Former President John Dramani Mahama has laid out some of the ideas that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) would implement if he were elected president in 2024.
Among the proposals include integrating ministries such as transportation, aviation, and trains, as well as sanitation and local government.
Since being elected as the NDC’s flagbearer for the 2024 general elections in May of this year, he has committed to adopt a variety of measures aimed at restoring economic stability.
Former President Mahama stated in a Facebook post on Wednesday [8 November 2023] that if re-elected after the 2024 general elections, his government would reduce the number of ministers and appointees, merge ministerial portfolios to drastically reduce the number of ministries, and review and eliminate ex-gratia in its current form.
He also promised to reduce waste, cost overruns, institutional borrowing, and violations of public procurement rules; ensure compliance with internal and external financial control systems; recalibrate and amalgamate duplicated state agencies; and discontinue payment of utility bills, fuel, and DSTV services, among other things, as part of the service conditions of top government employees.
The former President held an engagement discussion with the leadership of the Trades Union Congress (TUC) in Accra on Tuesday [7 November 2023] as part of his ‘Building Ghana Tour’.
During the ceremony, John Dramani Mahama stated that he will restore the Ghanaian economy from its “sloppy decline” under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s leadership.
He also stated that the future National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration will implement a 24-hour economic work schedule in order to get the economy back on track.
Mahama indicated that the 24-hour economy strategy will allow firms, with government help, to conduct a 24-hour shift to cope with unemployment and boost the country’s economic fortunes.
After a huge win in the polls, the former president was re-elected to lead the NDC in May 2023.
He will oppose the Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, who currently leads the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Last Saturday, at the NPP presidential primary, the vice-president was chosen with 118,210 votes, or 61.47% of all valid votes cast.
Both candidates have been busy laying out their ideas and goals in an attempt to garner the support they require to either return to power or remain the dominant party.
