Benjamin Kofi Quashie, South Africa Council of Elders Chair for the National Democratic Congress (NDC), says the next John Mahama government will focus on developing the Volta Region.
He articulated, “the next John Dramani Mahama government would take care of the Volta Region like never before,” rallying support for him come December 7, 2024, elections.
Speaking in an interview on Accra 100.5 FM, Saturday, November 30, 2024, Quashie said that was because in the previous elections a lot of the NDC supporters voted with apathy, complaining of inadequate support from the party regardless of the region being the ‘world bank’ for the party.
“We lost the previous elections because our people complained of doing a lot for the NDC, but were not being recognised, leading to apathy,” he said.
Quashie pointed out that Mahama would stringently ensure the development of the region, a promise, he said “has resonated very well with the people of the region and shifted the political dynamics from deceits, lies and vote buying to the reality of the prevailing economic challenges and what the NDC has to offer them.”
Regarding his engagements with other parliamentary candidates from the region, the SA NDC Council Chair shared, most of the PCs are doing very well, arguing the current strategy ought to have been deployed in previous elections which they did not.
“Now it’s not about rallies but about educating the people, going to them and listening to their plight,” he said, claiming that some places visited, for example Branda Toni, looking at the people there makes you feel as if they have been cut out from the rest of the country.
As the elections inch closer, Quashie, in assessing the enormity of efforts put into this campaign, especially in the Volta Region, said, “I think the people would vote massively for their parliamentary candidates and John Mahama to give the NDC a resounding victory.”
