The National Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, has welcomed President Mills\u2019 latest condemnation of the politics of insults and lies in the country and has asked the President to \u201cshow the way\u201d by turning his words to action this time and call his men to order.<\/p>\n
President Mills on Wednesday condemned \u201cthe spread of false information about political figures and the use of intemperate language\u201d and wondered the kind of lessons adults were teaching the younger generation.<\/p>\n
Whilst welcoming President Mills\u2019 condemnation of the growing culture of character assassination under the NDC, the NPP Chairman said that the President must begin by getting the adults who work and speak for him to stop the politics of insults and lies first. \u201cThat is what we are all waiting for with baited breath,\u201d he stressed.<\/p>\n
Jake made this known in an interview with the New Statesman after the President\u2019s appeal to the clergy to lead the crusade to halt the politics of insults and the growing incidence of false prophets that had plagued the society in recent times.<\/p>\n
The President made this call when a delegation from the Methodist Church of Ghana led by the Presiding Bishop, Most Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante, paid a courtesy call on him at the Castle, Osu.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe says he is against insults and yet his appointees, including Ministers, Chief Executives, spokespersons and newspapers sponsored from the Castle do nothing but to rain insults and lies on their political opponents and against the intelligence of Ghanaians. They do these in his name and in anticipation of either securing their jobs or winning a promotion,\u201d Jake said.<\/p>\n
He went on to state, \u201cPresident Mills must lead the way in getting his appointees and members of his party to stop hurling insults and lies against the NPP, Nana Akufo-Addo and the leadership of our party and tell us how they intend to tackle the problems confronting our nation.\u201d<\/p>\n
According to Jake, this is not the first time that the President has been heard to speak against the culture of insults. Except, it appears it only bothers him when the insults are redirected to the Castle.\u201cWe are hoping that the NDC will learn from us and focus on matters that will improve the lot of our people. It seems President Mills and his team have given up on any hope of delivering on their better Ghana agenda and see false propaganda against us as a strategic diversion from the real issues and a deceptive mechanism to hide their incompetence,\u201d the NPP Chairman argued.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is about time President Mills hears the evil language from his people and act against such evil. We would not allow the NDC to use insults and lies as a mask to cover up their incompetence and soil the political atmosphere.\u201d<\/p>\n
Jake pointed out that the things that concern Ghanaians the most are unemployment, rising cost of living and increasing poverty. \u201cThe NDC has done very little beyond worsening the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian. To deflect attention from their incompetence, they have opted for the politics of insults. But, we will not allow this to define the issues for 2012. We will continue to pull back the focus on what matters to the Ghanaian\u201d, Jake said.<\/p>\n
In his meeting with the clergy, President Mills spoke about the importance of strong moral and spiritual foundations in nation building and expressed the belief that the flock would join in addressing the evils once the leadership took interest in the matter.
This Jake found hypocritical, calling on the President to heed to his own advice first and lead by his own example.<\/p>\n
The President also spoke against the influx of religious charlatans and their false claims and called on the Church to be resolute in purging them. Jake\u2019s response was to ask President Mills to look within his own party and act against the political charlatans on the government\u2019s payroll. \u201cThe President should act against the false claims of 1.6 million jobs created by his government in his first year of office, the false claims of this year being an action year and the false claims that the Better Ghana agenda is on course. All of these fall under his remit and the President must act,\u201d Jake charged.<\/p>\n
According to the NPP Chairman, there is a growing spate of joblessness and hopelessness gripping the nation coupled with the rising cost of living. Corruption is also rampant under the watch of President Mills. The \u201cI care for you Mantra\u201d used by President Mills in the 2008 campaign, has not been felt by the people.
\u201cGhanaians are getting poorer and poorer under President Mills\u2019 \u2018Better Ghana\u2019,\u201d he said, \u201cand that is not my testimony. That is the national testimony.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The National Chairman of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey, has welcomed President Mills\u2019 latest condemnation of the politics of insults and lies in the country and has asked the President to \u201cshow the way\u201d by turning his words to action this time and call his men to order. President Mills on Wednesday condemned \u201cthe spread of false information about political figures and the use of intemperate language\u201d and wondered the kind of lessons adults were teaching the younger generation. Whilst welcoming President Mills\u2019 condemnation of the growing culture of character assassination under the NDC, the NPP Chairman said that the President must begin by getting the adults who work and speak for him to stop the politics of insults and lies first. \u201cThat is what we are all waiting for with baited breath,\u201d he stressed. Jake made this known in an interview with the New Statesman after the President\u2019s appeal to the clergy to lead the crusade to halt the politics of insults and the growing incidence of false prophets that had plagued the society in recent times. The President made this call when a delegation from the Methodist Church of Ghana led by the Presiding Bishop, Most Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante, paid a courtesy call on him at the Castle, Osu. \u201cHe says he is against insults and yet his appointees, including Ministers, Chief Executives, spokespersons and newspapers sponsored from the Castle do nothing but to rain insults and lies on their political opponents and against the intelligence of Ghanaians. They do these in his name and in anticipation of either securing their jobs or winning a promotion,\u201d Jake said. He went on to state, \u201cPresident Mills must lead the way in getting his appointees and members of his party to stop hurling insults and lies against the NPP, Nana Akufo-Addo and the leadership of our party and tell us how they intend to tackle the problems confronting our nation.\u201d According to Jake, this is not the first time that the President has been heard to speak against the culture of insults. Except, it appears it only bothers him when the insults are redirected to the Castle.