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The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has hailed the achievements of the Akufo-Addo administration.
In contrast to the tenure of previous President John Dramani Mahama, he claims that the quality of life for Ghanaians has significantly improved over the past seven years, despite recent economic challenges.
Dr. Bawumia outlined the challenges that Ghanaians faced under President Mahama, including increased unemployment, tariff increases, and business failures in addition to the intermittent power supply, or “dumsor.”
“Sure. I can say without any fear of contradiction that notwithstanding the recent economic challenges, which have resulted in hardships for many Ghanaians, the fact remains that the lives of Ghanaians have improved significantly after seven years of our government from what they were during the government of John Mahama.
“There is no dispute about it. Why do I say so? Because the data says so! You would recall that in the previous government, we endured four years of power outages (which we called “dumsor”), which collapsed many businesses and increased unemployment.
“There was no chalk in schools, and teacher and nursing training allowances were cancelled. There was a near-collapse of the National Health Insurance Scheme and the National Ambulance Service. There were increases in electricity tariffs by an average of 50% annually. And many parents could not afford the fees to send their children to senior high school,” he stated.
The flagbearer of the NPP stated that many initiatives have been implemented by the government to lessen the difficulties that Ghanaians encounter.
He also emphasized that more employment had been generated by the return of the teacher and nursing training allowances, which had previously been cancelled.
“Since coming into office, we have implemented many policies to reduce the suffering of Ghanaians. The electricity tariffs over the last six years have seen the lowest increase (11%) for any seven-year period over the last 30 years! We also provided free electricity for lifeline users for a year and a 50% reduction in tariffs for all other consumers during COVID-19. We have restored the cancelled teacher and nursing training allowances. We have created more jobs than any other government,” he said.
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