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PRESS RELEASE
NPP,
March 06, 2014
Ghana at 57
The New Patriotic Party wishes the government and people of
Ghana the very best on the occasion of 57 years of independence.
As a people we are proud and confident to have blazed the trail
amongst countries south of the Sahara to have attained our right
to self-rule, a right to think, a right to grow our lot, a right
to development in freedom and with our destiny in our own hands.
However, as we celebrate our 57th anniversary today, we do so
with a heavy heart.
Though governments have come and gone both civilian and
military, never in the country’s history have we been more
ridiculed around the world than today.
Ghana, the once respected nation in the sub-region, the
financial hub of West Africa, the Gateway to Africa, is now
labeled a Republic of Corruption.
The unprecedented corruption perpetuated on the good people of
Ghana by the Mahama administration has caused harsh economic
conditions unrivaled in the country’s 57 years history.
57 years, the dream of a truly democratic Ghana has dulled more
than a little. Hope has been replaced by dismay at the cheap
pursuit of self-interest that pervades our present political and
economic landscape.
For the past 6 years Ghana has stopped working. After 57 years
of trying, the NPP believes that we have had enough of the lip
service. It is time we all put our shoulder to the wheel with
budding ideas and innovation to make sure that as a nation we
succeed. Our agricultural produce must reach our markets; we
must process our produce to not only feed our people but also
for exports.
Our resources must be put to good use and not be abused through
corrupt practices like we have seen in recent times.
We need leadership of ideas and pragmatism to lead the way in
bringing on board every Ghanaian to make us succeed.
Our nation is at a crossroads yearning for leadership and bold
measures towards a total and progressive transformation process
out of our current challenges.
It is time to reflect on the past and plan fervently for the
future of our people.
The future beckons to us. We must bring freedom and opportunity
to the common man, to the peasants and workers of Ghana; to
fight and end poverty and ignorance and disease; to build up a
prosperous, democratic and progressive nation, and to create
social, economic and political institutions which will ensure
justice and fullness of life to every man and woman.
May God bless us all.
Long live Ghana.
Ayekoo!!!
Signed
Jake Otanka Obetsebi-Lamptey
National Chairman
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