The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Northern Regional Chairman has charged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) with repeatedly starting projects without obtaining the required finance.
The vice president and flagbearer of the NPP, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, came under fire from Adolf Ali for what he called a “penchant for cutting sods” rather than seeing these initiatives through to completion.
He compared Dr. Bawumia’s leadership to that of former President John Mahama when visiting the Lamashegu exhibition center as part of his tour of voter exposition centers in the area.
He said, “Ghanaians can trust John Mahama to deliver on his promises; the same cannot be said about Dr Bawumia.”
Mr Ali pointed out that former President Mahama has a track record of fulfilling his commitments, stressing that “one can never tag former President Mahama as a liar.”
He further criticized Dr Bawumia’s leadership by questioning the status of key NPP initiatives: “One District, One Factory—where are the factories in all the districts? One Village, One Dam—where are the dams?
“One million for every constituency, yet no constituency in the country has received any dollar. Unless Dr. Bawumia can come out to tell us that he has sent one dollar to any constituency.”
With an eye on the next elections, Mr. Ali voiced optimism that the NDC will win back every seat it has lost in the past.
“We are targeting every seat in the region; the least will be 14. And I know the entire North – I mean Upper West, Upper East, Savannah, Northern, and North East – we are all working very hard to ensure that John Mahama gets the best result ever.”
Mr Ali also called for peaceful elections, stressing that the NDC is committed to maintaining peace.
“We have continuously told our people we are for peace; however, in our quest for peace, if somebody thinks that war is the best, we are war-ready also,” he said.
While the NDC would not start any trouble at polling places, he did promise that they would not back down if provoked.
“We will not start any trouble, we will not even pray for that to happen, but should anybody think elections are about violence and for that matter they will use violence to win the election, then it will be another election, not this 2024 election,” Mr Ali concluded.