Running mate to the flagbearer of the oppositional National Democratic Congress
(NDC) Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has assured that whoever has participated in the
plunder of the state would be held accountable under a future NDC government.
“John and I have agreed, that whoever has participated in the plunder of the state must
be held accountable. This is not a threat; it is a promise, premised on the wishes of our
citizens across the various political and social divides, and hinged on the principle of
accountability,” the former education minister hinted.
She has observed that the purpose of the December 7 election, for her party, “is the
opportunity to hold our country together, again; to heal Ghana; it is about the chance to
pull Ghana from the precipice of destruction, of normalizing corruption, of
incomprehensible greed, from deep despair.”
The two times running mate of the NDC flagbearer told a packed auditorium last Wednesday,
during her outdooring, at the UPSA, in Accra that “the election ahead of us is not about
making history, although that is important. It is not about returning a former president
back to power, or about producing the first woman vice president, historical and
exciting though they are. It is not only about bringing the National Democratic
Congress to power although that is indispensable in our current circumstances.
It is about winning the elections for a purpose that goes beyond those enumerated
above. The purpose is the opportunity to hold our country together, again; to heal
Ghana; it is about the chance to pull Ghana from the precipice of destruction, of
normalizing corruption, of incomprehensible greed, from deep despair. The election
ahead is about hard work and abiding sacrifice.”
According to the former vice chancellor of the University of Cape Coast, that the country is
not in ordinary times is no news but that never has the Ghana experienced the levels of greed,
unbridled arrogance, unrestrained impunity, sheer dishonesty, barefaced hypocrisy and in
compassion displayed by this incumbent government over the past seven years and more.
Across the political divide, across social and professional groupings, among the youth, Naana
Jane Opoku-Agyemang said one hears of complaints and stories concerning state capture,
where this government has chosen to use its power not in the broader interest of all
Ghanaians but to favor a small clique, quizzing that “What is that?”
She however assured former president Mahama who is also the NDC’s running mate that
“My output, going forward, by the Grace of God, will continue to demonstrate what the
world knows already, that women are also capable of high achievements; that we do so
with that reservoir of strength, determination, and mental acuity that only those who
are noble and far-sighted can comprehend and contend with.
I will share in our collective successes and, share responsibility for our setbacks if any.
And, at the time of reckoning, HE John Dramani Mahama, I will not, in the
advancement of self-serving ambition, declare to the world that I was only the driver's
mate.”
To every person who has lost or is losing hope, John Mahama’s running mate assured that “I
open my arms to welcome each one of you to partner with the NDC to envision and
craft and roll out a future of limitless prospects; a future where your dreams and those
of your children are attainable, your voices are constructive, where your lives matter.”
