Prez should engage nation in his vision — CPP
The Convention People's Party (CPP) is dismayed at the current conversation centring on governance in the country and the descent of the nation into despair and hopelessness.
In a statement, the party referred to the exposures and disclosures made by the Member of Parliament for Nadowli West, Alban Sumana Bagbin, and the statement of the General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC). The statement was signed by Nii Armah Akomfrah, CPP Communications Director.
According to the CPP statement, Mr Bagbin alleged in a public statement that the country was governed by the family and friends of the President and that the government of the NDC was rife and riddled with corruption.
It also said the General Secretary of the NDC, Mr Asiedu Nketia, said the revelations of Mr Bagbin were directed at the NDC for internal discussions.
He directed and urged all supporters of the party to discuss the issue within the structures of the NDC.
According to the statement, the CPP wants to point out to the general secretary of the NDC that Mr Bagbin did not speak to the NDC but for and about the nation.
The issue, therefore, should be discussed by all in public, with the expectation to rid the nation of the demons against our development and prosperity, the statement added.
The CPP, the statement said, therefore, calls on the presidency to engage the nation on the issues raised by Mr Bagbin.
The President is compelled by his responsibility to "we the people" to tell the nation how he proposes to deal with the question of corruption in his government and the policy guidelines of his development philosophy, it added.
“The issue relates to a development policy so it is inappropriate and unacceptable for the President to refer to his person and character in reference to or as substitute for a development policy. The President is challenged to elucidate for the nation his vision for the transformation of our society which would be in fulfilment of the mission of our political and economic history,” it pointed out.
The CPP pointed out to the President that his analogy of a nation/car in first gear development was inexact and unsatisfactory.
His failure, according to the CPP, to note the weakening or our diminished resolve and capacity to struggle for economic freedom and the descent into new forms of dependency and subjugation in our development efforts were cause for concern.
It is the observation of the CPP that since the CPP government of the first republic, the development of our country has been moving backwards and not forward under the governments of the NDC and NPP.
Under the full employment policy of the CPP government of the first republic dubbed: "Work and Happiness," investments were made in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors to cater for all human needs, making the rate of unemployment low, it stated. In the view of the CPP, the economy was on the threshold of industrialisation and the achievement of an internally sustained economy. Investments in the social sectors of health and education gave Ghanaians a satisfactory standard of living, it stated.
Currently, the CPP said, as a result of the privatisation and divestiture of the public investments of the CPP government of the first republic and the consequent redeployment and redundancy programmes of the NDC and the NPP governments, the rate of unemployment was unbearable.
“Our manufacturing sector has been suffocated and undermined with a misguided trade liberalisation policy. Our country is as a result, highly import dependent, with a huge trade deficit, a depreciating currency and unsustainable exchange rate. The dropout rate in the education sector is high. The housing deficit is rising and the living condition of our people is deplorable.There has been a complete lack of ability for progress in this nation by post-1966 governments, especially this NDC government,” it pointed out.
