President John Dramani Mahama has described\u00a0as cheap politics the opposition New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) proposal to extend the service period for\u00a0army recruits from 25 years to 30 years, thus pushing back their retirement.<\/p>\n
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Flagbearer\u00a0also claimed this particular promise was a mere afterthought on the NPP\u2019s part as this proposal did not feature in its 2016 manifesto.<\/p>\n
[contextly_sidebar id=”jJXiQfWZWoNMEQjQcmnp2hCnc9hrSbeJ”]Currently, army recruits retire after 25 years, but the Chairman of the NPP\u2019s sub-committee on Defense and Interior, Dominic Nitiwul, told journalists on Monday about\u00a0the party’s\u00a0intent to extend the period of service before retirement by five years.<\/p>\n
However, in an address to party supporters at Akroso in the Eastern Region,\u00a0President Mahama retorted to the NPP, \u201cyou have a manifesto. The things you want to do you have written in your manifesto; but why didn\u2019t you write this one [proposal to review the army retirement] in your manifesto?\u201d<\/p>\n
He\u00a0thus accused them of simply pandering to the soldiers in the name of votes, saying,\u00a0\u201cbecause of politics, they want the soldiers’ support so they decided to do something that would get the soldiers\u2019 support but it was an afterthought for them.”<\/p>\n
\u201cOur politics has moved forward. Ghanaians no longer take these kind of promises on face value. It is not everything that will fly with Ghanaians. These promises and other things will not fly. It is the experience and delivery that Ghanaians want.\u201d<\/p>\n
“We in the NDC, if we won\u2019t do something, we won\u2019t say we will do it. But if we say we will do it, we will do it. When we promise, we deliver. We don\u2019t make empty promises,\u201d President Mahama assured the electorate.<\/p>\n
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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
President John Dramani Mahama has described\u00a0as cheap politics the opposition New Patriotic Party\u2019s (NPP) proposal to extend the service period for\u00a0army recruits from 25 years to 30 years, thus pushing back their retirement. The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Flagbearer\u00a0also claimed this particular promise was a mere afterthought on the NPP\u2019s part as this proposal did […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":262206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[58,10,11],"tags":[2356,3,464,129,56],"yoast_head":"\n