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Political Parties Fund will make politicians lazy -
Network of registered NGOs
Accra, March 19, Ghanadot/GNA - The Network of Associations
of Registered NGOs in Ghana has disapproved of the proposed
Political Parties Fund, saying there should be more public
debate to adopt a viable alternative.
Mr Kofi Lucas, President of the Network told the Ghana News
Agency on Wednesday in Accra that funding political parties
would give room for politicians to relax, instead of being
innovative and hardworking to win elections.
He said the idea lacked proper consultation from political
party activists at the constituency and polling station
levels.
Mr Lucas recommended the setting up of a Democratic and Good
Governance Fund instead that would build the capacity of
Unit Committees to enable them engage citizens in governance
processes at the grassroots level.
“Creating a Governance Fund to support decentralisation will
be more acceptable to Ghanaians and there will be no problem
supporting the idea with the oil Fund or the 2.5 percent tax
base,” he added.
He said the National Communication Authority should make it
a policy for all radio and television stations to allocate
at least two hours free airtime to political parties.
According to Mr Lucas, the airtime would provide political
parties the equal platform to educate the public on their
manifestoes and intended policies for the economy so that
electorates could make informed decisions.
He said with a better media platform, political parties
could sell their ideas to gain more membership who would
then willingly support their campaigns financially if only
the parties would be transparent and accountable.
GNA
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