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TESCON reacts to CJA protests
Accra, Dec. 18, Ghanadot/GNA - The past executive members of
the Tertiary Student Confederacy (TESCON) of the New
Patriotic Party on Tuesday slammed the Committee for Joint
Action (CJA) for the misconception that there was too much
hardship in the country.
The group said the economic situation in Ghana now was
relatively far better than what the National Democratic
Congress (NDC) left in the year 2000.
Mr. Harry Afrim-Darko, spokesman for the group who was
speaking at a press conference in reaction to statements
made by some members of the CJA on recent demonstration in
Accra.
The group said the use of insolent words by Mr. Asiedu
Nketiah and some leading members of the NDC against the NPP
government and their 17 Presidential aspirants was a clear
indication that the NDC was still the same unrepentant,
violent and militant party Ghanaians knew.
He said the expansion of aggressive sectors such as the
banks, insurance and construction companies as well as
expansion in existing banks was a credible manifestation of
how well the Ghanaian economy was doing.
He said the NPP government had proven beyond all doubt that
its prudent economic measures were unprecedented and that
hundreds of thousands of young men and women had been given
capital to engage themselves in small-scale businesses.
He said the introduction of the National Health Insurance
Scheme had offered thousands of Ghanaians jobs in addition
to better and cheaper alternative to health care delivery.
He said the propaganda by some speakers at the CJA
demonstration that the NPP government was involved in the
cocaine issues was ridiculous and childish.
They cited the case of Mr Frank Benneh, a Ghanaian diplomat
to Switzerland under the NDC government who was arrested for
dealing in drugs and given immunity showed the complicity of
the then government in the drug trade.
Mr Afrim-Darko also accused Mr Kwesi Pratt, a leading member
of the CJA of being a hypocrite and inconsistent with his
stand on national issues.
He said it was so pathetic to see "NDC's CJA" make so much
noise about corruption in the country.
He said the SFO report of 2001/2002 revealed a lot of
corrupt practices under the NDC government and asked
Ghanaians to avail themselves with those documents.
He said establishment of the Office of Accountability, the
Whistle Blowers Act, Freedom of Information Bill, Public
Procurement Act and the public hearing of the Public
Accounts Committee were some concrete measures to fight
corruption in the system.
GNA
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