A
forum to expose the corruption, incompetence, deceit and insensitivity
of the John Mahama-led administration has been launched by the New
Patriotic Party at the Awutu Senya West Constituency, Central region.
Dubbed
the ‘Truth Forum’, it will also give evidence-based presentation on how
Mahama and his NDC are engaging in “create, loot and share” and how
they have collapsed the social and economic policies started during
President Kufuor and NPP era.
The launch at Senya attracted a huge crowd, mostly fisher folks and market women at the Methodist Church Square.
A deputy Communications Director of the NPP and a leading member of the Truth Forum, Adomako Baafi, asked the crowd, “Do you still enjoy the national health insurance, free maternal health and the free food for school kids?” The response of “no, no, no” echoed like a thunder bolt.
Baafi explained that, when the NDC took office in 2009, there were several social intervention programs they inherited.
“The
Government has withdrawn allowances without any fall back plan on how
the country can attract people into such socially relevant vocations.
The
mass spraying of cocoa farms has not been spared this incompetence and
insensitivity resulting in a marked reduction in cocoa output for the
country. From Sefwi Wiaso to Ayanfuri,Asankragwa and Bibiani, cocoa
farmers are crying.”
With all Mahama’s incompetence, Baafi
said, the most cruel and highest form of his insensitivity is the upward
adjustments of utility and fuel.
“How can you increase
utility prices at a time when Ghanaians are experiencing dumsor-
businesses are suffering, workers are suffering, traders are suffering,
students are suffering, farmers are suffering, fishermen are
suffering, drivers are suffering, knowing very well that the increase
affects school fees, water, rent, fares, market prices and everything,” he posited.
For
the people of Senya who are mostly fisher folks, it emerged that the
prices of premix fuel has increased from 1.8 cedis a gallon to 8cedis a
gallon under Mahama and his NDC government.
“Even with that
the commodity is not available and due to the scarcity, we at times buy a
gallon of premix for 12cedis. An outboard motor which was sold for
2,900 cedis (29million old cedis) in 2008, is now sold for over 12,000
cedis (120million old cedis),” a fisherman from the community explained.
It
also emerged from the forum that under the NPP, pair trawling was
fought seriously to the extent that some Chinese nationals were arrested
and fined 48,000 dollars but under President Mahama and his NDC, BOTTOM
TRAWLERS have been registered and they have completely destroyed the
fishing business of our local people.
Interestingly, the issue of
the NDC Green book also came up for discussion. The Senya roads which
were constructed by President Kufuor were all included in the Green Book
as Mahama achievement.
Schools which according to the local
people were constructed by private individuals were all added as
achievements of the NDC. This goes to confirm that the Green Book is of
lies and propaganda.
The next venue of the ‘Truth Forum’ will be at Awutu this evening, Tuesday 29th, 2016. |
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