2024 election is a crucial moment to heal and rescue Ghana – Naana Jane
The running mate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, has reiterated that the upcoming 2024 general election is crucial for healing and rescuing Ghana from the brink of destruction.
According to her, the December poll represents more than a mere quest for power, stating that it is a critical juncture for national healing and renewal.
Addressing attendees at her official unveiling at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), Professor Opoku-Agyemang remarked, “The election is not only about bringing the NDC back to power, which is indispensable in our current circumstances.
“The elections ahead and winning them is about winning elections for a purpose. The purpose goes beyond those enumerated above. The purpose is the opportunity to heal our country again. It is about the opportunity to pull Ghana back from the precipice of destruction, of normalising corruption, of incomprehensible greed and from deep despair,” She added.
In a clarion call, she emphasised it was time for a shared responsibility and prosperity to build better lives for citizens.
“It is to work towards a Ghana where citizens have confidence and hope and are determined to regain their independence of thought and of agenda. We must work towards a Ghana that at the very least, can feed itself; where the law truly works; where there is shared prosperity; where democracy has not become a fluke; where people are not abused and where the basic necessities of life are not denied the majority or eventually, anyone.
“It is a chance to work hard towards a country where citizens do not feel disrespected, are not intimidated, ignored because of the way they vote or the language they speak. The victory we seek as a party is to invite everyone to the onerous task of rebuilding a broken Ghana, of restoring hope, in a manner that the NDC is capable of doing by their history and achievements.”
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The former Education Minister Prof. Opoku-Agyemang was the running mate of former President John Dramani Mahama in the 2020 election.
Before she was nominated as the running mate, many names, including Julius Debrah, Dr Zanetor Agyeman-Rawlings, Dr Nii Moi Thompson, Eric Opoku, and Nathan Kofi Boakye, were rumoured to be part of Mr Mahama’s options.