The New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) vice presidential candidate, Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, has called on nursing students to vote for the party in the next election, emphasizing that their votes are crucial to upholding programs like Agenda 111, the party’s plan to build hospitals around the country.
He emphasized the significance of their decision in determining the direction of Ghana’s healthcare system while addressing students at the Pantang Nursing and Midwifery Training College in Accra.
Citing what he called the previous NDC administration’s inadequate management of nursing trainee issues, Dr. Prempeh also urged the students to stop former President John Dramani Mahama from regaining office.
He claimed that the NPP has continuously put nursing students’ interests first, working to fund their education and ease their financial burdens—a dedication he feels is absent from the opposition’s platform.
Dr. Prempeh concluded by framing the next election as a crucial decision between the stability-oriented policies of the NPP and the unpredictability he believes Mahama’s leadership to be.
He urged the students to vote for the NPP to ensure the continuity of supportive policies that benefit healthcare students and future professionals across the country. “Like their colleagues at Korle Bu, they recognise the risk in returning to the leadership of a man who once cancelled their allowances and vowed not to restore them, even if it cost him the presidency.” “The 2024 elections, they believe, are about securing Ghana’s future. That is why they will place their trust in Dr Bawumia, who will, after four years, return to account for his actions and decisions. “In contrast, they fear a leader who will serve only four years and be free from accountability, could once again cut their allowances and impose harsher policies.”
