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Politics of Thursday, 2 July 2015

Source: rainbow radio 87.5

Rawlings’s Era Was Better Than Mahama’s Time –NPP Vice Chairman.

A staunch member of the Danquah – Busia Dombo tradition has analyzed that the living and economic standards of Ghanaians under the Rawlings administrations both as military ruler and as civilian head of state is far better than president Mahama’s time.
The New Patriotic Party bigwig said the living standards of millions of Ghanaians keeps deteriorating under the Mahama led national democratic congress government.
The second vice chairman of the Eastern Regional New Patriotic Party, Nana Fredua Ofori-Atta mentioned the utility prices, the increases, hikes in petroleum prices, the increase in motor insurance, depreciation of the cedi against major trading currencies, power fluation as major factors that have brought unbearable hardship unto Ghanaians.
The politician cum media practitioner in an interview on Rainbow Radio breakfast show hosted by Kwame Tutu observed that President Mahama and his team lack ideas to turn the economic fortunes of Ghana around to benefit Ghanaians.
Nana Fredua Ofori- Atta Further urged Ghanaians to protest against the use of current electoral register in the forthcoming 2016 presidential and parliamentary polls.
He kicked against the latest price adjustment in utility and petroleum products.