Source: tntnewspapergh.com

The Ashanti Regional Organiser for the New Patriotic Party (NPP), who is also the Dean of all Regional Organisers, Dr. Francis Adomako, has slammed President John Mahama for bragging about the temporary cedi appreciation instead of finding solutions to the many problems in Ghana, for which reason the majority of Ghanaians voted for him.

Francois

“As I speak, nurses and midwives are on strike for better conditions of service. Contractors have not been paid. Ghanaians, who were employed by the previous government, have had their appointments terminated,” he said.

Speaking to “The New Trust” newspaper on Monday, 9th June 2025, Francois, as he is affectionately called, recalled that President Mahama promised to form a lean government but, so far, his appointees are more compared to the previous NPP government.

President John Mahama

The Ashanti Regional NPP Organiser continued, “As I speak, the University Teachers Association of Ghana (UTAG), TUTAG and CETAG are all threatening strike actions because of book and research allowances which have not been paid.”

According to him, the previous government was able to keep the lights on despite COVID-19 and Russian-Ukraine War and did not introduce any tax to keep the lights on.

“Now, the cedi is stable because of external factors. The government is not spending and because of that contractors are not being paid,” he pointed out.

He said petroleum products in the international market had come down “but the government is struggling to find money to keep the lights on.”

Francois expressed worries that rather the ordinary Ghanaian is being taxed to pay 4.5 cedis for every gallon of fuel bought.

He recalled that the NDC said the NPP was insensitive to Ghanaians for introducing E- levy which charges for sending above 100 cedis. “But they (NDC) don’t see anything wrong for asking Ghanaians to pay 4.5 cedis extra for every one gallon,” he added.