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Gov’t has conceded Mills has performed poorly - Nyaho-Tamakloe
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Gov’t has conceded Mills has performed poorly - Nyaho-Tamakloe
{sidebar id=12 align=right}A leading member of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), Dr. Nyaho-Tamakloe says an attempt by the Local Government Minister to rationalize the need for Ghanaians to give President Mills a second term is a clear concession that the NDC administration has been disappointing.”
He was reacting to comments made by Mr Samuel Ofosu-Ampofo in an interview with Joy News in which he said the country will see a lot more development should President Mills be re-elected.
“I think that the fairest thing we can give is that we must allow tradition to continue… And the tradition is that from 1992 Ghanaians have given every government that has been voted into power the maximum eight years to do all that the government thinks that it can do.
“Most of the achievements that President Kufuor made were in the last four years of his tenure,” Mr Ofosu-Ampofo had said.
But Dr. Nyaho Nyaho Tamakloe said the minister’s remarks suggest the NDC is staring defeat in the face for failing to live up to the expectations of Ghanaians.
He said the Local Government Minister’s suggestion was inconsistent with the 1992 constitution which sets a four-year term for elected governments.
“We have a constitution and the constitutional requirement ensures that a non-performing administration like the current NDC government can be voted out of office,” he said, adding to say that all governments have been given a second and that Mills must also be given same, his performance not withstanding is a rather risible argument.
Dr Nyaho-Tamakloe believes that given Mr Ofosu-Ampofo’s experience as a former National Orgnaiser of the NDC, he appreciated the pulse of the nation and was clearly sensing defeat hence his attempt to resort to rationalisation for a second term.
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No commentsNDC won't go begging for votes in 2012 elections - Ofosu Ampofo
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NDC won't go begging for votes in 2012 elections - Ofosu Ampofo
Local Government and Rural Development Minister, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo has dismissed claims by the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) that the ruling National Democratic Congress is begging for votes ahead of the December elections.”
Mr. Ofosu Ampofo said the NDC is not begging for votes as the NPP did in 2008 because achievements by the NDC over the last three years speak for themselves, unlike the NPP who begged when they knew Ghanaians were definitely going to vote them out of power.
The NDC Parliamentary candidate for Tema West said this in reaction to a statement by Dr. Nyaho Nyaho-Tamakloe, a founding member of the NPP, that an appeal to renew the mandate of President Mills indicates that the NDC is begging Ghanaians to re-vote the NDC to power in 2012 elections.
Speaking on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem on Monday, the Local Government and Rural Development Minister said asking Ghanaians to renew the mandate of President Mills is a direct result of the NDC government’s ability to deliver the ‘Better Ghana Agenda’ promised prior to the 2008 election.
He noted that every Ghanaian will attest to the fact that President Mills is on course in developing the nation and he therefore needs another four-year term to complete the projects he has initiated.
Mr. Ofosu Ampofo cited some ongoing projects like the expansion of rural electrification, construction of the Eastern corridor roads, construction of the University of Allied Sciences in Ho and stabilization of the cedi as evidence of the Mills administration’s competence.
Thus, he said, the President needs another four-year term to complete these projects, adding former Presidents Rawlings and Kufuor were given the same opportunity of two terms so Ghanaians should also extend the same favour to President Mills.
From: Akuamoah Boateng/Adomonline.com/Ghana
We Lied For Power – Says FONKAR
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We Lied For Power – Says FONKAR
{sidebar id=10 align=right}THE ASHANTI regional chairman of the Friends of Nana Konadu Agyeman-Rawlings (FONKAR) has stated that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) lied for power..More Details
Rashid Abu Alhassan said all the things the NDC propagated against the erstwhile Kufuor regime in the run-up to the 2008 elections were all lies.
“All the things our leaders said about former President Kufuor’s government were lies that were thrown with the view to causing public disaffection for the then government in order to make us win the elections,” Abu Alhassan emphasized.
