The flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has resumed his constituency-focused campaign tour after the engagement with media personnel drawn from all 16 Regions in the country on Sunday, August 25.
Dr Bawumia on Monday, August 26 toured the Ablekuma North and West Constituencies in the Greater Accra Region.
“The energy and enthusiasm I witnessed is further testament to the broad appreciation and acceptance of my proposal for bold solutions in addressing Ghana’s challenges,” he wrote on X after the campaign.
He added “with a mindset of possibilities, we shall together take Ghana to higher heights. Indeed, it is Possible!”
Dr Mahamudu Bawumia had promised among other things that “my government will reduce the fiscal burden on government by empowering the private sector to do more. Fundamental to building any modern, prosperous society is ensuring that access to education and health is available to all and that there is a safety net for the most vulnerable. Under the two-term administration of His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo’s government, I can say without any fear of contradiction that no past leader did more to uplift the poor and vulnerable in society than my boss. We put in place new ones and expanded existing social policies and programmes for the masses across Ghana, like free SHS, Free TVET, Agenda 111, expanding school feeding, NHIS care for childhood cancer, sickle cell and kidney dialysis etc.
“I pledge to you that my government will protect and deepen all these programmes that several millions of you depend on. From all my interactions with the people, the three top major concerns of Ghanaians are (1) the Cost of Living (2) Unemployment and (3) Roads. The 2024 Manifesto of the New Patriotic Party prioritises what you the Ghanaian people say are your priorities. This manifesto lays out a clear path of how we plan to solve these major problems, among others. That is why my government will make business and jobs our number one priority.
“True to our philosophy, I believe, the private sector has the capacity to provide jobs and create wealth for society. My administration will, therefore, incentivise and empower the private sector to do more in complementing government in the provision and management of many infrastructures and other public services. This can reduce government expenditure, increase efficiency and accountability, create competition and improve maintenance. Yes, we have built more roads than any government in the Fourth Republic. But we still have a lot more to do. In the last 8 years we have been deliberate in empowering Ghanaian contractors to undertake many of the major infrastructural projects that would otherwise have gone to foreign contractors.”
