{"id":266920,"date":"2016-11-10T11:04:24","date_gmt":"2016-11-10T11:04:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=266920"},"modified":"2016-11-10T11:04:24","modified_gmt":"2016-11-10T11:04:24","slug":"renew-mahamas-mandate-for-economic-growth-julius-debrah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=266920","title":{"rendered":"Renew Mahama&#8217;s mandate for economic growth &#8211; Julius Debrah"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah has called on the Chiefs and people of the Eastern Region to retain President John Dramani Mahama for a second term to accelerate economic growth.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, since Ghana&#8217;s return to constitutional governance in 1993, all presidents have received two terms thus President Mahama deserves a second term to complete his agenda of \u201cchanging lives and transforming Ghana.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Debrah mentioned former Presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufuor as Heads of State who enjoyed second terms in office, saying, &#8220;If that is so why are some people trying to scuttle President Mahama&#8217;s second term bid?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-171242\" src=\"http:\/\/ghelections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/42cb5933-48a5-44a9-a48f-1b73673b9223.jpg\" alt=\"42cb5933-48a5-44a9-a48f-1b73673b9223\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Chief of Staff\u2019s tour of the Eastern Region is a follow up to re-election campaign of the president ahead of the December 7 polls.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the chiefs and Imams in Nsawam in the Eastern region, Mr. Julius Debrah said &#8220;President Mahama has laid a golden foundation in infrastructural development which has laid the grounds for a massive economic take off from 2017.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Why is it that all of a sudden some people want to curtail the second term bid of President Mahama?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-171243\" src=\"http:\/\/ghelections.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/85eac303-9c09-41b2-b23a-6dbda1b06cb3.jpg\" alt=\"85eac303-9c09-41b2-b23a-6dbda1b06cb3\" width=\"1280\" height=\"720\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Chief of Staff\u00a0interacted with chiefs, Imams, opinion leaders, market women among others within the Nsawam municipality.<\/p>\n<p>He told the people that &#8220;this opportunity of a second term for JM should not slip by.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Debrah appealed to the electorate to vote and maintain President Mahama for another four-year term a prosperous Ghana.<\/p>\n<p>The Chief of Staff&#8217;s entourage included Madam Faustina Nelson, Deputy Communications Minister Ato Sarpong,\u00a0NDC national communications Officer Solomon Nkansah, Deputy communications officer Fred Agbenyo\u00a0and lawyer Edudzi Tamaklo.<\/p>\n<p>_<\/p>\n<p>By: Richard Mensah\/ghelections.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah has called on the Chiefs and people of the Eastern Region to retain President John Dramani Mahama for a second term to accelerate economic growth. 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