Prof. Mills completes Western Tour II.
Wednesday, June 9th
Promises to be President for all.......
Advises against vote selling.......
Professor John Evans Atta Mills has completed the second phase of his tour of the Western Region, saw the NDC Leader in the, Amenfi Central, Amenfi East, Prestea Huni Valley, and Tarkwa Nsuaem constituencies.
Spending the whole of last week spreading his message of a Better Ghana, along the lines of, Investing in People, Job Creation and a Strong Economy, Infrastructure Expansion, and running a government that will be, Open, Transparent and Honest with the people, the NDC Leader rolled out his agenda for the nation as a whole and the Western Region in particular.
Speaking to very huge gatherings wherever Professor Mills went, the Leader and Presidential Candidate of the NDC asked the people not to sell their votes.
With the possibility of the NPP going on a vote-buying spree as is evidenced by what happened during the party’s flagbearership race with people like Paul Afoko being accused by Lord Commey of buying votes on the floor of congress, Professor Mills asked the electorate not to sell their votes.
According to Professor Mills, it would be a grossly dehumanizing act, if the people allow their votes to be bought.
“If you collect 5 Ghana cedis, 10 Ghana cedis, or 20 Ghana cedis and sell your vote to any group of politicians, what you will be doing, is telling the politicians that they can take your vote for granted after securing the mandate to govern, and come back to you during election time and buy you for a pittance” Professor Mills told the people.
“When God created us, he did not add any price tag to us and so do not sell your dignity to any body who comes with money to buy your votes. When you sell your votes, you don’t only sell your human dignity, but you sell your destiny as well” the NDC Leader added.
“And for those of you who have young children, if you sell your votes, it is the future of your children that you are selling and posterity will not forgive you for doing that” the NDC Leader said further.
Another thread that run through the Better Ghana message of Professor Mills, is the fact that the Leader of the NDC continued to pledge that when given the mandate, he will be president of Ghana and not president of the NDC.
According to Professor Mills, having suffered some discrimination for belonging to the NDC, just as other members of the NDC, there is no way he will lead a government that will marginalize a section of the populace because of their political leaning.
“I know that even in the area of cocoa spraying, some of you have suffered because you belong to NDC. Atta Mills shall not make any cocoa farmer suffer any discrimination just because he/she belongs to the NPP or another opposition political party” Professor Mills told the people.
