Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, has asked Ghanaians to vote for him in the December 2024 elections as the proven generational thinker who can rescue the country from its current predicament.
He says Ghana needs a leader with credibility and a proven track record to solve generational problems and corruption, declaring that he has proven to be a problem solver and an anti-corruption advocate through policies he has spearheaded as Vice President.
“Ghana needs problem solvers, generational thinkers and people with innovative ideas. I am a problem solver and a generational thinker with innovative ideas. I have a solid track record as Vice-President to prove it,” Dr. Bawumia noted.
He referenced how the digitalisation of many public services is contributing effectively against corruption, which he said, is the way to go, and not just paying lip service to fighting corruption.
According to him, unlike his contender, John Dramani Mahama, who has nothing to boast of, in terms of corruption fight, he has many initiatives to his name which has helped curb corruption in the country.
He mentioned the digital national identity system, which he said has addressed the age-long problem of lack of national identity and exclusion; the national property address system, to address the problem of lack of property identity, mobile money interoperability to resolve the issue of financial exclusion and promote a cashless society, digitalisation of public services to promote efficiency and reduce corruption, delivery of essential drugs to remote areas through drones, as well as other policies, including One Ambulance One Constituency, Agenda 111 hospitals.
“What policies did former President Mahama initiate to fight corruption as President or Vice President? If you ask him, he cannot state one because he was not committed to fighting corruption as Vice President and President,” he said whilst speaking at the NPP International Conference in Johannesburg, South Africa, on Saturday, March 23, 2024.
The flag bearer of the NPP further implored the citizenry of how he will be more accountable to them than his main contender, John Mahama, whom he said, will not be accountable to the people because he will not seek re-election.
Dr. Bawumia explained that having never been President before, he will be more accountable to Ghanaians as President because he will have another opportunity to come before the people and seek re-election, unlike Mahama who will not return because he will be serving just one term in office.
“Apart from my proven track record as Vice President, hard work, credibility and vision for the future of Ghana, another reason I should be voted for is that I will be more accountable to the people of Ghana than John Mahama,” Dr. Bawumia said.
“As President, I will be more accountable because I will have another opportunity to seek the mandate of the people after 2024. Mahama has just one term and he will not come back to Ghanaians to seek re-elections so he will not be accountable,” he added.
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