{"id":73338,"date":"2024-05-15T06:13:21","date_gmt":"2024-05-15T06:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/uncategorized\/covid-19-fatalities-would-have-been-overwhelming-under-the-ndc-sammi-awuku"},"modified":"2024-05-15T06:30:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-15T06:30:45","slug":"covid-19-fatalities-would-have-been-overwhelming-under-the-ndc-sammi-awuku","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\/all-news\/covid-19-fatalities-would-have-been-overwhelming-under-the-ndc-sammi-awuku","title":{"rendered":"COVID-19 fatalities would have been overwhelming under the NDC \u2013 Sammi Awuku"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. <\/strong><\/span><b>In a recent statement, Senior Campaign Aide to Vice-President Mahamudu Bawumia, Sammi Awuku, has criticized the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for its alleged mishandling of health crises, suggesting that if COVID-19 had struck during their tenure, fatalities would have been overwhelming.<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Awuku emphasized the NDC\u2019s purported failure to effectively manage cholera outbreaks during their governance, citing the tragic loss of 250 lives to the disease in 2014\/2015.<\/p>\n<p>He argued that this record of incompetence raises serious doubts about their ability to handle a more complex crisis like COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNDC and NPP are political parties, but we are not the same. In 2014\/2015 about 250 people lost their lives due to cholera, If COVID-19 had come during the tenure of the NDC I can bet my last coins every household in Ghana would have lost a family member to the pandemic, because even cholera they couldn\u2019t rescue us, not to talk about COVID-19,\u201d he told host of Yen Nsempa, Nana Yaa Brefo co-hosted by Isaac Ekow JB on May 14.<\/p>\n<p>Awuku hailed the New Patriotic Party (NPP) as more proactive and pragmatic in governance. He asserted that the NPP\u2019s swift and decisive measures along with timely interventions have been instrumental in saving lives during the pandemic.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the comparison between the two political parties, Awuku dismissed any notion of equivalence, highlighting the NPP\u2019s superior performance in crisis management and governance. He underscored the NPP\u2019s commitment to periodic updates and effective measures in combating COVID-19.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you compare both the NDC and NPP side to side, it won\u2019t work, our periodic updates and measures our government put in place along with the timely intervention allocated to COVID-19 saved more lives so if you compare us and put us in the same circle, it won\u2019t work,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n<p>On the economic front, Awuku defended the NPP\u2019s handling of the economy, noting that they inherited an \u201cIMF economy\u201d from the NDC in 2017 and despite facing challenges, he commended the NPP\u2019s bold implementation of landmark policies such as the Free Senior High School (SHS) initiative, which has provided educational opportunities to over 1.2 million Ghanaians.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe NPP inherited an economy in January 2017 that was an IMF economy and this is one thing people don\u2019t know, the NDC took Ghana to IMF.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the truth of the matter is that in the face of challenges the NPP still courageously implemented one of the single biggest interventions since independence, which is the free SHS policy, it gave over 1.2 million Ghanaians an opportunity to go to school,\u201d Awuku stated.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/ghana\">Ghana<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Ghana. 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