2024 flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said dumsor is back again with President John Mahama despite his promise to provide efficient power supply.
“Dumsor has started again immediately they came into office. By 2028, all Ghanaians will see their lies,” he said to party faithful yesterday during his ‘Thank You Tour’ of Bono Region.
There are so many promises they made to Ghanaians but are now retreating; they are not able to stop galamsey, they promised to pay 7,000 cedis to cocoa farmers but are now saying they did not get the right information, they also promised to cancel licensure exams but now only interested in terminating appointments of people employed since 2017, Dr. Bawumia stated.
He disclosed that the ‘Thank You Tour’ is unifying since all former flagbearer primary contenders are with him, stressing it is necessary to thank all party faithful including patriots, council of elders, communicators, polling station executives and constituency executives who worked hard towards the 2024 elections.
Dr. Bawumia firmly rejected claims that his religious background contributed to the NPP’s loss in the 2024 general election. He said the party worked hard and introduced several good policies, adding that the NPP shall win again but this time they would prioritise employment.
“It is not about religion. Sunyani East and Wenchi were won by Muslims (MPs). I got more votes than Ntim Fordjour in the Assin North Constituency. If it were religion, there are 236 Christian constituencies where their parliamentary candidates would have gotten more votes, but in many of these constituencies I got more votes than the parliamentary candidates,” he stated.
The former Vice President attributed the loss to apathy within party members who failed to vote in their strongholds, pointing out that, according to research, about 2.1m NPP voters did not turn up, and Mahama won by 1.7m votes, saying, “So if all our people voted for us, we would have won. The NDC did not appreciate in votes. It is not that NDC won but our people did not vote.”
-DGN Online
