Efforts by the ruling New Patriotic Party to breaking the 8 in this year’s general elections continue to receive massive endorsements across the length and breath of the country as scores of people on daily basis express reasons to retain the party in power.
With about eighty-seven days to the December polls, it is becoming evidently clear that the NPP remains the obvious party that Ghanaians believe has the track record to sustain the economic gains chalked by the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government.
Expressing their solid resolve in the NPP, traders in the various markets across the Asokwa constituency maintain it is only the NPP which has shown great commitment to alleviating poverty, hence the only party for the underprivileged society.
In a renewed spirit after the Ashanti Regional Chairman, Bernard Antwi Boasiako, popularly called "Chairman Wontumi", stormed markets in the constituency, the market women, commercial drivers, hawkers among others say they have higher conviction that Dr Bawumia will protect the flagship free SHS programme.
Madam Lydia, a vegetable seller at the Atonso market, could not hide her excitement with the government over the many pro-poor policies which, she noted, have produced six SHS graduates in the last seven years.
To her, anything short of victory for the NPP will be an act of ingratitude on the part of Ghanaians.
She added what makes her have a soft spot for the NPP is their policies that always have a direct bearing on all Ghanaians.
Another trader named auntie Mary, a cosmetic dealer, seems to find it extremely difficult understanding why, in spite of the abysmal performance of the NDC under Mahama, some Ghanaians who, to her, have immensely benefitted from the policies of this government would wish to return to the days of extreme hardship.
The market women therefore made a strong appeal to Ghanaians to put their personal interests aside and ensure a landslide victory for Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia and Patricia Appiagyei as President in 2025 and Member of Parliament respectively.
