Vice President Aliu Mahama has said the NPP would be ashamed to ask Ghanaians to give it a second mandate to rule, if it failed to fulfil its promises to transform the economy and create wealth.
The government, Alhaji Mahama said, would therefore, pursue sound policies that would alleviate poverty and put money in the pockets of Ghanaians.
He told cross sections of the people at separate meetings at the Bolgatanga and Navrongo last Friday, that the government would constantly seek the views of the people on its policies and their impact with the objective of re-shaping them to make them more beneficial.
"We will not wait until our term is nearly finished before we come to you to seek your votes again. We will interact with you often to know your concerns. The NPP knows shame. I know shame... so we will fulfil our campaign promises".
Alhaji Mahama said although positive economic indicators, such as the drop in inflation, the stabilisation of the cedi and the drop in interest rates, showed that the economy was on the right track, there was still a lot to do to ensure that Ghanaians felt a change in their standard of living.
"We are, therefore, asking for a little patience so that we can deliver. The economic problem we inherited is deep and we need time to address it".
He said the government would this year implement a number of programmes that would create wealth and jobs and urged farmers to prepare to take advantage of the programme to replace about 25 per cent of the malt content of the products of the breweries with locally grown sorghum and maize.
He said the breweries would invest in an out-growers scheme for the production of sorghum and maize and advised them to embrace the project to increase their earnings.
Guinness Ghana alone intends to invest an initial seven billion cedis in an out-grower scheme, in addition to spending 200,000 dollars to provide potable water in 15 districts in the three Northern Regions.
It would also spend 250,000 dollars on fighting Onchocerchiases in these areas.
About 7,500 farmers to be engaged for the project are expected to earn a total 90 billion cedis over a five-year period.
Alhaji Mahama earlier attended the burial of Col Roger Felli, one of the eight senior military officers executed in 1979.
Vice President Aliu Mahama has said the NPP would be ashamed to ask Ghanaians to give it a second mandate to rule, if it failed to fulfil its promises to transform the economy and create wealth.
The government, Alhaji Mahama said, would therefore, pursue sound policies that would alleviate poverty and put money in the pockets of Ghanaians.
He told cross sections of the people at separate meetings at the Bolgatanga and Navrongo last Friday, that the government would constantly seek the views of the people on its policies and their impact with the objective of re-shaping them to make them more beneficial.
"We will not wait until our term is nearly finished before we come to you to seek your votes again. We will interact with you often to know your concerns. The NPP knows shame. I know shame... so we will fulfil our campaign promises".
Alhaji Mahama said although positive economic indicators, such as the drop in inflation, the stabilisation of the cedi and the drop in interest rates, showed that the economy was on the right track, there was still a lot to do to ensure that Ghanaians felt a change in their standard of living.
"We are, therefore, asking for a little patience so that we can deliver. The economic problem we inherited is deep and we need time to address it".
He said the government would this year implement a number of programmes that would create wealth and jobs and urged farmers to prepare to take advantage of the programme to replace about 25 per cent of the malt content of the products of the breweries with locally grown sorghum and maize.
He said the breweries would invest in an out-growers scheme for the production of sorghum and maize and advised them to embrace the project to increase their earnings.
Guinness Ghana alone intends to invest an initial seven billion cedis in an out-grower scheme, in addition to spending 200,000 dollars to provide potable water in 15 districts in the three Northern Regions.
It would also spend 250,000 dollars on fighting Onchocerchiases in these areas.
About 7,500 farmers to be engaged for the project are expected to earn a total 90 billion cedis over a five-year period.
Alhaji Mahama earlier attended the burial of Col Roger Felli, one of the eight senior military officers executed in 1979.
