Yaw Buabeng Asamoah
The
National Communication Director of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), Yaw
Buaben Asamoa, has stated that the Government of the United States respects the
decision by Ghana to terminate the Power Distribution Services (PDS) Concession
Agreement, saying the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is only
displaying hypocrisy about the issue.
He
said at a news conference in Accra yesterday that the ‘noise’ by the NDC would
not deter the NPP government from staying focused and doing what is right for
the people of Ghana.
According
to Mr. Asamoa, the NDC members continue to make unsubstantiated allegations
against NPP leaders including the President on the PDS deal but said it was the
stock-in-trade of the opposition party and asked Ghanaians to disregard them.
“The government
will continue to seek the welfare of Ghanaians and will not yield to the noise
and unsubstantiated allegations of corruption. President Akufo-Addo and his
government are focused on ensuring Ghana becomes a better place and would not
do anything to jeopardize the future of the country,” he said.
He
stated that what Ghanaians are happy about is the fact that there are no power
crisis or dumsor as it was witnessed during the Mahama NDC era, and said
despite all the challenges with the power distribution system, the government
had been able to work for the people.
Economy &2020
The
NPP Communications Director revealed that the NPP would not allow the NDC which
by all intent and purposes seems to lack ideas to dictate the campaign
direction of the 2020 general election.
He
said the NPP has a solid record for the campaign and would direct the focus of
the election to the economy.
He
indicated that the NPP had performed well in the management of the economy
taking the country from a stringent International Monitory Fund (IMF) programme
which was bequeathed the country by Mr. Mahama to a working economy.
Outlining
some of the successes chalked up by the government in the area of the economy
including growth in Gross Domestic Product (GDP), drop in interest rate and
inflation, among others, the NPP challenged the NDC to come out with their
story on the economy after it was humiliated at its own economic policy lecture
by a former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),
Professor Charles Chukwuma Soludo, recently.
Bereft of ideas
Mr.
Asamoa added that the NDC’s decision to solicit for ideas from over 30million
Ghanaians in order to write their manifesto proves that the party is bereft of
ideas and should not be allowed anywhere near governance.
“In
opposition, you have all the time to do a lot of things, if with all the luxury
of time at your disposal, you still need to collate views from 30 million
Ghanaians, then you have no business thinking about coming into governance,” he
said.
He also
spoke about some successes chalked up by the Akufo-Addo administration in the
area of education, infrastructure, among others.
Referendum
He reiterated the position of the party on the upcoming referendum, urging Ghanaians to come out in their numbers and vote ‘yes’ for the referendum which is scheduled for December, this year.
By Nana Kwasi
