John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has stated that Ghana’s economic conditions are worse than countries like Nigeria and Kenya, which have recently experienced violent demonstrations.
“Many people in Nigeria are on the streets demonstrating. You heard about Kenya, Kenyan youth are demonstrating because opportunities are not opening up for them. The situation in Ghana is worse,” he said
The former President also claimed that many members of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) believe the country is being hijacked by a select few, to the detriment of the larger population.
Mahama stated that these disgruntled NPP members are calling for his return to the presidency to pave the way for the NPP to reorganize itself.
Addressing party supporters during his tour of the Upper East region, over the weekend, the NDC flagbearer revealed, “In Ghana, it is not the NPP, it is a small family that has captured everything. And so, I can tell you, there are many of my friends in the NPP who come and tell me, they say ‘NDC, you have to do well and get our party out of power.
“These are NPP people because the NPP has been captured by a small group of people. This is not Kufuor’s NPP. This is a different NPP. It has been hijacked by some people and so the democrats and others in NPP want the party to lose. So that they can go back into opposition and reorganise.”
In a comparison with other African countries, he described Ghana’s economic hardship as “worse off.”
“Many people in Nigeria are on the streets demonstrating. You heard about Kenya, Kenyan youth are demonstrating because opportunities are not opening up for them. The situation in Ghana is worse,” he said
