2020 Polls: I’ll concede defeat after independent audit of results – Mahama

Flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress(NDC) John Mahama says he’ll accept the results of the 2020 presidential election if the Electoral Commission conducts an independent audit of the results.

Mr. Mahama and his party have rejected the results of the December 7 polls describing the election as flawed.

According to the NDC, their analysis of the pink sheets available to them shows clearly that Mr Mahama won the elections.

In an interview with Voice of America(VOA) Mr. Mahama showed a just cause for the NDC’s position, adding that the issues raised cannot be swept under the carpet.

“We are currently doing a forensic audit of all the constituencies first to establish what happened and then confirm the figures that we have. Because this case might end up in court…I don’t know, I cannot mention anything for now but we are doing an audit and based on that we’ll take whatever decision we need to take.

“But I think that in the interest of the more than 6million people who voted for me, I must uphold our democracy and hold the Electoral Commission to a higher standard and hold this government to a higher standard in terms of our democracy. The way President Akufo Addo and the EC have conducted this elections is a dent on our democratic credentials as a government. And so with my principles as a democrat, I can’t be seen to be sweeping it under the carpet and letting it go.”

Ex-President Mahama added: “I think that we must bring closure to this by seeing exactly where the issues are. If an independent audit is done by the EC, they’ll bring somebody in to crunch the numbers do an independent audit why not, I’ll be the first person to concede and walk away. But as long as that is not done and I know that there was a deliberate attempt to subvert the will of the people in favour of the incumbent it will be wrong for me in terms of our democratic practices to just leave it because we’ll not learn the lessons of this election. I think we must learn the lessons of this election so that we don’t repeat it in future one.”

Source: kasapafmonline.com

Bawumia Opens Fire On NDC

Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has a penchant for opposing anything good for the country, especially when it is being proposed by the New Patriotic Party (NPP).

He said the posture of the NDC elements shows clearly that they do not have the country’s welfare at heart and are only interested in propaganda and how they can capture power and turn round to mismanage everything.

The Vice-President ‘opened fire’ in Takoradi in the Western Region on Tuesday when he cut the sod for the commencement of work on the first ever interchange in the regional capital.

“The NDC has a trademark in opposing everything. Any good initiative we bring out, they oppose it. First, they say it is impossible and then when we do it, they say they can do it better,” he said.

He said every time the NPP administration attempted to implement massive projects that would benefit the country, the NDC would vehemently oppose the implementation but would come later to claim they could do it better.

“They opposed the Sinohydro deal, but we are giving the Ghanaian people infrastructure through that. They opposed Free SHS and said it was impossible, but we have successfully implemented that, and now they say they can do it better,” he said.

“The construction of the PTC Interchange fits into the government’s programme of improving the road infrastructure of Sekondi-Takoradi and to modernize the twin city,” he added.

The Vice-President said “in line with the government’s agenda to ensure inclusive and accelerated economic development, we have focused our efforts on the first term in office to provide infrastructure for all.”

He pointed out that “the NDC did not understand the Sinohydro deal because it was the first time such a transaction was being proposed and introduced in Ghana and the opposition party referred to it as a ‘419’ initiative.”

“Our approach to the infrastructure development of Ghana has been two folds: first, to provide for the infrastructure needs of the poor and deprived communities for services such as water, toilets, clinics and electricity. Second, to provide for the broader infrastructure needs of the economy at the macro-level to drive economic growth, such as ports, major highways and inner city roads and bridges,” he explained.

More Opposition
He said “on the Free SHS, for instance, the NDC said if they had two billion cedis they would not have spent it on education. But the NPP persevered and made it happen. They said the same about NABCO that it was a hoax, but we made it happen.”

“They opposed ‘one constituency one ambulance’, but every constituency has an ambulance; they opposed ‘one village one dam’, but the farmers and chiefs in the north are commending the government; they opposed one ‘district one factory’, but we are building the factories, and now they say they can do better,” Dr. Bawumia fired.

He also recounted how the NDC opposed the Zipline medical drone service which is currently serving a useful purpose, adding, “They even opposed the Zipline medical drone service and told people that we would use the drones to take pictures of them in their bathrooms, but we have all seen the impact of the Zipline drone in providing emergency medical service to remote parts of the country.”

“The NDC also opposed the introduction of the digital addressing system to produce digital addresses for every location in Ghana,” he said.

“The NDC opposed the idea by the government to allow final-year students of SHS and JHS to go to school and prepare to take their respective final examination, but now the children are taking their exams. They opposed it and said we wanted the children to die. But by the grace of God, the SHS students have completed and our children are writing their BECE papers,” he fired again, adding “that is their trademark; everything good, they oppose it. And then they will turn around later and want to be a part of it,” he said.

NPP Focused
He said the NPP government led by Nana Akufo-Addo would not be deterred by the NDC’s ‘unwarranted’ opposition to everything good that they were doing and they would press hard to get Ghanaians the best.

