Ghana’s former President, John Mahama is begging Ghanaians to vote out the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) in 2024 to enable them (Ghanaians) demand proper accountability.
Mr. Mahama made the controversial comments at Wa in the Upper East region where he is embarking on his nationwide ‘Thank you tour’.
‘‘The NPP have no intention of fighting corruption and so the only way they can be made to account to the people of Ghana is for them to leave office so that the new government will come and audit them and show where they have gone wrong. Otherwise, all the money they have stolen, they will just walk away with it.
“If you participate in politics or are a participant in public service, one of the first things you must be willing to do is to be accountable to the people. The only way they could be accountable is for them to leave office so that the people of Ghana can ask them questions and audit them to make sure they account for the period they were in office,’’ Mr Mahama stated.
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Mr. Mahama has asked the ruling NPP and Nana Akufo-Addo to ensure the full operationalisation of the Upper West Regional Hospital in Wa.
According to him, the move will help the referral facility address the health needs of the people in the region.
The former president was responding to Wa Naa Fuseini Seidu Pelpuo IV, who was unhappy with the lack of key infrastructure in the region.
The former President urged President Akufo-Addo to provide the required seed money to fully operationalise the regional hospital.
“Since he commissioned it, the hospital has not been given seed money to operate fully. And so it is not operating at full capacity. That is supposed to be the regional hospital, the major referral hospital for the people of the Upper West” he bemoaned.
With the Covid-19 pandemic stretching the nation’s existing health facilities, the former President, who is in the region to thank the people for their support for him and his running mate, Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyemang, and the NDC Parliamentary Candidates, called for re-prioritisation of all such projects that are ready to be used.
“While we think about building more hospitals, we must quickly utilise the capacity that we have already. Because it will be a lack of prioritisation if you have a wholly built regional hospital with all equipment that you need there and you can’t operationalise it and yet prioritise the construction of new hospitals.”
Ghana | Atinkaonline.com
