Eight years ago, Professor Kwabena Frimpong Boateng of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) warned that if President John Dramani Mahama secures victory in the upcoming December 7 presidential election, Ghanaians will likely face severe hardships, possibly resorting to extreme measures like selling their children to survive.
He emphasized that the past four years under the Mahama administration have already brought considerable suffering to the populace.
As a result, he urged voters to choose Nana Akufo-Addo and the NPP as an alternative, believing they are better equipped to alleviate the nation’s challenges.
Speaking on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen political programme on Thursday October 13, Prof Frimpong Boateng said: “They [NDC] should not have even attempted to contest in the elections because they have failed Ghanaians.
“Ghanaians will sell their children before eating if Mahama wins the elections. He (President Mahama) was not prepared for the presidency. He was sitting somewhere when he became the vice president and eventually became the president, so, he was not fully prepared for the presidency. That is why Ghanaians are suffering under him. There is the need for him to have been adequately prepared for the presidency.”
When his attention was drawn to the infrastructural projects undertaken by Mr Mahama and the NDC, the former Chief Executive Officer of the Korle-Bu Teaching Hospital said: “Infrastructural projects are good, the interchange is good but the value for money is what we are looking at. How much money have you [Government] spent on those projects? We will need to know whether we are getting value for money.”