{"id":396636,"date":"2017-06-22T19:48:45","date_gmt":"2017-06-22T19:48:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/22\/hot-audio-kb-committee-report-just-like-aids-test-results\/"},"modified":"2017-06-22T19:48:45","modified_gmt":"2017-06-22T19:48:45","slug":"hot-audio-kb-committee-report-just-like-aids-test-results","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/22\/hot-audio-kb-committee-report-just-like-aids-test-results\/","title":{"rendered":"Hot audio: ‘KB Committee report just like AIDS test results’"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Eastern Regional Chairman of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has backed the party\u2019s decision not to make the finding of the Professor Kwesi Botchwey Committee available to the public.<\/p>\n

Bismarck Tawiah Boateng said the report is not an opinion poll thus cannot be made public for the citizenry.<\/p>\n

The 13-member Committee, formed after the NDC\u2019s humiliating defeat in last year\u2019s polls, was tasked to find out the causes of the party\u2019s defeat.<\/p>\n

Then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) 2016 presidential candidate Nana Akufo-Addo surprisingly secured a resounding one-touch victory by polling 53.85% of total valid votes cast against incumbent NDC presidential candidate John Dramani Mahama who managed\u00a044.40%.<\/p>\n

Given this backdrop, former Finance Minister Prof. Kwesi Botchwey toured the country meeting the grassroot members of the NDC.<\/p>\n

After about six months of deliberations, the Committee chairman, Prof. Kwesi Botchwey presented its findings to the NDC leadership and recommended they embark on a healing tour to ensure a formidable party ahead of the 2020 general elections.<\/p>\n

The party leadership has kept the report under lock and key which has generated a lot of controversy with many questioning why they even announced the formation of the committee when they knew their finding won\u2019t be made public.<\/p>\n

But Mr. Tawiah Boateng on Adom FM\u2019s political discussion show, Burning Issues hosted by Afia Pokua likened the report to an HIV\/AIDS test report.<\/p>\n

\u201cJust like a doctor will describe the medical report of an AIDS patient as confidential, the Kwesi Botchwey report is also confidential and only NDC members can assess it\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The NDC Eastern Regional Chairman wondered why Ghanaians are putting pressure on them to release their report when they are bread and butter issues confronting the nation.<\/p>\n

Mr. Tawiah Boateng indicated that the report would only be circulated among members of the party across the country but must ensure non-members don\u2019t get it.<\/p>\n

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