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John Mahama wishes Ghanaians to use
Christmas period to foster peace,
reconciliation
By Masahudu Ankiilu Kunateh,
Ghanadot
Accra, Dec 17, Ghanadot - Vice President
John Dramani Mahama has in a Christmas
Message to Ghanaians urged persons living in
conflict areas to use the occasion of the
Christmas to change their circumstances by
fostering reconciliation to create a new
beginning.
Delivering the message through the Castle
Press Corps, Mr. Mahama noted that
“Christmas is a season of peace and goodwill
and we hope that this basic ingredient of
Christmas would infuse everything that we do
in this period of festivities.”
“I will like to call on people living in
areas where they have experienced conflict
in the past to use this season of peace and
goodwill to mark a change and foster
reconciliation among you to create a new
beginning so as to break from the past of
antagonism,” Mr. Mahama urged.
On issues of national politics, the Vice
President reminded Ghanaians that the season
also marks one year of President John Evans
Atta Mills.
“President Mills’ administration in one year
was faced with an economic challenge in
respect of how to restore the economy and
bring the core economy indicators back on
truck. President Mills, indeed, inherited an
economic deficit that witnessed the cedi
stumbling at a very fast rate and an
inflation that was rising through the
roofs,” he said.
According to him, President Mills had to
take austerity measures to stabilize the
economy in order that it did not affect
businesses and the quality of life of the
people and this had been successfully done.
“Over the next few years, beginning from
next year, government would push for growth
and expansion in order that it would create
permanent jobs in the public sector
particularly in the agriculture sector.”
“Already we have seen an increase in food
production in the country and government
intention in the next three to four years is
to be able to eliminate as much as possible
the huge food import bills that we currently
have,” Mr. Mahama assured Ghanaians.
He lamented over the reckless attitude of
drivers on the road, especially during
Christmas period, and urged “Ghanaians to be
very careful about the use of our roads”.
“As we continue to improve our roads across
the country and make them good for travel,
you find that the good roads become
slaughter houses and killing fields”, the VP
sadly expressed.
He added that “drivers who drive recklessly
kill so many people. Terrible accidents take
place on our roads and I want to use this
opportunity to appeal to drivers to drive
carefully.”
“I want to urge drivers who drive in this
yuletide not to drink and drive and when you
decide to drink do not drive”, he said.
Mr. Mahama advised drivers who get tired
while on their journey to take a rest to
ensure that whoever was charged to convey
passengers to and from their destinations
arrive safely.
Ghanadot
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