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TESCON to counteract CJA's intended
procession on March 6
Cape Coast, Feb. 20, GNA - Members of the University of Cape
Coast Branch of the Tertiary Students Confederacy (TESCON)
of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) on Tuesday stated that
members of TESCON nationwide would embark on a counter
procession against the one intended by the Committee of
Joint Action (CJA) on March 6.
They said that day was envisaged to be a memorable and
momentous day in the country and that it was the expectation
of TESCON and all well meaning Ghanaians that "any well
intentioned individual or group that has the interest of
mother Ghana at heart, will pray for the success of the
anniversary and also eschew all forms of negatives
tendencies and practices" that could hinder the celebration.
The president of the branch, Mr Armstrong Essah, said this
at a press conference at Cape Coast to announce plans to
counter the CJA's planned procession, as well as address
some issues emanating from the NDC's 'state of the nation's
address'.
He said if CJA were not stopped, it would hold the whole
country to "ransom and undo the potential benefits that the
jubilee anniversary would bring to the country."
Mr Essah described the CJA's intention as an ill-motivated
agenda to sabotage the celebrations and designed to create a
negative image of the nation at the international level.
He pledged TESCON's full support for the organizers of the
anniversary programmes and the security agencies for the
realization of the jubilee anniversary goals and called on
them to remain focused on the execution of the anniversary
activities.
Mr Essah said if CJA genuinely believed that the involvement
of the masses in the anniversary celebration has not been
encouraging, they should rather offer practical suggestions
as to how to strengthen their participation.
"We therefore want to caution all Ghanaians against the
temptation of allowing themselves to be exploited by the
devious elements in the CJA as instruments in advancing
their evil, parochial and diabolical interest".
On the NDC's state of the nation address, Mr Essah said it
smacked of intellectual deceitfulness in view of the many
positive developments taking place in the country.
He said during the rule of the NDC, workers were paid a
minimum wage less of than one dollar but now workers are
receiving more than two dollars as minimum wage, while the
nation's GDP has also increased from 4.2 in 2001 to 6.2
percent, " the highest in the history of the country".
Mr Essah said the nation's political and economic forward
march was on good course and that the NPP government needed
a more "nationalistic and credible opposition to keep it on
its toes and not the kind of opposition being provided by
the NDC at the crucial state of the nation's development".
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