Mobile phones Dealers Association in Koforidua in the New Juaben South Constituency of the Eastern region has kicked against the initiative of the Vice President and also the flag bearer of the New Patriotic Party NPP Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia with the intention to sell mobile phones to the citizens.
The Mobile Phones Dealers Association comprising of phone wholesalers, retailers, phone repairers and phone swappers on Friday 9th August, 2024 declared their support to the flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress John Dramani Mahama, saying the Vice President intention to sell mobile phones to Ghanaians will undermine their phone business and intends to collapse their businesses.
The Association made the revelation at the time the National and Regional Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress NDC embarked on door to door campaign in the New Juaben South Constituency and engaged Spare Parts Dealers and Fitting shop Operators at Koforidua Magazine, Timber Market Workers, Mobile Phone dealers as well as students at Universal Hostel of Koforidua Technical University.
The Chairman of Koforidua Mobile Phone Dealers Association Mubarack Osmanu channelling their grievances to the National and Regional Youth Wing of the NDC led by George Opare Addo (Pabolo) said “the Mobile Phone Dealers Association in Koforidua said I should tell you that they declare their support to John Mahama when they look at the campaign of both parties which is ongoing”
“Things are difficult under Nana Addo’s government and they are suffering, most of us use to be NPP members but we have now changed our minds and will now vote for John Mahama and Dr. Martin”
“Please when they vote for you never disappoint them , even if you will make capital available for them to invest in their businesses we will be grateful for that, we also want our members to have access to the MASLOC loans”
“We are suffering, we can’t take care of our wives and girlfriends, so we want John Mahama to win and come and help us that’s why we will vote for him”
“John Mahama build this station and a toilet for us but now they want to evacuate us from because they have sold the place to somebody , we will resist it but we want John Mahama to come and help us”
“When John Mahama wins we want him to register all our members by giving them identification numbers so that we can work peacefully without any intimidation by the police”
“more importantly, our Nigerian brothers are taking over our businesses so want John Mahama to help address it” Mubarak Osmanu appealed to the NDC National Youth Organizer.
However, the NDC National Youth Organizer George Opare Addo tauted the 24 hour economy Initiative as a game changer targeting to create jobs for the youth to help reduce unemployment in Ghana.
Highlighting some specific policies the NDC intends to implement for artisans and SMEs when elected into government, George Opare Addo noted by saying “we have a lot of master craft men but have no certification because they did not get the opportunity of getting formal education in the craft they learnt and there are lot of opportunities for instance the FPSO hires welders and staffs to work under it”
“Because they don’t have any certification they are not given jobs, you may find a master welder, a master mechanics or a master electrician, he knows his job he knows his craft but have no certification so these opportunities pass them by and it becomes a challenge for them”
“We are going to work with NVTI through TVET to certify such professionals and give them certification after they go through a certain program , the program is to assess their competencies and once we believe their competencies are good then we give them certification we called prior learning certification” George Opare Addo clarified.
The door to door campaign a collaborated effort by the NDC National Youth Executives and the Regional Youth Executives targeting the youth in the New Juaben south and north constituency of the Eastern region.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Ansah Stephen
