Dr Edward Mahama, leader of the People's National Convention (PNC), on Wednesday called on all "progressive parties" to support the party to win the Bimbilla by-election slated for March 14.

He said the electorate would be making a great mistake if they cast their votes for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), which had failed to fulfil its campaign promises. Dr Mahama in an interview said he was sure the PNC would win the seat if the "progressive parties" threw their weight behind the party's candidate.

Dr Mahama said the NPP was currently playing "politics of deception" at Bimbilla and called on the electorate to re-examine the situation on the ground and vote wisely to change their living conditions.

He said the government had started new projects at Bimbilla while uncompleted government projects including hospitals throughout the country were still unattended to. Dr Mahama also cited the Sunyani government hospital, which needed serious attention but attention was being focused on Bimbilla to win votes.

He said the commencement of new projects at the time of the by-election was an attempt to win the seat adding that he was afraid the projects would be halted after the by-election.

The PNC leader said even though he was disappointed with the performance of the government, he did not regret supporting it during the run-off since the whole country needed a change of government.