The Zongo Movement for Change (ZOMOC) has launched a special campaign for change within Zongo communities dubbed ‘Saakiya 2016’.
At a launch of the campaign in Accra, ZOMOC stated that the campaign is aimed at spreading Nana Akufo-Addo’s message of hope for change to Zongo communities in the country to persuade members to vote for change in the 2016 elections.
Key messages to be spread, according to the group, include details of the Zongo Development Fund policy promised by NPP’s candidate, widespread corruption in government as well as the incompetent mismanagement of the Ghanaian economy, which has resulted in unprecedented high cost of living and massive unemployment among the youth.
At the launch of the Saakiya 2016 Campaign in Accra, ZOMOC was of the firm belief that Nana Akufo-Addo and the NPP remained the only candidate and party respectively that have demonstrated a clear vision for Zongo communities and called on their compatriots to reject the governing NDC, which has taken Zongo communities for granted for years.
“When Nana Addo and Dr Bawumia announced the Zongo Development Fund earlier his year, the NDC came out to condemn it. ZOMOC publicly threw a challenge to the NDC to come out with their alternative development policy for Zongo communities but it has been nearly a year now and we are some few weeks to election, yet they don’t have any policy for Zongo communities,” Director of Operations and Communications of ZOMOC Mohammed Hashir Issah said.
“The NDC has inflicted so much damage on this country through corruption and incompetence. Small scale businesses in the Zongos throughout the country are retrogressing due to four years of dumsor and our youth are despondent.
“In the last four years, more betting companies have sprung up in our Zongo communities than real opportunities for jobs for our energetic youth. This is not development; we want development and opportunities for our people, particularly the youth. It is time for change,” he added.
He said Nana Akufo-Addo’s vision of creating a special fund for the development of Zongo communities is a laudable one which ought to be supported by Zongo communities.
The group says it is embarking on house-to-house campaign to explain what the Zongo Development Fund is all about individuals and identifiable groups within Zongo communities.
Saakiya is a Hausa word which means change and the campaign slogan “Saakiya 2016” means Change 2016.
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