“I have seen some big billboards of the current Vice President in town at some vantage places and I was wondering what the billboards are meant for. Are they just for the primaries? For just the primaries, you are erecting big billboards?” Jonathan Abdallah Salifu, the Upper East Regional Communication Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) stated worryingly when he spoke to Mark Smith on A1 Radio’s Day Break Upper East Show today, Thursday, July 6, 2023.
Mr. Abdallah Salifu explained that the government and government appointees, including the President, Nana Akufo-Addo and the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia had continually shown disdain to the people of Ghana while continuing splurge on projects and ventures that could be considered as vain.
“He is the Vice President and Head of the Economic Management Team and looks at what he is doing. Look, people are suffering in this country. We have situations where people have been denied promotions for almost 4 or 5 years because the government says there is no money; even in the teaching profession. We have to speak about these things.”
“As the head of the economic management team who is supposed to soften the ground for us when it comes to the economy, you go around erecting big billboards. We are about to discuss the National Buffer Stock and their challenges. Look at the nursing and teacher trainee allowances. They said we would cancel it. They said they have restored it but for more than one year now, students have completed and are home and have not even received a peswa. National Service, in arrears. NABCo, in arrears but we have seen VEEP’s big billboards,” he lamented.
The Upper East Regional Communication Officer for the NDC expressed worry that the costs of running the VEEP’s campaign could even metastasize as the campaigns intensify.
Source: A1radioonline.com|101.1MHz|Mark Kwasi Ahumah Smith|Ghana
