JAK going back on promises

The former Minister of Communications, Mr John Mahama, has said President Kufuor has broken his electoral promise of reaching out to the people and promoting rural development since he has been making external tours at the expense of visits to the regions of country.

"The President has in the past six months in office only visited his home base, the Ashanti Region, but has embarked on more foreign travels." This, the ex-Minister contends, is "unfortunate and a drain on the national economy", quotes The Chronicle.

The ex-Minister who was speaking in a telephone interview on Kapital Radio, a local FM station in Kumasi, suggested that President Kufuor delegates Vice-President Aliu Mahama and other Ministers to represent him on such foreign invitations and concentrate on revamping the national economy.

According to Mr Mahama, much as the President is expected to travel abroad to woo investors into the country, he should not shirk that responsibility to provide quality and affordable healthcare and education, food and other basic necessities towards improving living conditions of Ghanaians.