Ahead to the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections, Lordina Mahama, the wife of the NDC presidential candidate, traveled to many important marketplaces in the city of Kumasi to promote John Mahama and the National Democratic Congress.
Following a thrilling tour of several areas of the Race Course market, where she spoke with the vendors face-to-face, Mrs. Mahama gave them an overview of important Mahama projects that will affect their lives and companies.
She urged the women to reject false assertions that the NDC and Mahama would repeal the Free SHS scheme.
“Some people are going around telling mothers that my husband will cancel the Free SHS policy when he becomes president. I assure you, as his wife, he has not said that anywhere. In fact, he has great plans to improve the policy to make it better,” she emphasized.
She emphasized the significance of gaining a majority in parliament for the NDC and advised people to reject the lies and choose growth and betterment in their living and economic situations by casting a resounding vote for John Mahama and the NDC parliamentary candidates in their localities.
The former First Lady continued her campaign in the Kejetia Market, highlighting the NDC’s progressive policies, especially those pertaining to women and children. These included the National Apprenticeship Program, the creation of a Women’s Development Bank, and the fee-free policy for first-year college students.
The Kejetia program proceeded and ended successfully in spite of reports that facility administrators specifically tried to sabotage it by turning off the facility’s electricity.
Other event speakers reaffirmed the NDC’s longstanding dedication to the Ashanti Region’s citizens. They promised the shopkeepers that the Racecourse Market would be upgraded to offer protection from the blazing heat and that phase two of the Kejetia Market project would be started by a future NDC government.
Mrs. Mahama had earlier visited with members of different marketplaces in Kumasi to talk about their difficulties and how the NDC and Mahama’s policies will help them.
Women and merchants were especially excited about the possibility of obtaining affordable loans because the existing lending rates negatively affect their small companies.
