Techiman welcomes NDC's John Mahama
Mr John Dramani Mahama, running mate of
Prof. John Evans Atta Mills of the National Democratic Congress (NDC),
on Friday began a nine-day tour of the Northern part of the country.
Responding to a rousing welcome in Techiman in the Brong Ahafo
Region, which dragged late into the night, Mr Mahama told the people that
the NDC would form the next government come 7th January 2009.
"If the overwhelming welcome you have given to me today would be
translated into votes then on January 7, 2009 Prof. Mills would assume the
governorship of the country."
He said, "This huge welcome is a show of love for me and Professor
Mills and for the big NDC. Professor Mills and I have accepted to be your
humble servants come January 2009 and we would not disappoint you
when you give us the key to the Castle by voting overwhelmingly for the
NDC."
He said the NDC has embarked on a campaign of "Peace and Love"
and asked its followers to adopt both attributes saying, "Insults and lies
would not bring the votes."
He said the campaign slogan "Greater Ghana" that the party has
adopted came from the background that the NDC did a lot during its
administration and that the NPP was also playing its part and that what was
confronting the nation now would not be achieved through "comparing of
records."
He said when the NDC privatised the telecommunication industry, it
created a boom in that industry and that he commissioned one of the first
three FM stations in Techiman, when he was then the Minister of
Communication.
Mr Mahama said there was the need to establish more FM stations to
employ Ghanaians and not the “comparing of records”.
Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, General Secretary of the party said the
NDC was not in government and could not have pledged any state
property or the newly found oil to finance its campaign.
He alleged that the Local Government, Rural Development and
Environment Minister Mr Kojo Adjei Darko had said that the NDC has
pledged the newly found oil to a foreign interest to buy pick-ups for its
campaign.
Mr Asiedu Nketia said if any party could do that then it would be the
NPP because "The NDC is not in government and has no control over
state resources and any party, which is capable of doing that, is the ruling
government."
Mr Mahama also visited some Zongo communities within the Techiman
Municipality where he solicited the people's support to ensure a convincing
victory in the December polls.
Mr Mahama was accompanied by Alhaji Hudu Yahaya, vice National
Chairman, Mr Haruna Iddrisu, National Youth Organiser and Mr Johnson
Asiedu Nketia.