Ghana’s economy rests with NPP – Nitiwul

Deputy Minority Leader, Dominic Nitiwul says the opposition New Patriotic Party is ready to take power from the incompetent National Democratic Congress (NDC) and give Ghanaians good governance.

Dominic Nitiwul warned that another term for President Mahama “will send us to the abyss”.

The legislator believes that Ghana under the current administration is almost collapsed with the economy biting citizens.

Ghana, he stressed, is rotting under NDC and any attempt to maintain them will be disastrous.

Interest Ghana is paying on debts, he said, will be number one on next budget statement and ''I am clear in my mind that, Ghana will have a big problem. If we give Mahama another chance, we will all rot."

Claims by government to have invested massively in infrastructure, he added, do not match the amount of loans contracted by government.

"All our signature projects do not amount to 10 billion dollars...Ghana is running itself into a big problem and if Ghanaians want us to go forward, then we need to be careful of the next government we choose to lead this country.

If President Mahama is elected, then we are doomed because no one will trust his administration for the mess created but a Nana Addo government will gain support since he is not the one who created the mess."

The NPP, he noted, are ready for power and to wrestle with the NDC to give Ghanaians, the needed transformation needed to position this country where it is supposed to be.

Speaking in an interview with Kwame Tutu on Rainbow Radio, Mr Nitiwul urged Ghanaians to be part of the change led by the presidential candidate of the NPP, to provide the state with a first class governance.

''The NPP is absolutely ready to take over power from the NDC. Anyone who believes in change should join the NPP to bring that change. If the economy is biting you, then give the NPP the opportunity to take over power to give Ghanaians good governance. There maybe one or two challenges in the party, but that is now behind us, and we are ready to rule this country.”

He noted the NPP with their policies will build a strong and resilient economy that will create opportunity for every single Ghanaian, especially head porters popularly referred to as kayayei since a Nana Addo led government, will provide them jobs and skills training to ensure that they are taken off the streets.

Mr Nitiwul who was hopeful of victory for the NPP was sad at the current state of Ghana, saying that some of our neighbouring countries like Ivory Coast, are far ahead of us, a situation he described as an unfortunate and a joke. ''It is unfortunate for us to have handed over power to the NDC after Ghana discovered oil because, if we compare Ghana to Ivory Coast, you will realize that, politicians in Ghana are really joking. Politicians in Ghana are not giving Ghanaians good governance...And that is something the NPP led by Nana Addo will provide Ghanaians.''

He described Nana Addo as an incorruptible leader with the competence, integrity- and highly focused to transform this country. Hon. Dominic Nitiwul opined that, President Mahama comes nowhere near Nana Addo, when issues of corruption comes up for discussion. In his view, President Mahama has and continue to preside over massive and widespread corruption under his administration. President Mahama's insincerity he said, is dangerous for this country since he has failed to crack the whip on appointees cited for various corrupt practices.

This comment was in connection with President Mahama's denial of being corrupt when he granted an interview with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) when he attended the Anti-Corruption Summit in the United Kingdom.

"Nana Addo is tried and tested. He is an incorruptible leader. He cannot cited for any corrupt practice."

He chided the NDC administration for importing every single commodity into the country, collapsing the agric sector among other challenges making lives for Ghanaians difficult.