…between him and Nana Addo
By Charles Takyi-Boadu
The Presidential Candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor John Evans Atta Mills has drawn the line between him and the Presidential Candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
For him, the second round of the Presidential elections is a contest between himself and Akufo-Addo and not a contest between the NDC and the NPP, stressing “the NDC and NPP contest is over. It is now about John Evans Atta Mills and Akufo-Addo and I want the people of Ghana to judge us by what we stand for.”
Prof. Mills believes there is a big difference between him and NPPs candidate, stressing “I am the leader of a party that has welfarism and people-centered approach to managing the affairs of state as its core values. Compare that to Akufo-Addo who is leading a party that believes in property-owning democracy and holds on to the maxim that the rich must get richer whiles the poor get poorer.”
He has thus asked the teeming Ghanaian populace to vote for a President they can trust.
Mills, who happens to be the former Vice President made the comparison during his campaign tour of the Western
Whilst appreciating the fact that the region is blessed with rich natural resources, he emphasised “with the oil find, you a need a President who will not enrich himself and his cronies with your resources whiles you the people who should benefit from the resources wallow in abject poverty.” In line with his pledge to present a bill to Parliament in the first 100 days upon assumption of office to review downwards tariffs and taxes, Professor Mills promised the NDC government will bring relief to Ghanaians.
By Charles Takyi-Boadu
The Presidential Candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor John Evans Atta Mills has drawn the line between him and the Presidential Candidate of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
For him, the second round of the Presidential elections is a contest between himself and Akufo-Addo and not a contest between the NDC and the NPP, stressing “the NDC and NPP contest is over. It is now about John Evans Atta Mills and Akufo-Addo and I want the people of Ghana to judge us by what we stand for.”
Prof. Mills believes there is a big difference between him and NPPs candidate, stressing “I am the leader of a party that has welfarism and people-centered approach to managing the affairs of state as its core values. Compare that to Akufo-Addo who is leading a party that believes in property-owning democracy and holds on to the maxim that the rich must get richer whiles the poor get poorer.”
He has thus asked the teeming Ghanaian populace to vote for a President they can trust.
Mills, who happens to be the former Vice President made the comparison during his campaign tour of the Western
Whilst appreciating the fact that the region is blessed with rich natural resources, he emphasised “with the oil find, you a need a President who will not enrich himself and his cronies with your resources whiles you the people who should benefit from the resources wallow in abject poverty.” In line with his pledge to present a bill to Parliament in the first 100 days upon assumption of office to review downwards tariffs and taxes, Professor Mills promised the NDC government will bring relief to Ghanaians.
On the issue of the high customs duty importers pay at the ports, Prof. Mills promised a government under his administration will reduce the cost.
“I am a tax expert and I know it for a fact that it is not about the quantum of revenue that is generated; it is about how efficiently the revenue is managed that is why I will not hesitate to bring relief to Ghanaians by reviewing downwards taxes and tariffs”, he emphasised.
Professor Mills has also pledged to make sure that private lotto operators stay in business.
He said it was during the time of President Rawlings that private lotto operators were licensed and promised to give them back their legal freedom to operate.
According to Professor Mills, the lame and desperate attempt by the NPP to create the impression that private lotto operators will be given back their license is nothing but an attempt to score cheap political points.
“Is it not the NPP that has destroyed the private lotto business? So if Akufo-Addo says that he is going to move in the same direction as President Kufuor, why should anybody take the NPP serious when it is now paying lip service to private lotto operators?”, he asked rhetorically and stressed “the NDC has done it before, and we will do it again by allowing private lotto operators to function within the ambit of the law.”
“I am a tax expert and I know it for a fact that it is not about the quantum of revenue that is generated; it is about how efficiently the revenue is managed that is why I will not hesitate to bring relief to Ghanaians by reviewing downwards taxes and tariffs”, he emphasised.
Professor Mills has also pledged to make sure that private lotto operators stay in business.
He said it was during the time of President Rawlings that private lotto operators were licensed and promised to give them back their legal freedom to operate.
According to Professor Mills, the lame and desperate attempt by the NPP to create the impression that private lotto operators will be given back their license is nothing but an attempt to score cheap political points.
“Is it not the NPP that has destroyed the private lotto business? So if Akufo-Addo says that he is going to move in the same direction as President Kufuor, why should anybody take the NPP serious when it is now paying lip service to private lotto operators?”, he asked rhetorically and stressed “the NDC has done it before, and we will do it again by allowing private lotto operators to function within the ambit of the law.”
No comments:
Post a Comment