{"id":9206,"date":"2024-12-16T07:32:19","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T07:32:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=9206"},"modified":"2024-12-16T07:32:22","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T07:32:22","slug":"there-can-be-no-excuses-barker-vormawor-tells-mahama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=9206","title":{"rendered":"There can be no excuses \u2013 Barker-Vormawor tells Mahama"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Convener of the Fix the Country Movement, Oliver Barker-Vormawor, has told president-elect John Dramani Mahama that he will have no excuses to fail the people of Ghana following the historic victory in the 2024 general elections.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his view, given that Mr Mahama has no reelection concerns, this is time for him to implement all the constitutional reforms to improve Ghana\u2019s democracy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a post on his Facebook page, he said \u201cMahama got 56 percent of the popular vote. 14 out of 16 regions. 68 percent of the military vote. And 80 percent of the police vote. Over 2\/3rds majority in Parliament. A President who is a one term president and so has no reelection concerns. A person who has presidential experience; and so can hit the ground running from day 1.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cListen, it took 32 years, 8 regular election cycles and 2 run off elections, for us to get here. We may likely never be here again. So hear me when I say, this is a mandate for Constitutional Reform! This is a mandate for probity and accountability, if I ever saw one. A mandate to build a legacy no one has ever been able to build, apart from Nkrumah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf the trust of the Ghanaian voter is wasted, I am not sure we can ever ever again, get Ghana anywhere close to its vision. We are prepared to give the new President a mandate from the streets too. Bigger than Jerry got in \u2018 79. All the Ghanaian has to give, we have given! There can be no excuses this time. Wallahi, Only the NDC can sabotage the NDC at this rate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Meanwhile, Mr John Dramani Mahama has told the United Nations (UN) that his party, the National Democratic Congress which has given birth to the yet-to-be sworn-in administration made several promises during the campaign season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, he said, they will need to look at what the reality is in terms of sitting together and seeing what the way forward is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a meeting with United Nations Resident Coordinator Charles Abani on Tuesday, December 11, he said \u201cSo we look forward to working with you. Looking at the existing programmes we need to tweak them to meet the realities of today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI believe we have had discussions with the World Bank and the IMF already and we look to an early engagement so that we can continue to be on the wavelength. Of course in the campaign several promises were made, we need to look at what the reality is in terms of sitting together and seeing what the way forward is. Of course one of our main concerns is the issue of the debt repayments, we need to see how we can smooth them so that we don\u2019t default again which will be more catastrophic than that currently defaulting.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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