The Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West and Minister for
Communications, Ursula Owusu Ekuful, on Friday, brought together some
leading women of the governing New Patriotic Party to discuss ways to
empower them.
Speaking at the forum dubbed, ‘The Ablekuma West Women’s Conference’ to
discuss ways to empower women folks in the NPP, Mrs Owusu Ekuful who is
also the Minister for Communications spoke of the need to stop Mahama
from returning to power, observing that he destroys whatever he touches.
According to her, the NPP is the only party that can lead the development of Ghana.
“We are determined to guard this power that we have jealousy. Together
we will fight to protect it, the power that Ghanaians gave us. The worst
NPP government is better than NDC’s best,” Mrs Owusu Ekuful said.
“Let’s go into the 2020 campaign,” she continued “with a sense of
belonging and the notion that your problem is mine, mine is yours and
continue to sit on the seat of power till thy kingdom come.”
Cautioning the participants against act that will endanger the chances
of the party in 202, Mrs Owusu Ekuful said: “If somebody is complaining
in our polling stations we, the polling station executives, especially
the females, it is our responsibility to explain government policies to
them so that they will understand that since this government came to
power unprecedented development has touched every home in this country.”
“No one can deny that they don’t anybody who has benefited from free
SHS. Every home now has stable power apart from the normal light off.
That one is normal. We haven’t slept in darkness for two years under
load shedding. So there’s no dumsor. There’s light off, but there’s no
dumsor. Light off was here before dumsor came.
“None of you can say that you don’t know anybody who is in nursing
training who has benefitted from the restored nursing trainee allowance,
who has got some job in the public service when there was a freeze on
employment before we came to power. So please, when others are
complaining let’s explain government policies to them and let them
understand that it is easy to destroy…it is very…very easy to destroy
things but very difficult to build a good foundation and to build a good
building and that’s what the government of Nana Akufo-Addo is doing,”
she said.
Former President Mahama was selected by the NDC earlier this year to
lead the party into the 2020 general election with the singular task of
regaining the presidency he lost to President Akufo-Addo in 2016.
Mr Akufo-Addo polled 53.9% of the total valid votes, while John Mahama
managed 44.4%, the worse so far for an incumbent President.
Delivering his victory speech, Mahama declared the NDC would reoccupy
the seat of government after the 2020 elections, saying: “Tonight, I
want to serve notice to Ghana that from the outcome of this election,
the NDC is strong.
“The NDC is united. The NDC is poised for victory in 2020. And nothing,
absolutely nothing can stop our march towards [the] Flagstaff House.”