Former President says the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) is frightened by his decision to once again lead the National Democratic Congress (NDC), in the 2020 elections.
Addressing hundreds of NDC delegates in Yendi, Thursday as part of his campaign tour of the Northern Region, Mr. Mahama expressed surprise at the behavior of the NPP over his decision to contest.
He said very often, one always hear members of the NPP questioning why the NDC would want to bring him back as their flagbearer as they would easily defeat him. He said, if it is true that the NPP would easily defeat him in 2020 then they should be rejoicing rather than complaining.
"Two teams are playing football and the other tells the opponent that if you put in a particular goalkeeper I will score you. That means the opponent is afraid of the goalkeeper," he said. He noted that the NPP is clearly afraid of his second coming, as they are aware that, he is the only candidate with the experience to win back power for the NDC in 2020.
Mr Mahama has therefore urged NDC delegates to massively endorse him on December 7, 2018, when the NDC goes to the polls, to enable him wrestle power from the NPP in 2020.
The former President also raised questions over the government’s inability to continue projects started under his administration.
Mr Mahama says as he toured the country to campaign for the flagbearership of the NDC, it is clear that all the projects that were handed over to the NPP government are on standstill.
"All the roads we were working on has come to a standstill, all the E-Block Community Day Senior High Schools have come to a standstill, the hospitals and CHPS compounds we were building across the country are standstill, and it is the same with the electricity and water projects that were embarked upon to extend power to communities and safe drinking water," he told the delegates.
He urged Ghanaians not to lose hope, as the next NDC government in 2020 will ensure the successful completion of abandoned projects.
Observing that Ghanaians are currently going through economic hardship, he pledged to work hard to reduce the high cost of living and provide jobs, when he is elected in 2020.
Speaking to delegates in Tatale constituency, Mr. Mahama said he is yet to see a single factory from the One District One factory NPP manifesto promise.
“Where are the factories? Where are the dams? Where the warehouses? Where is the one million dollars per constituency? These are the questions that former President John Dramani Mahama is asking the Akufo-Addo government,” the former President quizzed.
According to him, the lesson in the unfulfilled promises is that it is easier for promises to be made but not kept.
“It is easier to give political lectures on the economy than to manage the economy,” he said. Mr Mahama further said “any Economics lecturer can give lectures on the economy. But not every lecturer can manage the economy”.
Source: JFM/Ghana
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God and even satan have rejected NDC AND MAHAMA IN PARTICULAR....theyll hail you aaa and just disappoint u at the last hour...its pathetic
Keep insulting him and think Akufo-Addo is the best thing that has happened to Ghana. It’s just a matter of time. If only the NPP knows how Ghanaians are angry with this old man and yet decide to be quiet it will send some shivers down your nerves. When some say the NPP solved the problem of dumsor it’s laughable. You should be telling us how you solve the dumsor cos we’re very much aware the dumsor was solved before Akufo-Addo took over.
Will someone put this man out of his misery once and for all? No one cares darling. Go on, knock yourself out; who gives a flipping monkeys. U and your cheap talks will be your own undoing.
How can someone who beat you with almost a million votes be nervous about your return? Anyway, you get over the primaries first.
If they try hijacking the results, Joe Anokye at National Communications Authority is there to stop them. You brought dumsor for 31/2 years, NPP fixed it and reduced electricity tariffs. You sold Ghana's bauxite to your brother, but NPP reversed it bring infrastructure to the people.
it good nana addo has waited to continue the shoddy projects started by never. How can asphalt roads develop potholes within 2yrs. come syi and see these shoddy works. I wish Manama does not even mentioned this shameful works he claimed to have started
He us just tickling himself, teweeeaaa! who is afraid of a ***barred word***? somebody riding on a lame horse, and a person who describes himself as lacking kritical thinking and is like a boy sitting on a bicycle without a break, such an id*ot should infact scare even true and authentic ndc members because his utterances are even appalling and not attracting people. John mahama your coming back even scares lost if your ndc members who think you are bent on destroying the party. Ghanaians will never vote for you today or tomorrow, you were tested and you showed such an incompetent idi*ocy paa to them so even your 44% in power will be reduced to 30% in opposition! hahahahaha 2nd Dr Hilla Limann in the making in the ndc! John mahama is only fit to be ndc flagbearer till thy kingdom come! Alban Bagbin also from the North is even ashamed of you and said if he were you,never again will he humiliate himself,you are a disgrace to the North and destroying their chances of becoming president in Ghana! your utterances and your followers like Akamba are putting people off! John mahama Alban Bagbin have been endorsed by the delegates of the Western region,most part of Greater Accra have endorsed him some parts of the Volta are for him so who are those even in the ndc who are going to vote for you? looking at the rejection and insults from Ghanaians who are going to vote in 2020, it will be suicidal really fir the ndc to bring this unco*th and uncult*red drunkard to be their flagbearer! John mahama is just a f00*00l who is opening his mouth anyhow and bringing out maggots! the President of the Republic of Ghana Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo will never go into the gutters with this uncivil John mahama but we the Ghanaian people will volunteer to handle him well ,well on social media !
YES OOO WHO IS NOT NERVOUS ABOUT A ***barred word*** ? NOT ONLY NPP OOO BUT GENUINE MEMBERS OF THE NDC TOO ? IN EFFECT ALL GHANAIANS ARE AFRAID OF YOUR UNBRIDLED CORRUPTION AND PLAIN THIEFERY. YES GHANAIANS ARE AFRAID PAPAPA OF YOUR COMING BACK.
Sometimes when I hear this man talk I get a feeling he is completely without a conscience or he himself does not understand what he says.If any single project you started has come to a standstill it's because you left a completely empty treasury.I wonder when you will realise that you are by far the worst leader ever to run this country.
Ahhhhh papa wy no one feel nervous about u oooo... U are falla to NPP we beat u 2 yrs ago and we are going to beat u again...lol the battle is still the Lords