Direct all your PCs to remove their campaign posters from DRIP – Mahama to Bawumia

Presidential candidate of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), John Dramani Mahama, has asked Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) presidential candidate, to direct his parliamentary candidates to remove their political posters from District Road Improvement Programme (DRIP) equipment.

The former president made the call at a rally in Yeji, Pru East District.

Mahama posited that the DRIP project, funded by taxpayers’ money, should not be used for political advertising.

The DRIP is a project that was recently launched by President Akufo-Addo with the key objective of improving road conditions across all 275 constituencies.

The NDC’s candidate stated that the equipment does not belong to the NPP but to the country, hence the need for the Vice President to direct the parliamentarian candidate to remove their posters.

“It’s the government’s money, funded by the taxes we all pay—whether you’re NPP, CPP, Christian, or Muslim—everyone contributes. They’ve used those taxes to import earth-moving equipment for road construction, and each district has been allocated some. But now, we’re seeing posters of NPP parliamentary candidates on the DRIP equipment.

“I want to remind Akufo-Addo and Bawumia that they serve the entire country, not just the NPP. The equipment doesn’t belong to the party; it belongs to all Ghanaians.

“No one has the right to place their posters on the DRIP equipment. They must order the immediate removal of these posters, or we’ll be forced to take action ourselves,” he added.