The 2024 flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has said championing the rights and privileges of the poor and vulnerable in society has always been his ultimate goal in politics.
This goal, Dr Bawumia who was addressing a stakeholders meeting at Kpone in the Kpone Katamanso constituency said has been his major drive towards the implementation of initiatives that will cushion them in Ghana.
“My heart is about supporting the poor and supporting the vulnerable in our society. The don’t usually have a voice, they are weak, they don’t know anybody; the poor suffer a lot because they don’t have anybody and so if you look at my track record in government, and even before government, you will see that many of the things that I try to do, I am trying to lift up the poor, lift up the the vulnerable…,” he said.
His desire to be the patron of Lepers Aide Ghana and the decision to make dialysis free for persons below the age of 18 and above 60 years, he added, are clear examples of how deeply he thinks about the welfare of the less privileged in society.
“Today, I find myself as the patron of the Lepers Aide Ghana because the most excluded people in our society are the lepers. People don’t want to even touch them, people want to keep them away but they are very loved people in the yes of God, so I dedicated part of my life to helping the lepers in Ghana…,” he stated.