\u201cWe are hoping that the NDC will learn from us and focus on matters that will improve the lot of our people. It seems President Mills and his team have given up on any hope of delivering on their better Ghana agenda and see false propaganda against us as a strategic diversion from the real issues and a deceptive mechanism to hide their incompetence,\u201d the NPP Chairman argued. \u201cIt is about time President Mills hears the evil language from his people and act against such evil. We would not allow the NDC to use insults and lies as a mask to cover up their incompetence and soil the political atmosphere.\u201d Jake pointed out that the things that concern Ghanaians the most are unemployment, rising cost of living and increasing poverty. \u201cThe NDC has done very little beyond worsening the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian. To deflect attention from their incompetence, they have opted for the politics of insults. But, we will not allow this to define the issues for 2012. We will continue to pull back the focus on what matters to the Ghanaian\u201d, Jake said. In his meeting with the clergy, President Mills spoke about the importance of strong moral and spiritual foundations in nation building and expressed the belief that the flock would join in addressing the evils once the leadership took interest in the matter. This Jake found hypocritical, calling on the President to heed to his own advice first and lead by his own example. The President also spoke against the influx of religious charlatans and their false claims and called on the Church to be resolute in purging them. Jake\u2019s response was to ask President Mills to look within his own party and act against the political charlatans on the government\u2019s payroll. \u201cThe President should act against the false claims of 1.6 million jobs created by his government in his first year of office, the false claims of this year being an action year and the false claims that the Better Ghana agenda is on course. All of these fall under his remit and the President must act,\u201d Jake charged. According to the NPP Chairman, there is a growing spate of joblessness and hopelessness gripping the nation coupled with the rising cost of living. Corruption is also rampant under the watch of President Mills. The \u201cI care for you Mantra\u201d used by President Mills in the 2008 campaign, has not been felt by the people. \u201cGhanaians are getting poorer and poorer under President Mills\u2019 \u2018Better Ghana\u2019,\u201d he said, \u201cand that is not my testimony. That is the national testimony.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-470412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n
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President Mills on Wednesday condemned \u201cthe spread of false information about political figures and the use of intemperate language\u201d and wondered the kind of lessons adults were teaching the younger generation. Whilst welcoming President Mills\u2019 condemnation of the growing culture of character assassination under the NDC, the NPP Chairman said that the President must begin by getting the adults who work and speak for him to stop the politics of insults and lies first. \u201cThat is what we are all waiting for with baited breath,\u201d he stressed. Jake made this known in an interview with the New Statesman after the President\u2019s appeal to the clergy to lead the crusade to halt the politics of insults and the growing incidence of false prophets that had plagued the society in recent times. The President made this call when a delegation from the Methodist Church of Ghana led by the Presiding Bishop, Most Rev. Prof. Emmanuel Asante, paid a courtesy call on him at the Castle, Osu. \u201cHe says he is against insults and yet his appointees, including Ministers, Chief Executives, spokespersons and newspapers sponsored from the Castle do nothing but to rain insults and lies on their political opponents and against the intelligence of Ghanaians. They do these in his name and in anticipation of either securing their jobs or winning a promotion,\u201d Jake said. He went on to state, \u201cPresident Mills must lead the way in getting his appointees and members of his party to stop hurling insults and lies against the NPP, Nana Akufo-Addo and the leadership of our party and tell us how they intend to tackle the problems confronting our nation.\u201d According to Jake, this is not the first time that the President has been heard to speak against the culture of insults. Except, it appears it only bothers him when the insults are redirected to the Castle.\u201cWe are hoping that the NDC will learn from us and focus on matters that will improve the lot of our people. It seems President Mills and his team have given up on any hope of delivering on their better Ghana agenda and see false propaganda against us as a strategic diversion from the real issues and a deceptive mechanism to hide their incompetence,\u201d the NPP Chairman argued. \u201cIt is about time President Mills hears the evil language from his people and act against such evil. We would not allow the NDC to use insults and lies as a mask to cover up their incompetence and soil the political atmosphere.\u201d Jake pointed out that the things that concern Ghanaians the most are unemployment, rising cost of living and increasing poverty. \u201cThe NDC has done very little beyond worsening the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian. To deflect attention from their incompetence, they have opted for the politics of insults. But, we will not allow this to define the issues for 2012. We will continue to pull back the focus on what matters to the Ghanaian\u201d, Jake said. In his meeting with the clergy, President Mills spoke about the importance of strong moral and spiritual foundations in nation building and expressed the belief that the flock would join in addressing the evils once the leadership took interest in the matter. This Jake found hypocritical, calling on the President to heed to his own advice first and lead by his own example. The President also spoke against the influx of religious charlatans and their false claims and called on the Church to be resolute in purging them. Jake\u2019s response was to ask President Mills to look within his own party and act against the political charlatans on the government\u2019s payroll. \u201cThe President should act against the false claims of 1.6 million jobs created by his government in his first year of office, the false claims of this year being an action year and the false claims that the Better Ghana agenda is on course. All of these fall under his remit and the President must act,\u201d Jake charged. According to the NPP Chairman, there is a growing spate of joblessness and hopelessness gripping the nation coupled with the rising cost of living. Corruption is also rampant under the watch of President Mills. The \u201cI care for you Mantra\u201d used by President Mills in the 2008 campaign, has not been felt by the people. \u201cGhanaians are getting poorer and poorer under President Mills\u2019 \u2018Better Ghana\u2019,\u201d he said, \u201cand that is not my testimony. 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