The audacity of former President John Dramani Mahama to contest for the presidency shocks the devil, according to New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Youth Organizer, Salam Mustapha.
According to him, the former President who claimed he was not a president to create jobs for the youth of Ghana is jostling today for the high office again.
The NPP, he said, has keenly followed Mr. John Mahama’s campaign tours and is yet to hear him make any meaningful statement for the youth except for bloodthirsty inciting comments of ‘do or die’.
“Maybe that passes for his youth policy. This is worrisome for someone of his kind not to have any regard for the youth of this country.”
“No wonder as president, he was a monumental failure and achieved nothing for this country except for the dreadful pain he caused us as we slept in dumsor for years, and businesses collapsed.”
Addressing a media engagement forum dubbed the ‘Truth and Facts Series’ organized by the NPP youth wing, Salam Mustapha stated that President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo is not a magician too but is creating jobs for the youth of Ghana.
According to him, unlike the NDC and its flagbearer, who failed to communicate a single policy for the youth during their recent campaigns, the NPP Government has a clear youth policy that will be continued by the successive NPP Government come 2025 after breaking the 8.
“So far, I can confidently say no government in the history of this country can match the record of this government led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, which has created over 2 million jobs and counting in just 7yrs.”
“These employment figures and key policies prove the point that the NPP as a party and in Government is heavily pro-youth.”
“This is why the NPP youth wing wishes that all young people in this country will join us and make NPP their party of choice. It is the party that has a track record of working for the youth,” he said.
Salam Mustapha argued that since the first NPP government under President Kufuor, they have continuously introduced pro-youth policies like the YEA, Ghana Cares Obaatanpa program, YouStart, Presidential Pitch Program under NEIP, etc.
The party, he said, has done all these because of its belief in youth development and empowerment.
“Clearly, this is proof that we are the party for the youth.”
The Youth Organizer admitted that despite the giant strides made by our government in creating employment opportunities for the youth, the NPP acknowledges the fact that much needs to be done to tackle graduate unemployment in the country which is still on the high and needs a government that will continue to deal with it.
He stated the NPP may not have dealt with graduate unemployment conclusively, yet there is no longer an unemployed graduates association, a prominent feature of the Mahama-led NDC government.