To him, Ghana’s economy was in horrible health, making it difficult for him to keep unrealistic promises.
“The economy is in a big mess and so I cannot promise everybody that we are going to increase your salaries and all that. I don’t want to be like those dishonest people who came and promised you heaven and said they will build factories in every district, they will build dam in every village, they will give every constituency 1 million dollars a year, I’m not that kind of person,” he explained.
The opposition leader stated this during his “Building Ghana” tour in Tamale, when he met with several pre-tertiary teachers.
He stated that, while he cannot promise wage increases for teachers, he has taken note of the problems that teachers, particularly pre-tertiary teachers, encounter in their line of duty, which depletes their income.
Mr Mahama stated that many teachers decline posts to rural towns owing to a shortage of accommodation, implying that his government will ensure that lodgings are given for instructors deployed to rural regions.
He said that because there are no accommodations for instructors in rural regions, teachers who are assigned to such locations live in larger towns and commute to remote settlements on a daily basis, devoting a significant portion of their wages to transportation.
He stated that if elected, he will guarantee that every stakeholder understands the true facts of the country’s economic predicament, so that no one makes unreasonable expectations.
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