My critics are refusing to see the unprecedented developmental projects my government is undertaking. Even if the opposition parties are given lenses to enable them see clearer, they will still pretend to be the blind. - John Mahama Ok Folks, this is the same John Mahama, then MP on 8th February 2005 under President Kufour. Mr. Speaker, President Kufour said these are good times to be a Ghanaian. I beg to differ. It has always been good to be a Ghanaian. We are Ghanaians. This is our nation and we have always felt proud being Ghanaians. Mr. Speaker, the president said these are exciting times. It would appear that, these are exciting times for the president and his apostles and his ministers for education and all of them. These are exciting times yes. But Mr. Speaker, for rural members of parliament like us, I say that excitement has not yet reached the grassroots and the rural areas. Mr. speaker, everyday my people are struggling to put food on the table, everyday my people are struggling to pay school fees for their children. Mr. Speaker, if the excitement is coming, it probably has started at the top, but it has not yet trickled down to the rural communities. It is probably still isolated at the castle junction. And if there are exciting times, I will add that my honourable colleagues in government on that side should as quickly as possible let us all feel that excitement in respect of an improvement in the quality of lives of our people. I thank you Mr. Speaker. You see folks, it is such classical example of hypocrisy which lends credence to the saying that , disgust can sometimes be more sickening than hatred. We dont have short memories, so we shall play it back to John Mahama in 2016.
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 18:39:26 +0000