The Campaign Spokesperson for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia has urged Ghanaians to reject the National Democratic Congress (NDC)'s attempts to mislead them into voting for the opposition party in the 2024 general elections.
Dennis Miracles Aboagye's comment follows recent remarks by John Mahama, who claimed that the Free SHS and National Health Insurance policies were introduced by the NDC.
Mr Aboagye addressed these assertions during a social media show titled "The Next Chapter," organised by the campaign team.
He accused the NDC of making similar claims during the 2008 election, only to dismantle social interventions introduced by the John Kufuor administration once they were in power.
Mr Aboagye clarified that the National Health Insurance Policy was actually implemented by former President John Agyekum Kufuor, contradicting Mahama's statement that the NDC piloted the policy in Damongo and Nkoranza.
He explained that the concept of health insurance in Ghana arose because the Rawlings administration had replaced a free healthcare policy with a 'cash and carry' system.
The shortcomings of this system prompted the Catholic Church, with community and Dutch NGO funding, to introduce a health insurance scheme in Nkoranza and Damongo.
“It is never true that the NHIS was piloted by the NDC in Nkoranza and Damongo. It was the Catholic Church in collaboration with the community supported by a non-governmental organization, to finance it.” Mr Aboagye insisted.
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