Dr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh, the NPP’s Vice Presidential Candidate, has urged nursing students to support the New Patriotic Party (NPP), highlighting the importance of their votes in ensuring essential programs such as Agenda 111, a nationwide hospital project.
Dr. Prempeh addressed students at Accra’s Pantan Nursing and Midwifery Training College, encouraging them to help prevent former President John Dramani Mahama from returning to power, claiming that the past NDC administration neglected issues impacting nursing trainees.
He stressed that the NPP’s reinstatement of trainee allowances proves their dedication to the welfare of nursing students, as opposed to the NDC’s termination of allowances, which he claimed caused major challenges for students during Mahama’s tenure.
Dr. Prempeh stated that the next election will decide between the stability provided by the NPP’s programs and the hazards posed by Mahama’s administration.
“Like their Korle Bu comrades, they understand the risk of returning to the leadership of a guy who once cancelled their allowances and pledged not to restore them, even if it cost him the presidency.
“They feel that the 2024 elections will secure Ghana’s future. That is why they will trust Dr. Bawumia, who will return after four years to answer for his acts and decisions. They are concerned that a leader who would serve only four years and is not accountable may decrease their allowances and implement harsher regulations. These students are actively campaigning, and he believes it will lead to votes for the NPP on December 7.
He also questioned the NDC’s handling of nursing institution money, alleging that the NPP inherited a two-year backlog of feeding grant arrears from the Mahama administration.
He ascribed the issues to the NDC’s “incompetence” in administering key services.
The event also featured remarks from Madina’s NPP parliamentary candidate, Robert Lamptey, and Municipal Chief Executive Jennifer Dede Adjabeng, who echoed Dr. Prempeh’s sentiments and urged students to rally behind the NPP to ensure continuity in policies that benefit the nursing community and Ghana’s broader healthcare goals.
