Although some opposition political parties have staged a demonstration against the government over hikes in utility tariffs in Tamale, President John Dramani Mahama will receive a rousing welcome as he embarks on a tour of the Northern Region as part of his campaign for this year’s general elections, Abdul Mumin Alhassan, the Northern Regional Communication Director of the governing National Democratic Congress has said.
The demonstrators believe the Mahama government has brought untold hardship upon Ghanaians, a situation which needed to be changed through the ballot this year.
But Mr Ahlassan, speaking in relation to the demonstration, said: “As I’m speaking now, he (Mr Mahama) has gone to visit the eastern part of the region for his first visit. I understand he will be visiting the Northern Region three times before the election. He will have the opportunity to drive on the Eastern Corridor road, which he awarded some few years back. There is massive infrastructural development that is ongoing in the Salaga South constituency where dormitories, libraries, and school blocks have been put up, so he will be visiting to see the facility. He will also pay a courtesy call on some paramount chiefs along the Eastern Corridor. He will also continue his tour tomorrow [Tuesday], to other parts like Yendi, Zabzugu, Tatale among other places. So the prospects are high, the people are very happy.”
He added: “Sammy Awuku was there, Mustapha Hamid among others were there. I saw all the national executives of the NPP except those they have suspended. So if they pretend that it is other political parties, they can go ahead. But let me tell them that the good people of the Northern Region are going to vote massively for President Mahama. The seats in the Northern Region, of which the NPP has nine, we are going to recapture all those seats,” he told Accra-based Citi FM on Monday August 22.
“The NPP issued a statement that they will demonstrate if VRA does not review tariffs. We advised them the only body they can petition about electricity tariffs was the PURC, yet they ignored our advice. These people are nation wreckers – you remember even when Nkrumah was going for independence, they said it must come later so these are the people we are dealing with. We are not going to relent on our efforts of doing what we are doing. President Mahama is focused on developing this country and he is going to deliver on his mandate.”
Source: Ghana/AccraFM.com
