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Leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has unveiled a plan to improve water access in Accra due to recent shortages caused by the city’s growing population.

Speaking at his Building Ghana Tour at the regional house of chiefs, Mahama stressed the importance of taking proactive steps to deal with the urgent water problem.

Highlighting the challenges faced by Accra because of rapid urbanization, Mahama emphasized the necessity of planning ahead to manage water resources.

He pointed out the efforts made during Professor Mills’ and his own administrations to increase water capacity but noted a lack of progress in recent years.

Mahama outlined his strategy for addressing the water crisis, pledging to prioritize expanding water supply when he assumes office.

He highlighted the absence of such expansion in Accra’s water supply over the past eight years.

“Between Professor Mills’ time and my time, we added 40 million gallons of water to Accra’s water supply. In the last eight years, there has not been a single drop expansion in Accra’s water supply. So why do you expect that the water will be enough? This is a city that is growing. And so after we added 40 million gallons, at least in eight years, you should have added another 20 million gallons. We have started planning ahead already that when we come into office, we are going to increase the water supply to Accra.”

The National Democratic Congress (NDC), led by John Mahama, has declared that the party will not back the plan to move the 2024 election date from December to November.

“We [NDC] do not believe that this is being proposed in good faith,” he said.

Addressing the minority caucus meeting in Ho on Saturday, February 10, 2024, Mahama asserted that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) was exhibiting signs of anticipating defeat and had initiated efforts to discredit the upcoming elections.

He cited the Electoral Commission’s sudden proposal to change the election date from December 7 to November 7, despite not demonstrating readiness for the general elections, as one such attempt.

Mahama highlighted the evident lack of preparedness displayed during the District Assembly elections in December of the previous year. He emphasized the presence of fundamental errors and significant logistical deficiencies, indicating the Electoral Commission’s inability to effectively manage electoral processes.

Expressing confidence, Mahama stated that all indications suggested a decisive victory for the NDC in the 2024 elections. He asserted that the people of Ghana would unmistakably reject the governance of the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia/NPP administration, which, in his view, had delivered inadequate governance to the nation.

Concerning the matter of ongoing registration, as advocated by the EC, Mahama insisted that the procedure should incorporate a mechanism allowing all political parties and pertinent stakeholders to actively monitor the process in real-time. This, he argued, would prevent fraud and manipulation that could unfairly benefit any party.

While the EC proposed the date change to improve operational efficiency, particularly in the event of a runoff, the NDC objected, asserting that Dr. Bossman Asare’s announcement did not accurately reflect the consensus reached regarding the commencement year for significant electoral reforms, which was agreed to be November 2028.

THIS ARTICLE WAS FIRST PUBLISHED ON OCTOBER 2, 2014

President John Dramani Mahama was over the weekend chased with an assortment of placards of protests by Ghanaians resident in the United States, a source at the Ghana Embassy in Washington DC told the Daily Guide.

This was when he went to Worcester to address Ghanaian residents on the sidelines of his UN General Assembly meeting on Saturday, September 27.

Long before his arrival at the event venue, a group of concerned Ghanaians had besieged the St Spyridon Church, located at number 102 Russell Street in Worcester, Massachusetts, with a protest against harsh economic conditions in Ghana and the increasing spate of corruption in the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government under his watch.

“It was very embarrassing to see the president being smuggled through the back door by his security details to avoid public humiliation,” the source disclosed.

Upon arrival, President Mahama was whisked away by his security details and protocol officers to avoid being hooted by the protesters who wielded placards with various inscriptions, some of which read, “Ghana is sinking under your leadership” “Stop corruption in Ghana”, “Mahama, declare your assets,” “Prosecute your corrupt friends, Mr. DJ!”

Other placards read, “Stop the create, loot and share schemes,” “Afriyie-Ankrah must be jailed,” “When is the dumsor going to end?” and “Ghana is crying for a visionary Leader.”

Feeling despised and angry at the President’s decision to avoid them, the demonstrators, who were clad in black and red apparel, were said to have marched around the venue for the event with their placards.

The well-attended event was planned by the Ghana Embassy in Washington DC to afford the president the opportunity to explain some of his policies to the Ghanaian residents there and to listen to the concerns at first hand.

One of the organizers of the demonstration, Amoako Mensah, who confirmed the incident to ‘Daily Guide’ from his base in the US, described President Mahama’s action as “an act of cowardice unbecoming of a leader of a sovereign state”.

Amoako Mensah said he was so appalled to find out later that President Mahama deliberately avoided his own countrymen and women who had gathered at the venue to make their concerns known to him.

He, therefore, called on Ghanaians to rise up and take their country back.

An obviously unhappy Amoako Mensah also urged Ghanaians to re-examine the current economic and infrastructural state of the country to enable them to make informed and better electoral choices in the 2016 general elections.