Professor Naana Jane Opoku-Agyemang, the running mate for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), flagbearer, John Dramani Mahama, has stressed that the 2024 election slated for December would be a crucial opportunity to heal and rescue the country from further destruction.

She said the election goes beyond either party setting a record, but it is a critical time for Ghana’s turnaround.

This, she said, would then create the enabling environment for citizens and businesses to thrive again.

Addressing patrons at her official unveiling at the University of Professional Studies, Accra (UPSA), the former Education Minister stated, “The election is not only about bringing the NDC back to power, which is indispensable in our current circumstances.”

According to her, “The elections ahead and winning them is about winning elections for a purpose. The purpose goes beyond those enumerated above. The purpose is the opportunity to heal our country again. It is about the opportunity to pull Ghana back from the precipice of destruction, of normalising corruption, of incomprehensible greed and from deep despair.”

“It is to work towards a Ghana where citizens have confidence and hope and are determined to regain their independence of thought and of agenda. We must work towards a Ghana that at the very least, can feed itself; where the law truly works; where there is shared prosperity; where democracy has not become a fluke; where people are not abused and where the basic necessities of life are not denied the majority or eventually, anyone,” she said.

“It is a chance to work hard towards a country where citizens do not feel disrespected, are not intimidated, ignored because of the way they vote or the language they speak. The victory we seek as a party is to invite everyone to the onerous task of rebuilding a broken Ghana, of restoring hope, in a manner that the NDC is capable of doing by their history and achievements,” she concluded.

By Edem Mensah-Tsotorme