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Don’t Trust the NDC-Jake advices Voters
Audrey Micah
Accra, Dece 16, Ghanadot -The Campaign Chairman of
Nana Akuffo Addo’s Campaign Team, Mr. Jake Otanka Obetsebi
Lamptey has urged Ghanaians not to fall for the lies of the
National Democratic Congress (NDC) since their promise of
changing Ghana is just a gimmick.
According to him, a vote for the NDC to power will cost the
country developmentally and economically, adding that the
run-off is an opportunity for all to retain the NPP to power
to continue with the good work.
He noted that before the elections, the NDC was criticizing
the policies of the NPP, only for their flag bearer
Professor Evans Atta Mills to say that he will maintain the
School Feeding Programme, National Youth Employment
Programme (NYEP) and the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS),
that to him means the NDC has nothing better offer
Ghanaians.
The Campaign Chairman disclosed that their candidate Nana
Akuffo Addo has the most votes in the first round and that
the party’s inability to win power was a result of some
policies the NPP government which did not favour others.
To
him, in implementing those ideas people were hurt, giving an
example of the hawkers who were prevented to sit by the
roadside to sell and also some demolishing of buildings that
affected many and assured that the NPP has learnt from it.
Obetsebi-Lamptey said Ghanaian electorates have the chance
of making a choice between Nana Akufo-Addo, who he claimed
for 30 years worked for the course of the “common man” and
the NDC’s Prof. Atta Mills, who “was imposed on NDC and
Ghana”.
“We also have the vision of Nana Akuffo Addo of moving the
country forward, or the ‘sankofa’ change offered by the NDC”.
The campaign chairman denied that key members of the party
are going round begging for vote from electorates, adding
that “I don’t think we are begging for votes, I don’t know
what the apologetic campaign is. I am told Dr. Apraku is
supposed to have said that apologetic campaign, but I have
spoken to him and he is adamant. We should not be running
anything like an apologetic campaign.
“But that does not mean we do not recognize your mistakes;
that does not mean you do not recognize certain things that
you may have done or you may not have done.”
Obetsebi-Lamptey explained that living up to the party’s
philosophy – ‘government for all’ - government refrained
from being selective in its programmes and decisions. This,
he said, did not go down well with some party die-hards who
felt they should have been given preferential treatments.
He said, asking these people to remain steadfast with the
party and to expect good days ahead should not be
misconstrued as an apologetic campaign.
The campaign chairman is therefore calling electorates to
ignore such claims by NPP’s opponents; he also denied that
decisions such as the fuel reduction are taken at strategic
times to boost NPP’s image.
“Government must continue. Government has to take decisions
based upon on what government can do…I am hoping that people
would come to realize that government takes decisions about
good governance within the times that those decisions should
be taken and not necessary because they are going to have an
impact on votes.”
Obetsebi Lamptey revealed that hawkers have been allowed to
move back to the street, despite government’s vow to rid the
streets of them, he replied: “There were certain things that
were done (by the government) which were grossly
insensitive.” He said the government is still working on
appropriate solutions to tackle street hawking in the
cities.
Ghanadot
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