Election 2016: Northerners must not reject Mahama – Suhuyini
The National Democratic Congress parliamentary candidate for Tamale North, Alhassan Suhuyini, has appealed to the electorate in the Northern region to vote massively for President John Mahama because he hails from the region.
He said Ewes threw their weight behind former President JJ Rawlings because he is their own while Ashantis voted for John Kufuor for being their son.
The broadcaster said northerners will not be fair to the NDC presidential candidate who is seeking re-election if they voted for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).
“When a Voltarian stood to be President the whole of Volta Region voted for him until he stopped being President. Jerry John Rawlings and when Ashanti man stood to be President the whole of Ashanti Region rallied behind him until he stopped to become President, President Kufour,” Suhuyini told a gathering of students from the Northern School of Business (NOBISCO) after presenting relief items to victims of an inferno at a boys’ dormitory.
“When Professor Atta Mills decided to run for President the whole of central region, his home region, voted massively for him before he could win in 2008, and do you know the sad news? When John Mahama from the northern region decided to be President in 2012, the NDC in northern region lost 11 constituencies.
“For the first time in the history of this country in the Fourth Republic, we had a President who won to be President without the support of his home region,” the former Radio Gold morning show host said.
Suhuyini said Mahama’s record is unmatched and deserves a second term in office to complete his transforming lives agenda.
“We have a President who is our father and our brother. He is not only passionate about the development of this country, but in particular issues affecting northern region.
“He has demonstrated to us that he loves us. He has given us the Tamale International Airport, he has given us a teaching hospital, he is doing the road overlay, the Sawla-Fufulso road, and he is building the schools for us so let us also show that we love him.
“It is not as if he is biased because he is from the north, but it is also because he knows when he retires, he will come home and that is why it is incumbent upon us to vote for him.
“December 7 is just around the corner and God has given us a second chance. Maybe it is time for us to prove whether we love each other or we don’t love each other,” Suhuyini noted.
He said Ewes threw their weight behind former President JJ Rawlings because he is their own while Ashantis voted for John Kufuor for being their son.
The broadcaster said northerners will not be fair to the NDC presidential candidate who is seeking re-election if they voted for the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).
“When a Voltarian stood to be President the whole of Volta Region voted for him until he stopped being President. Jerry John Rawlings and when Ashanti man stood to be President the whole of Ashanti Region rallied behind him until he stopped to become President, President Kufour,” Suhuyini told a gathering of students from the Northern School of Business (NOBISCO) after presenting relief items to victims of an inferno at a boys’ dormitory.
“When Professor Atta Mills decided to run for President the whole of central region, his home region, voted massively for him before he could win in 2008, and do you know the sad news? When John Mahama from the northern region decided to be President in 2012, the NDC in northern region lost 11 constituencies.
“For the first time in the history of this country in the Fourth Republic, we had a President who won to be President without the support of his home region,” the former Radio Gold morning show host said.
Suhuyini said Mahama’s record is unmatched and deserves a second term in office to complete his transforming lives agenda.
“We have a President who is our father and our brother. He is not only passionate about the development of this country, but in particular issues affecting northern region.
“He has demonstrated to us that he loves us. He has given us the Tamale International Airport, he has given us a teaching hospital, he is doing the road overlay, the Sawla-Fufulso road, and he is building the schools for us so let us also show that we love him.
“It is not as if he is biased because he is from the north, but it is also because he knows when he retires, he will come home and that is why it is incumbent upon us to vote for him.
“December 7 is just around the corner and God has given us a second chance. Maybe it is time for us to prove whether we love each other or we don’t love each other,” Suhuyini noted.
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