Arise for change on December 7 - Bawumia rallies youth

Abu Mubarik 18:54 - 13 November 2016

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The NPP vice presidential candidate said at the core of the NPP’s manifesto is youth empowerment.

Dr Mahamadu Bawumia on Sunday rallied the nations youth to "rise for change" ahead of the December vote, promising that a New Patriotic Party (NPP) government in 2017 will transform the economy.

The NPP when elected into office will bring hope to the youth by introducing tax incentives, creating thousands of jobs and reserving 30 percent government contract for the youth, he said.

Dr Bawumia made this known when he addressed a mammoth youth rally organised by the party's youth wing in Moree in the Central Region on Sunday.

“We are going to bring hope to the youth. We are going to create jobs. We are going to make sure that the economy is booming. We are going to bring in a tax incentives schemes so that companies that hire fresh graduate will get tax rebate," he said to sustained cheers from the crowd.

“We are going to make sure that businesses set up by the youth, women and the disabled gets thirty percent of the seventy percent of contracts that are reserved for Ghanaian companies," he added.

And on the teacher and nursing trainee allowances, he promised to restore in full their quashed allowance by the Mahama administration.

“We will fully and fully restore the teacher training allowances and nursing training allowances," he assured.

On empowering the youth living in the Zongo communities, Dr Bawumia reiterated the party's pledge to establish the Zongo Development Fund.

"And we are going to make sure that our youth in the Zongos are taken care of when we establish the Zongo Development Fund," he said. "We will make allocation every year from the budget to fund the Zongo Development Fund to make sure the Zongos are not forgotten and they are treated with respect and with emphasis on development."

"So we are asking all of you, all of you the youth of Ghana to arise for this change," he charged.

Dr Bawumia also reiterated the party's promise to create the Coastal Development Authority for the Coastal Regions of Ghana, the Northern Development Fund and a Middle Belt Development Authority as well as the Zongo Development Fund.

"Everybody is included in a Nana Akufo-Addo's Ghana. Everybody is included. We are not leaving anybody behind," he declared.