Member of Parliament for Sekondi constituency, Andrew Egyapa Mercer has presented Ghanaians with the choice to make during the 2020 elections.
There is left a few days for Ghana to hold her Presidential and Parliamentary elections.
December 7, 2020 will be the day that Ghanaians will make a decision to either retain the incumbent government under the leadership of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo or elect a new Head of State.
Former President John Dramani Mahama has made a comeback into the Presidential race and seeking to be elected President again on the ticket of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC).
Other political parties to contest the elections are the Conventions People's Party (CPP) with Mr. Ivor Greenstreet being their flagbearer, the Progressive People's Party (PPP) which has elected a woman - Brigitte Dzogbenuku - as Presidential candidate among others.
The parties are however yet to file their nominations with the Electoral Commission to be certified to contest this year's elections.
Although there about six political parties that want to wrest power from the current adminisration, Ghanaians only have one choice to make out of the lot.
Speaking on Peace FM's 'Kokrokoo', Hon. Egyapa Mercer asked Ghanaians to choose the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), emphasizing the NPP is the right party for the nation.
To him, there is no government committed to improving the living conditions of Ghanaians than the ruling party and that it will be a big mistake for the electorate to go for a different party, most particularly vote for former President John Mahama and the NDC.
"We have a choice between going forward with a government that has demonstrated clearly its ability to manage the resources of this country," he stressed.
The MP, directly addressing the opposition NDC, reminded Ghanaians of the poor governance of former President John Mahama, likening the Mahama regime to the biblical story of the slavery of the Israelites in Egypt.
He explained that Ghanaians, like the Israelites, have been delivered from Egypt and heading to a land of good things with President Akufo-Addo being the custodian.
He asked if Ghanaians would like to go back to Egypt or rather enjoy the land of honey that President Akufo-Addo is in charge.
On the issue of poor governance of the NDC, Hon. Egyapa Mercer took Ghanaians down the memory lane about how the NDC flagbearer failed the citizenry abysmally when he was Head of State, citing incidents like the perennial power cuts that became the bane of the economy and other bad decisions that the former President took which compounded the afflictions of Ghanaians.
"We're under an IMF programme that was necessitated by the mismanagement of the NDC," he added.
Hon. Egyapa Mercer expressed shock at what he believes to be a twisting tongue of Mr. Mahama as the latter has been going about appealing to Ghanaians to vote for him to rescue them from the incumbent government.
''Rescue this country from where to where? Rescue it from free SHS, from Planting for Food and Jobs, from One District One Factory, formalization of the economy, digitizing Ghana, building a database through the Ghana card and digital address system?'' he questioned.
He advised Ghanaians to vote massively for President Akufo-Addo to continue his good works.
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