“Our thinking about infrastructure for all includes all the amenities that people need in order to unleash the potentials for growth in their communities, constituencies and districts, and ultimately improve the conditions of everyday living.

“These are needed to support industrial growth and other supporting economic activities, especially in the urban areas (such as the Takoradi-Sekondi metropolis),” he added.

Source: Ghanaaview.com

The Upper East Region will get a homegrown air terminal should the resistance National Democratic Congress (NDC) develop successful in the 2020 general decisions.

Flagbearer of the gathering, John Dramani Mahama made the guarantee at the gathering’s pronouncement dispatch at the University of Professional Studies, Accra, on Monday, September 7, 2020.

John Mahama said land had just been made sure about for development once he is given the gesture on December 7.

“We will build a homegrown air terminal in the Upper East area. The land was made sure about when I was President thus we will proceed with it”, he said.

The previous President additionally declared that the Kumasi Airport will likewise be moved up to get greater airplane.

Other avionics guarantees

1. To understand Ghana’s vision to turn into the avionics center point of West Africa, the following NDC government has vowed to likewise do the accompanying:
2. quickly stop all plans by the fizzled Akufo-Addo Government to auction the Kotoka International Airport
3. proceed with our vision to completely operationalise the Kumasi and Tamale International Airports
4. redesign the Takoradi and Sunyani air terminals
5. survey the institutional and legitimate structure to guarantee air terminal terrains are saved exclusively

for flying purposes

1. cooperate with the private area to set up a public carrier

Rejecting of law on rescued vehicles

John Dramani Mahama has alluded to pulling back the law that boycotts the importation of rescued vehicles into the nation should he be casted a ballot into office.

He says his next government will likewise scrap the proposed increase in import obligation on such vehicles.

The move as per the previous President is to guarantee Ghanaians whose business rely upon that area of the economy keep on appreciating not too bad lives and incomes.

The Customs Amendment Act 2020 in addition to other things is to give motivators to the car makers and constructing agents enlisted under the Ghana Automotive Manufacturers Program and disallow the importation of rescued engine vehicles and vehicles more than ten years old into the nation.

Featuring segments of the gathering’s statement on Monday, September 2020, nonetheless, John Mahama demonstrated that the survey of the change demonstration is to shield the nearby programmed industry from breakdown.

“We will survey the Customs Amendment Act 2020 (Act 1014) to scrap the law forbidding the importation of rescue vehicles and the proposed execution of a 35 percent import obligation rate. We are going to scrap it all together that rescued vehicles are not restricted and top obligation rate government means to force on these vehicles doesn’t occur. This is to defend the nearby vehicle industry so our kin in Suame Magazine, Abossey Okai, Komkompe to keep on attempting to procure an average living.”

source:Ghanaaview.com

Earlier today, I inaugurated the NDC 2020 Campaign Team. It was exciting to see a team that is poised to deliver VICTORY in the 2020 election.

I thanked the National Executives of the NDC for their unanimous endorsement of Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang as my Running Mate.

I have for a very long time held the view that women must take their seat at the highest level of decision making.

Naana is a great person, distinguished, empathetic, principled and committed to promoting women and student causes.

The National Democratic Congress’ presidential competitor, John Mahama says a NDC organization drove by him will manufacture an ’emergency clinic transport’ whenever chose into office in 2021.

Named ‘Onipa nua’, the previous president said the move is a piece of the his gathering’s arrangement to improve medicinal services and give simple access to quality and effective wellbeing administrations to Ghanaians paying little mind to their area in the nation.

“We will construct another ‘Onipa Nua’ Hospital Ship and send it to offer clinical types of assistance to the blocked off riverine and angling networks on the inland Volta conduits,” Mr Mahama said during his Facebook Live arrangement Thursday.

He censured the Akufo-Addo organization for neglecting to utilize the ‘Onuado’ Mobile Vans his organization obtained in 2014.

The particular vans were intended for general medication, ophthalmology, dentistry and audiology appraisal and were intended to overcome any issues among urban and provincial human services.

They were to serve somewhere in the range of 46 regions the nation over.

Since the NDC left force, in any case, the armada of vans have been relinquished at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital.

Previous President John Mahama has depicted President Akufo-Addo’s administration of the Covid-19 emergency as disordered.

The circumstance, the Former president stated, had prompted the spike in cases over the most recent fourteen days.

He said there is as of now a ton of weight on Ghana’s wellbeing framework with wellbeing laborers testing positive for the infection and compelling them to go into self-separation.

“Today, there are upsetting reports of wellbeing laborers being uncovered, trying constructive and compelled to experience self-separation, isolate or treatment,” President Mahama said in a live association with individuals on Facebook.

“This is a tragic impression of the Akufo-Addo organization’s tumultuous treatment of the Covid-19 circumstance.”

In the live association on Facebook on Thursday night, the NDC Flagbearer likewise blamed President Akufo-Addo for looking for parochial interests in the midst of the pandemic just as declining to be guided by science and information.

