who have
decided to vote him out of office.

“You should pity people who do not have a job;
you should pity people who cannot access
healthcare because the National Health Insurance
Scheme (NHIS) has collapsed. You should feel pity
for school children who are going hungry because
the National School Feeding Programme is
collapsing. You should feel pity for secondary
school children who are going hungry because of
feeding grants. You should feel pity for graduates
who cannot get jobs six years after graduating.
You should feel pity for cocoa farmers whose
plants are dying and fishermen who cannot get fish
because of the high cost of inputs,” he
stressed.

Dr Bawumia pointed out at the rally that the
suffering masses are those calling for change and
are determined to vote for a competent and
incorruptible leader who will develop the
country.

“These are the people who want change, and it
shows the insensitivity of this government and
this president who has the audacity to say that he
feels pity for northerners who want change. It is
not only northerners, but everyone wants
change,” he said.

“We want a visionary leader who is not corrupt
and incompetent, and that is Nana Akufo-Addo, and
it does not matter whether you are a northerner or
southerner.”

Source - Classfmonline

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