The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has attributed the suffering and hardships in Ghana currently to the unprecedented levels of corruption under President Akufo-Addo and Vice President, Dr Mahamudu Bawumia.

At a press conference today, the party lamented one corrupt act after the other, allegedly being perpetrated by officials of the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government in the past seven. 

The NDC recounted the BOST scandal in the early days of this government, the PDS fiasco, the controversial Finance Ministry-GRA-induced SML $100 million contract for revenue assurance and the recent $12 million spent on the suspended “Agyapa” Gold Royalties deal, as a few of the litany of corruption scandals.

National Communication Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi noted that with each passing day left in the life of the current government, “countless skeletons in their closet of corruption keep unfolding before our very eyes”. 

He said the penchant for corrupt schemes under President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Bawumia is what has accounted for the unprecedented hardship and poverty in the country.

According to the NDC, John Mahama is the only person can relief Ghanaians from these hardships. 

“…Ghanaians are suffering because the meager resources of the country which are supposed to be put to judicious use for the benefit of all Ghanaians, have been hijacked by the greedy, selfish and corrupt Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government and their accomplices in the ruling New Patriotic Party.”

“This is why today, students are suffering; teachers are suffering; nurses are suffering; doctors are suffering; market women are suffering; drivers are suffering; mates are suffering; Okada riders are suffering; engineers are suffering; pastors are suffering; journalists are suffering; Spare parts dealers are suffering; women are suffering; men are suffering; “boys boys” are suffering; “girls girls” are suffering; children are suffering; and all of us are suffering” 

The party says the surest way to exact accountability is for Ghanaians to kick out the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government, by voting overwhelming for John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress, whose charge to keep will be to investigate every single act of corruption that has been perpetrated under the current government, retrieve stolen public funds and bring anyone found culpable to book.  

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