Zongo Women, Clerics root for Bawumia

The candidature of Vice President Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has received overwhelming endorsement from Zongo Women and Women Clerics, as they pray amidst Quranic recitations for Bawumia to become the next president of Ghana.

At the Sixth Annual Ramadan Conference and Quran recital and prayers ceremony held in Kumasi recently, under the auspices of the office of the Second Lady, the group prayed fervently for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate.

In her keynote address, the Second Lady, Hajia Samira Bawumia noted that in the holy month of Ramadan, they have decided to join forces with Islamic leaders to pray for Bawumia to be elected as the president of Ghana in the upcoming polls, which is slated for December 2024.

“In this holy month of Ramadan, we have invited Imams, Malams and other leaders to come and assist us pray to help us elect a leader who will help Ghana, who is Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia,” she said.

The election of Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, according to the Second Lady, will help Zongo communities and Ghana to develop as whole.

Describing herself as a sister and child to the Islamic ladies, Samira assured her colleague Islamic women that, she would continue to work with them, adding that Allah is her helper.

Alhaji Saalim Bamba, Ashanti regional NASARA Coordinator, speaking to the media, explained that the conference was organised in order to think about the development of Ghana.

According to Alhaji Bamba, they believe that they have to work hard to get the support for Alhaji Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia because the future of Ghana depends on the leadership of Bawumia, since he has outlined his vision for Ghana.

“He is coming to continue with the good works of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo. If there are any challenges, we will have a look at it and correct it,” he said, and pleaded with Ghanaians not to vote for former President John Dramani Mahama, who is seeking a comeback.

“Mahama cannot help Ghana. I am pleading with Ghanaians because he has been a leader before and was rejected,” he told the media.

Saalim Bamba argued that change of government distorts national development. “Change of government does not bring development. Historically, we have changed government since 1957 amidst military takeovers, which led to a revolution, till the Fourth Republic was born, where the late Jerry john Rawlings became its first president.

“We keep changing government, but have we asked ourselves why we keep changing government and yet we do not get development? To me, we have to delve deep to understand this development. I believe the changes in government are the cause of our development challenges.

“Had Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo Addo been the immediate predecessor of President John Agyekum Kufuor, we would have avoided a lot of challenges, such as the malfunctional National Health Insurance Scheme”.

Alhanji Bamba further argued that the uncompleted EUROGET projects, which were brought by President Kufuor, would have been completed by now, but that is not the case.

He, therefore, told Ghanaians to be wary of their voting patterns since it could curtail our national development agenda.

“These antecedents should guide us to be careful with our voting pattern. We should blame the NPP government over the high cost of living, which is global challenge.

“Let us look at the good works the government has done today, when I was at Moshie Zongo, I was marvelled at the rate of development being undertaken there.

“Same development is underway at the fringe communities of KNUST, such as  Boadi, Ayeduase, Appiadu and the likes, where we are going to construct roads.”