Freddie Blay urges NPP to protect its ballot

The National Chairman of the governing NPP, Freddie Blay, has urged members of the party to work hard and ensure that massive victory is attained in the December 7 general election.

He stated that until victory is attained, members of the party should continue to work hard, saying “if we sleep, it will slip”.

Mr Blay was speaking in a meeting with Greater Accra regional executives, constituency executives, MMDCEs, government appointees, volunteer groups, regional campaign team, patrons and some leading members of the party as part of his ongoing nationwide tour.

Greater Accra critical

Mr Blay noted that Greater Accra is going to be the determining region in this year’s election, and urged members of the party to continue working hard.

“We need a resounding victory to send a strong signal to the entire country that we are not ready to go back to John Mahama’s wilderness, that we are poised for Akufo-Addo’s Promised Land,” he said.

He indicated that the people of Ghana have tasted both Akufo-Addo and John Mahama’s governments and can make informed decision to retain the NPP, but the party cannot be complacent.

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“We came from Mahama’s wilderness where there was dumsor, where agricultural growth was in the negative, where industrial growth was nothing to write home about, where nursing and teacher training allowances were cancelled, where the unemployment situation was so unbearable that it led to the formation of the unemployed graduates association, where the cost of electricity was more than the cost of rent, where institutional corruption was the order of the day, the likes of SADA, GYEEDA, WOYOME illegal payments and so on and so forth,” he said.

The NPP Chairman noted the Akufo-Addo government was therefore given to Ghanaians by God to save the country.

He spoke about successes of the government such as the restoration of teacher and nursing training allowances, free secondary education, Planting for Food and Jobs, through which Ghana is currently exporting 19 food crops.

“Our cocoa farmers, for the first time in history, have over 28 per cent increment in the producer price of cocoa. Stable electricity, reduction in import duty, reduction in the cost of electricity, free electricity to over 1. 2 million lifeline consumers, free water to all Ghanaians, making teachers the cardinal centre of our education with the restoration of book and research allowances, the introduction of professional development allowance, the introduction of free postgraduate education for all medical doctors and so on,” he said.

“We have major automobile giants like Sino truck, Toyota, VW and Nissan, all setting up assembly plants in the country. Beyond that, local assembly companies have equally received help from tax incentives to serve as financial assistance,” he added.

Hard work

The NPP Chairman noted that notwithstanding the massive achievements, the party machinery needs not to sleep until the last ballot is counted and a resounding victory declared. He commended the party’s leadership in the region and appealed to all executive members to bury their differences in order to prosecute the agenda with a united front.

The Regional Chairman, Mr Divine Agorhom, assured the National Chairman that the regional machinery is poised for a resounding victory, come December 7, adding that they would do all within their means to win Greater Accra Region with a massive margin.