Ghana holds its presidential and parliamentary elections in 2024 and it is going to be a critical year for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), flag bearer of the party, John Dramani Mahama, has asserted.
He has asked members of the NDC to give in their all to man the polls to ensure the will of the people is not circumvented.
Speaking at an ‘End of Year Get-Together with party leadership, Members of Parliament and Parliamentary Candidates’ Thursday, December 21, 2023, he charged the gathering to brace up for the task ahead as the race is not for the weak.
He has courted for the leadership’s energy, loyalty and commitment, saying the party is not going to leave any stone unturned.
“We are on the brinks of momentousness come next year. Next year is a critical year for us and our country Ghana and I thought that there was no better way to prepare ourselves for what is ahead of us; it would be a replenishment of your energy, loyalty and commitment to the NDC to give your all to our party in the year 2024 because 2024 is a make through or break year for the NDC and we must leave no stone unturned,” he indicated.
He further advised the leadership not to relegate its responsibility for any irregularities to find its way at the various polling and collation centres.
“As many of you must volunteer to participate in the process as possible, –don’t say I’m the Chairman, the treasuerer so I have no role to play. Nobody is going to sleep on the night of 7th December 2024.
“Don’t say it is the work of the elections directorate and so I’m going home. Everybody will stay awake in every constituency until you’ve gathered all your results and got all your pink sheets before we all go to sleep,” he cautioned the gathering, adding that next year’s polls is going to be guarded with all the party’s might.
“This is going to be the most tightly guarded election in the history of Ghana. We are going to make sure that not even a mosquito, –apologies to General [Johnson Asiedu Nketia] will be able to pass through the net that we are going to put around this election. We are going to leave no stone unturned to make this election a true reflection of the will of the people.
“We are going to make sure that the peoples’ votes are protected. I’ve heard enough of people walking up to me that we voted for you but we did not protect our votes. We are going to protect their votes and make sure that the outcome of this election will be a reflection of what the people of Ghana want,” he assured.
John Mahama faces a fierce competition with the NPP’s Mahamudu Bawumia in the 2024 elections as he seeks a second term of office after being ousted from power in the 2016 and 2020 polls by President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
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