Flag bearer of the Progressive People’s Party (PPP) Dr. Papa Kwesi Nduom and his running mate, Brigitte Dzogbenuku, are set to address a mammoth gathering of supporters of the party at Amanfrom, near Kasoa in the Central Region today, Tuesday August 9.
He is expected to energise the support base of the PPP ahead in the region which happens to be his home region, ahead of this year’s elections.
He is also expected to convince the supporters and Ghanaians, in general, to shift attention from the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in terms of their votes to that of the PPP in this year’s elections.
He believed that to the extent that several Ghanaians were still wallowing in poverty, the NDC and NPP had been wrong choices for Ghanaians.
On Monday, Dr. Nduom, in a Facebook post titled: ‘What is a wasted vote?’ said: “A wasted vote is the one that brought President John Dramani Mahama and his NDC-led administration” into office, adding that the current government was causing Ghanaians to “suffer”.
“Voting is not a one-day affair. The results of the votes we cast bring positive or negative effects, lasting for four years. We Ghanaians cannot continue to waste our votes on the wrong candidates. I believe that we waste our vote by voting for someone just because they come from the same tribe or due to blind party loyalty. We must vote with the hope that we get positive results that transform our lives for the better, not for one day but for four whole years and beyond,” he said.
“A wasted vote is promises not kept and expectations not met by the one you voted for. A wasted vote is the one that still brings us preventable diseases like malaria, cholera, and [pneumococcal] meningitis. A wasted vote is the one that puts the country into high debt and is unable to pay teachers, doctors, nurses, and civil servants. A wasted vote is the one that continues to bring ‘dumsor’ (power outages). A wasted vote is the one that brings unemployment to our young men and women, even those with university and polytechnic credentials. A wasted vote is the one you cast for the ‘lesser of two evils’.”
Source: GhanaWeb