Speaking at a people’s forum organized by Ash FM, a Kumasi-based radio station on Friday at Bekwai, the FONKAR regional chairman said it was no wonder the President Mills-led government was underperforming.
According to him, the series of press conferences held by Fiifi Kwetey, the then propaganda secretary of the party and now a deputy Minister of Finance, termed “setting the records straight, were all lies”.
Abu Alhassan indicated that it had now been proven that the allegation by the then opposition NDC that ex-President Kufuor’s government had sold all the gold reserves at the Bank of Ghana was untrue.
“If indeed the gold reserves at the Bank of Ghana were sold by the former President Kufuor’s administration as claimed by Fiifi Kwetey, how come the President Mills-led government, which Mr Fiifi Kwetey is a member, is able to secure loans?” the FONKAR regional chairman questioned.
He said the description of ex-President Kufuor’s government as a cocaine-induced one and the series of corruption allegations made against some leading members of the government were all a figment of the NDC’s imagination.
Abu Alhassan indicated that Victor Smith’s admittance that his allegation against ex-President Kufuor of taking a $5billion bribe, in the heat of the 2008 electioneering campaign, was a lie and had no basis, when he appeared before the parliamentary vetting committee recently, was enough proof of his assertion.
The regional FONKAR chairman noted that if indeed the officials of the ex-President Kufuor’s regime were corrupt as propagated by the then opposition party, the said officials would have been prosecuted and sent to jail.
Abu Alhassan contended that ex-President Rawlings was even better off during the presidency of former President Kufuor as the former president was being ill-treated by the Mills administration.
He said the Mills administration was doing everything possible to reduce the influence of the former first family on the party they founded with their blood and resources.
One of such means the government was employing, he noted, was the suspension of Kofi Adams, the deputy general secretary of the party and the spokesperson of the former President.
Abu Alhassan pointed out that the allegation leveled against Mr Adams was baseless and did not warrant such a stern action from the party, insisting that the government was deliberately eliminating the former first family from the party.
He said ex-president Rawlings and former president Kufuor were now on good terms because the former had realized that the things he said about the latter were not true and that the latter was a good man.
The regional chairman reiterated that FONKAR was still in existence and that reports about the extinction of FONKAR was untrue, adding that it was a calculated attempt by the Mills administration to further alienate the legacy of the Rawlingses.
He noted, “We are still vibrant and committed to defending and protecting the ideals and principles the former first family espouses and that we would be ready to champion any political interest of the former first family”.
Source: Morgan Owusu/Daily Guide
EC to introduce continuous voter registration
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EC to introduce continuous voter registration
The Electoral Commission is to introduce a continuous voter registration system at all its offices for people who qualify to vote in elections, including those who attain the stipulated voting age of eighteen years.”
The continuous registration will thus bring to an end the usually long wait by newly qualified voters for the EC's periodic registration. New registrants will be required to produce evidence they have attained the stipulated age of 18.
Christian Owusu Parry, Director of Public Affairs for Electoral Commission announced this on Adom FM’s Dwaso Nsem on Monday while throwing light on concerns arising from the ongoing biometric voter registration.
He however said such people may not be allowed to vote if the time of registration is too close to an election and also warned that persons who have not attained 18 years should desist from registering because it is against the law and offenders will be prosecuted.
The EC Public Affairs Director indicated that after the ongoing Biometric registration exercise, a mop-up exercise may be opened.
There have been reports of violence in some registration centres since the biometric voter registration exercise started over a week ago, with political parties accusing each other of registering minors.
From: Akuamoah Boateng/Adomonline.com/Ghana
Government will initiate moves to make public service attractive- Vice President
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Government will initiate moves to make public service attractive- Vice President
Vice President John Dramani Mahama has stated that government would continue to provide conveniences and logistics that would make the public and Civil Service attractive to Ghanaians seeking jobs.