[ 2015-04-18 ]

NPP Will Not Abandon Volta – Bawumia
The vice presidential candidate of the New
Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, has
reiterated that his party will not abandon any of
the country’s ten regions when it assumes power
in 2017.

According to him, it would be wrong for any
forward looking and development- oriented country
to abandon a section of its people.

He said, “We have only one Ghana and so whether
the NPP gets votes in the Volta Region or not the
national cake will be shared equally.”

He stressed, “We are trying to build a globally
competitive economy. We are a team and cannot
ignore anyone.”

Dr Bawumia added that “Ghana is one team made up
of 10 players (10 regions),” hence every player
has a role to play in making the Ghana team
successful.

“Ghana cannot succeed if you take Volta Region
out or any other region for that matter,” he
emphasised.

The Volta Region is the stronghold of the
governing National Democratic Congress (NDC). In
the 2012 elections the NPP lost the only
parliamentary seat it had in the region to the
NDC.

That notwithstanding, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia in an
interview with Ho-based Volta Premier Fm, noted
that the NPP loves Ghana and is ready to serve
Ghanaians, including members of the NDC. He said
the NPP has a track record to show that it is a
party that cares for all Ghanaians, irrespective
of their backgrounds and locations.

He explained that the NPP, before it left office
in 2008, had instituted many policies and
programmes to show that it is a party that cares
for all Ghanaians.

“When we put in the National Health Insurance
Scheme it wasn’t for a particular region; when
we come in and restore the teachers’ training
allowances it will be for everybody,” he
stressed.

He added that the capitation grant, Metro Mass
Transit, Ghana Education Trust Fund (GETFund),
among other interventions, were programmes that
served every Ghanaian fairly and not the
stronghold of the NPP alone.

He was only disappointed that the governing NDC,
instead of improving these programmes, had rather
mismanaged them and left them collapsing thereby
putting unnecessary strain on the ordinary
Ghanaian, including its strong hold; the Volta
Region.

Inroads
Bawumia, former Deputy Governor of the Bank of
Ghana, was hopeful that things would greatly
improve in 2016 when the NPP was voted into
power.

He revealed that the NPP had made the Volta a
priority region and so had put in several measures
to ensure that the party makes inroads in 2016.

Source - Daily Guide

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