not to underestimate<\/a><\/span><\/strong> the NPP as they have been in existence almost the entirety of Ghana’s democratic existence pursuing their agenda.<\/p>\nSpeaking to residents of Nkwanta in the Volta Region, President Mahama asserted that he would not be discouraged by the criticism because\u00a0the forbearers of the opposition NPP said similar things about the country\u2019s first President, Dr Kwame Nkrumah.<\/p>\n
\u201cThey are the same people who frustrated Dr. Nkrumah. They have been there for a very long time. They say we do not chew roads, we do not chew hospitals and we do not chew schools.\u00a0During our campaign launch in Cape Coast, former President Rawlings warned us to beware of them. He said they had been there for a very long time. They tormented Dr. Kwame Nkrumah during his era.”<\/p>\n
\u201cThey have appeared again repeating the thing they did under Kwame Nkrumah. They are again downplaying the positive impact of the loans Ghana has contracted under my era. I do not use the monies on lavish things but for projects that will last.\u201d<\/p>\n
Developmental projects are providing jobs<\/strong><\/p>\nThe NPP’s agenda, should it win power, will be geared towards job creation per its 2016 manifesto but President Mahama has maintained that the the developmental projects undertaken by the governing NDC has also brought \u00a0“income and employment.”<\/p>\n
“When we were undertaking these projects, we employed Ghanaians as carpenters, masons, electricians and other artisans. All these people have had some form of employment I am sure their family members also benefited because they were catered for out of the income they got from being employed.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe schools and hospitals we are building will also employ thousands of teachers from the various colleges of educations and thousands of graduates also from the nursing training colleges.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cWhile we are doing all these things, they are still saying we are wasting national resources. They are still saying we are wasting national resources,\u201d President Mahama stated.<\/p>\n
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