The vice presidential candidate of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has called on Ghanaians to vote out the John Mahama-led administration because “Ghanaians are tired” of the festering corruption and hardship.

Dr Bawumia made the call when he led about a thousand people in the Upper East region who were demonstrating against suffering in Ghana.

Ghana’s economy is going through hard times and the government has resorted to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a bailout of $940 million to salvage it.

The locals in the Upper East region hit the streets on Thursday to register their displeasure over the tough times.

Speaking to the crowd, the former deputy governor of the Bank of Ghana said the best way to solve Ghana’s problems now is to vote against the ruling National Democratic Congress come the 2016 elections.

“We are going to fight dumsor, we are tired of corruption and we’re tired of lies,” Dr. Bawumia charged. “We’ll let the country know we are tired and we are ready for change and ready for Nana Addo and the New Patriotic Party.”

Speaking on the same platform, NPP lawmaker Dominic Nitiwul also called for change in 2016 because “everywhere you go the word is that ‘we’ll change them and we are going to change the NDC’, John Mahama has disappointed us. We are suffering. We shall change Mahama and his MPs.”