The Member of Parliament for Korle Klottey, Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, has said the biggest threat to democracy is corruption.
She accused the Akufo-Addo administration of ‘blatant corruption”.
“Corruption has been presided over by this government,” she said during the 2024 campaign launch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Tamale on Saturday, July 27.
“Today we promise John Mahama that we will set the bar high with zero tolerance for corruption. The people of Ghana hold NDC to the highest standards
“We must hold onto principles that can’t be bought with money, we must make sure none of our agents is be bought,” she said.
“Let’s protect the ballot boxes., do not allow yourself to be misled by the money people will bring your way,” she said.
The National Communications Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi for his part, said that the 2024 general election will experience a change of government.
To him, Ghanaians will vote against the New Patriotic Party (NPP) because of the “incompetent Akufo-Addo government.
“Change is coming, are you ready for change,” he said during the campaign launch of the NDC in Tamale on Saturday, July 27.
“The victory of the NDC is coming again,” he stressed.
The campaign Director of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Professor Joshua Alabi also expressed optimism that Ghanaians will vote for the NDC in this year’s elections.
He says that the people are wide awake and will not be decided by the governing NPP.
“The people are very awake and they have seen the truth,” he told TV3’s Komla Klutse in Tamale during the NDC’s 2024 campaign launch at the Jubilee Park.
A member of the manifesto committee of the NDC Elvis Afriyie Ankrah for his part said the idea of the NDC is to win 14 out of the 18 seats in the Northern Region.
He explained that although the Volta Region is the stronghold of the NDC, it is the northern region that drives the energy of the party.
Speaking in an interview with TV3’s Mawuena Egbeta in Tamale on the sidelines of the campaign launch, the former Minister of Youth and Sports said: “The idea is that we are going to win 14 seats out of the 18 seats in 2024.”
He further criticized the Akufo-Addo for economic mismanagement.
The mismanagement of the economy, he said, will cause Ghanains to vote for the NDC.
“People have seen the abysmal performance every single sector of the economy is in a mess so the people have through,” he said.
