Ghana will hold its general elections on December 7. The main contenders in the election are the NPP’s Nana Akufo Addo and incumbent president and presidential nominee of the NDC President John Dramani Mahama.

Speaking to Accra-based Citi News at the Cape Coast Stadium in the Central region, ahead of the campaign launch today (August 14), he argued that the NDC needs a second term to continue to improve the lives of citizens and also complete infrastructural projects it has already started.

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He further explained that President Mahama has not governed the country for four years due to the election petition hearing in the first year of his four-year term.

He said it will be a punishment for the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo, to take over the reins of power in 2016.

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Meanwhile, President John Dramani Mahama has called on NDC supporters to refrain from actions that will cause violence ahead of the elections in December.

Speaking on behalf of the President before the party’s campaign launch in Cape Coast, the Chief of Staff, Julius Debrah, said anybody who flouted the laws of the land during the campaign would have to live with the consequences of such acts.

“The fact that we are campaigning doesn’t mean you should go and fight. There are people who in the name of political parties escalate political discourse into violence and the next moment someone is dead,” the Chief of Staff said during a church service ahead of the launch.