The Member of Parliament for Tema West, Carlos Ahenkorah, has advised the National Democratic Congress and its leader, John Dramani Mahama, not to repeat what he refers to as the mistakes of the ruling New Patriotic Party.

Speaking as a guest panelist on UTV’s AdekyeNsroma on Monday, December 16, 2024, Ahenkorah explained that the newly-elected government can only succeed by avoiding the errors made by the New Patriotic Party during their regime.

He stated that certain decisions and actions taken by the Akufo-Addo government were made in bad faith and ultimately worsened the situation for Ghanaians, which led to them punishing the NPP by voting them out in large numbers.

“Anything that was done by the NPP that has made Ghanaians punish them must not be repeated by the NDC if they want to succeed. One of the legacies they can leave behind is to not repeat the mistakes of NPP. We have made lots of mistakes which have caused us and also reason why we find ourselves here today. Lots of things fought against us in every category,” he said.

The lawmaker argued that the NPP government could have made better decisions and handled these issues in ways that would not have affected ordinary Ghanaians.

Ahenkorah pointed out how several factors, including unemployment, haircuts on investments, and the banking sector cleanup, among others, negatively impacted Ghanaians and plunged them into hardships, attributing the NPP’s unprecedented electoral loss to these issues.

“We committed sins against every category of voters from the youth who complained of not getting jobs after completing school, to the middle class who complained about the financial sector clean-up, rendering them jobless, and the old class who were affected by the haircuts on their investments leading them to picket at the finance ministry for the first time in the country’s history. Some of the decisions we made were bad but the fact of the matter is we could have done things in such a way that it wouldn’t have affected people. From 1992 since we started elections, we [NPP] have never lost in all the capital cities but now look, we have lost seats in most of them.”

He added, “I’m saying that the NDC’s win was because Ghanaians decided to teach us [NPP] a lesson by voting against us just to teach us lessons that if you don’t do the right things, it will cost you badly. That is why I am urging the NDC to do what Ghanaians want and they will succeed. One of them is the Free SHS and I am pleased that Mahama said he won't cancel it…”.

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