[ 2012-05-08 ]

Vice President Mahama: Monkey dey work, so make baboon wait small

Rawlings & Kufuor got 8yrs; Mills deserves 8 too – Veep
The Vice-President of Ghana, John Dramani Mahama,
has appealed to Ghanaians to give the ruling
National Democratic Congress (NDC) another term in
office since previous governments of the Fourth
Republic had eight years each.

The first President of the Fourth Republic under
the current 1992 Constitution, Jerry John Rawlings
ruled from 1992 to 2000 whiles his successor J.A.
Kufuor took over from 2001 to 2008.

Vice President Mahama is arguing that in order for
Ghanaians to make a credible and an unbiased
analysis and evaluation of the achievements of all
governments, including that of President J.E.A
Mills of the Fourth Republic , it will be prudent
to give his boss a second chance come the December
elections

He also stated that the unprecedented achievements
of the NDC II government clearly show that they
deserve a second term in the upcoming presidential
and parliamentary elections.

“President Mills has been in office for four years
and with the work he has done he certainly
deserves a second term,” Vice President Mahama
said during the launch of the Ghana Urban
Development Project in the Volta Region.

“If for nothing at all let us give him eight years
so that then we have the basis for doing proper
comparison with other governments. President
Rawlings got eight years, President Kufuor had
eight and so President Mills also deserves eight
years.”

He added: “Recently, I was in Liberia for the
inauguration of President Johnson Sirleaf and the
slogan of her party was interesting and I’m sure
you all know of the slogan, ‘Monkey dey work
baboon dey chop’ but President Sirleaf’s own was
that ‘Monkey still dey work, so make baboon wait
small’ NDC is the monkey and we are still working
and let the chops accumulate and after that we
shall invite the baboon to come and have their
fair share.”

Source - Citifmonline

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