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NPP’s endorsement for this election comes from ‘Kayayei’ & scrap dealers- Awuku

By Clement Edward Kumsah
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The National Youth Organizer of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Sammi Awuku has stated that the deprived in society, such as head porters (Kayayei) and scrap dealers, are the front liners who will give the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) victory in the upcoming election. 

Sammy  Awuku said ahead of this year’s presidential and parliamentary elections, the citizens at the bottommost bracket of society, have proved that they will no longer kowtow to “lies and propaganda” of the ruling  National Democratic Congress (NDC).

Speaking to head potters (Kayayei), scrap dealers, the less-privileged and unemployed youth at a public forum at Agbogbloshie ahead of International Youth Day tomorrow, Mr. Awuku declared that unlike the NDC, “we could not pay celebrities to come and endorse this forum, [but] the biggest celebrity will be the ‘kayayei’, who will make the difference in this year’s elections. The biggest celebrities we have are the teacher trainees and the nurse trainees, who have nowhere to go. Our biggest celebrity this year and in this elections is the scrap dealer who cannot make ends meet, and the biggest celebrity we will need in this year’s elections is the Ghanaian youth, who will not only vote for change [but] organise for change and mobilise for change.”

He added that: “…Our friends kayayei and other participants have just testified to the crisis our dear country faces today, the crisis that is affecting every young Ghanaian as they try to make their way in life. What we have just said represents the voice of the real Ghanaian youth. These are the voices that John Mahama and the NDC refuse to hear. We are forced to listen and endure ministers of state, paid NDC communicators and propagandists, and NDC big men all the time on radio where they paint a picture of Ghana being like Dubai…after they have driven in their big cars, collected their fat salaries from the Flagstaff House – a clear case of Animal Farm in this country. But judging from the mood in this country today, I am certain, we are certain, that Ghana’s youth are no longer interested in the…propaganda, rhetoric, and lies.”

Some participants also stated that, the level at which the ‘dumsor’ has destroyed their businesses, they are left with no option than to vote for the NPP to remedy the situation. 

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