The Youth Wing of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has warned that the re-election of John Mahama and his running mate, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyeman, would spell disaster for Ghana.

In a press conference held in the Upper East Region, Salam Mustapha, the NPP National Youth Organiser, criticized Mahama and Prof. Opoku-Agyeman for their previous policies, which he claims were detrimental to the youth.

He pointed to the cancellation of the teacher trainee allowance as a prime example of their poor governance.

Mustapha also noted that Mahama’s defeats in the 2016 and subsequent elections reflect a widespread rejection of his leadership by Ghanaians.

“Ask yourselves, from Kwame Nkrumah to Akufo-Addo, how come John Dramani Mahama was the only leader in our nation’s history who was rejected by Ghanaian voters when he went for re-election? Indeed, ask yourself how come he has been rejected twice since Ghanaians tasted him both as a vice president and as president?,”’ Salam Mustapha queried Ghanaian youth during the press conference.

He noted that, despite having substantial resources, Mahama’s administration led the country into issues such as dumsor (power outages).

“He inherited an oil-rich economy and without any global crisis to deal with he created his own crisis…Schools did not even have common chalk! The situation was hopeless. The leader himself was rudderless and inept.

“We witnessed his shambolic performance as president which saw your parents losing their jobs or customers because of dumsor. Yes, four years of President John Mahama was four years of dumsor,” Mustapha stated.

The NPP Youth Organiser also criticized the NDC running mate, Prof. Naana Jane Opoku-Agyeman.

“It wasn’t John Mahama alone that was hopeless in office, but his running mate too. Prof Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang was equally if not more inept…Madam Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang supervised the monstrous heart-breaking 3-month pay policy, where teachers worked for 3 years and only got paid 3 months.

“This was how mean she was. She supervised the cancellation of the teacher training allowance, forced universities to pay their own utilities, and could not provide common chalk for basic schools,” Mustapha said.

He cautioned Ghanaian youth against voting for Mahama and Prof. Opoku-Agyemang, arguing that, according to him, their return to power would be detrimental to the country’s future, the “duo portend doom for our country and gloom for the youth who we should be preparing for the fourth industrial revolution.”