He stated: “You can’t do publicity with a pandemic. Arranging Council of State individuals, boss and understudy gatherings to the seat of government to praise the President on his treatment of the infection won’t let the infection leave. The diseases and passings will consistently uncover you.”

The previous President showed that the pandemic has put a great deal of weight on Ghana’s wellbeing framework bringing about an antagonistic impact on the arrangement of dependable and quality social insurance to patients with other wellbeing conditions.

He approached the administration to expand the quantity of Covid-19 testing places to quick track the arrival of test results.

Mr. Mahama additionally requested that the legislature be straightforward in the administration of the pandemic with the end goal for Ghanaians to have certainty and trust in the framework.

Previous President John Mahama has cautioned the National Democratic Congress (NDC) won’t acknowledge the consequences of imperfect races.

Talking at the 28th-commemoration celebration of the NDC in Accra, Mr. Mahama, who is the gathering’s flagbearer for the forthcoming surveys advised the discretionary commission against acts that could disappoint Ghanaians in the surveys.

“Let nobody feel that the NDC will acknowledge the result of a defective political race… Let no one endeavor to disappoint any of our residents based on ethnicity,” Mahama said.

The NDC is in court with the constituent commission over the EC’s emphasis on accumulating another register for the December surveys. The gathering says another register will disappoint lion’s share of voters if the EC demands identification and Ghana card as principle evidence of nationality.

In the mean time, Parliament on Tuesday casted a ballot to support the disputable C.I 126 which gives legitimate sponsorship to the Electoral Commission to aggregate another voter’s register for the December surveys.

106 individuals from the Majority side of the House casted a ballot on the side of the C.I while 92 resistance MPs restricted it.

Notwithstanding the appearing leeway from the authoritative chamber, the EC should hop the significant obstacle yet with respect to the new register as the Supreme Court is to administer on the lawfulness or in any case of their activity.

Source: Ghana/Starrfm.com.gh

There is expanding desire that President Nana Akufo-Addo will facilitate the limitations on open social affairs this end of the week.

Huge markers have highlighted the way that there will be an away from for the facilitating of the limitations.

President Akufo-Addo, while tending to the country at the 2020 Virtual Eid-ul-Fitr Celebration on May 24 said the state will close a guide for facilitating limitations before the week’s over so he “can declare to Ghanaians an unmistakable guide for facilitating the limitations.”

“We need to discover a route back, however in wellbeing, for we can’t be under these limitations perpetually,” he said.

Beside the President, the Senior Minister prior uncovered that there would be a partner meeting on Friday in front of President Akufo-Addo’s tenth location to the country on the administration’ treatment of the pandemic on Sunday.

Signs from Mr. Osafo-Maafo are that there is a guide being concluded that will be introduced to partners.

“Practically all the recognizable gatherings who matter in this have all had close conversations with us,” he disclosed to Citi News including that “Our specialists have likewise proceeded with these conversations and on Friday we will assemble these on the best exhortation accessible to settle on the best choice.”

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) Flagbearer, John Mahama is additionally anticipating a critical facilitating of limitations and has approached the administration to initially direct increasingly far reaching testing.

“… notwithstanding the up and coming facilitating of limitations, let me rehash the approach the administration to think about leading mass testing, in any event, at the purpose of need,” Mr. Mahama said in a tweet.

In the President’s May 11 location to the country, he stretched out the prohibition on social affairs to May 31.

The open social occasion warnings were first set up on March 15, 2020, when Ghana had six instances of the infection. All universal outskirt intersections were additionally shut.

Ghana right now has 7,303 instances of the infection.

The boycott secured gatherings, workshops, burial services, celebrations, political meetings, church exercises and other related occasions as a major aspect of measures to stop the spread of coronavirus in the nation.

There is additionally a prohibition on memorial services, other than private internments, which have in excess of 25 people.

Beside the open social event warnings, there was likewise three-week incomplete lockdown of Accra, Kasoa, Kumasi and Tema which pushed the economy as far as possible.

Ghana’s limitations were among the most adaptable on the landmass as the administration put an accentuation on testing.

Since the lockdown was lifted, there has been an absence of social removing in showcase territories in spite of the fact that the legislature has attempted to repay by making the wearing of face covers compulsory out in the open.

The primary trace of limitations being lifted was the point at which the Ghana Tourism Authority (GTA) reported that inns, eateries and bars could continue activities but with upgraded social removing conventions.

Yet, there was a speedy u-abandon the state with the Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture saying drinking bars and night clubs ought to stay shut.

While there has not been a very remarkable commotion for the re-opening of houses of worship, there has been reliable discussion on the idea of limitations for schools.

There have been a few requires a trade off, with some recommending shift frameworks or the re-opening for simply last year understudies.

The Four pre-tertiary instructor associations; Ghana National Association of Teachers, National Association of Graduate Teachers, Tertiary Education Workers’ Union and Coalition of Concerned Teachers have, be that as it may, enlisted their resistance to the reviving of schools.

The Parents Teacher Association and School Management Committees has additionally informed the legislature against the reviving regarding schools since it will place the lives of instructors and understudies at serious risk.