Yesterday's demonstration by the coalition of opposition parties in the Northern region, against the Mahama-led National Democratic Congress government, is a clear indication that the hardship in the country has reached a crescendo.

Prior to the demonstration, the coalition had given the President an ultimatum to address the concerns of the suffering masses, including killer electricity tariffs, collapse of businesses, escalating unemployment, the increasing economic hardship, among others.

But the defiant and insensitive Mahama government, whose functionaries are more concerned about the unpatriotic agenda of lining their pockets, and how to perpetuate their ill-administration, blatantly ignored the coalition's demands.

President Mahama is on the campaign tour appealing to Ghanaians to extend his mandate for another four years, even though the last eight years of his NDC government has witnessed the worst form of mismanagement in all sectors of the economy, resulting in the current untold hardship foisted on Ghanaians.

The masses in the Northern Region, just like the rest of Ghanaians, are now of the firm conviction that the NDC government under the watch of President Mahama is steering the affairs of the country the wrong way.

They have realized that 'the better Ghana' that was promised by the Mahama government has become 'a bitter Ghana.' And the reason accounting for this is simple: Mr Mahama and his appointees 'came to steal, kill and destroy Ghana.'

The nation is virtually on its knees: businesses are collapsing; unemployment is on the rise; people can't pay their rent and utility bills; others even can't feed their families. Ghana has sunk to its lowest ebb ever, with President Mahama and his government now struggling to get the basic things right.

The people simply cannot endure another four years of the current excruciating hardship under this incompetent, inept and corrupt Mahama government whose functionaries see politics or governance as a means to creating opportunities for family relations and friends to 'create, loot and share' the nation's resources.

That is the current state of affairs in the country, as we prepare for the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections.

But, the frustrated masses in the Northern Region, as well as all Ghanaians, can take consolation in the fact that all is not lost, as we have the opportunity to reverse the situation for better through the upcoming elections.

Ghana can work again for the collective good of the masses, but that will only happen after the Mahama government has been shown the exit from the corridors of power.

A divine responsibility is therefore placed on all well-meaning Ghanaians to join the effort at 'saying good riddance to bad rubbish' at the December 7 polls. And the reason is simple: the people cannot endure another four years of hardship under the failed Mahama government.