John Boadu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\nThe New Patriotic Party (NPP) has advised Ghanaians to be cautious about the trend in the Fourth Republic where the National Democratic Congress (NDC) takes power only to destroy socio-economic gains chalked up by the NPP.
\nHe argued that in 2001, the Kufuor Administration which inherited a tattered economy from the Rawlings Administration left a strong resilient one only to be destroyed again by the John Mahama government.<\/p>\n
The General Secretary of the NPP, Mr John Boadu, who recounted the scenarios, stated this at a press conference in response to some claims made by NDC in its recent Town Hall meeting.<\/p>\n
Mismanaged economy<\/b><\/p>\n
He added that prior to the 2000 election, the then NDC had mismanaged the economy, becoming a Highly Indebted Poor Country (HIPC) but was not courageous to admit it though it was an IMF programme in 2000.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt took President Kufuor to have the bulk of Ghana\u2019s debt written off and get Ghana out of the IMF programme. Not only that, NPP, through the focused operations of GNPC, made Ghana an oil rich nation but left office before a single barrel of Jubilee oil could be produced. Also, the NPP under President Kufuor left office with Ghana\u2019s first credit rating taking us to B+,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Ghana\u2019s rating<\/b><\/p>\n
He noted that after eight years of NDC economic management, Ghana\u2019s rating went down from B+ to B- under former President Mahama, however after 20 months of NPP under Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, the country has been upgraded from B- to B, a move that led to the oversubscription of Eurobond issue in multiples of seven at the lowest coupon rate and longer maturity Ghana had ever had. <\/p>\n
Mr Boadu expressed delight that Ghanaians assessed the NPP with a higher benchmark than the NDC and urged voters not to think that the NDC was a credible alternative.
\nHe said President Mahama, prior to the 2012 Election, spent an additional GH\u00a24 billion that was not budgeted for all in his desperate attempt to win that election and mentioned the RLG laptops that were prepaid but the students never got them as some of the expenditure.<\/p>\n
He added that in 2016, President Mahama spent an additional GH\u00a27 billion presumably on capital expenditure that was not budgeted for yet was spent on costly infrastructure, and many of those with inflated price tags could neither be seen today nor were they even priority projects for the country.<\/p>\n
GDP growth<\/b><\/p>\n
Mr Boadu said President Mahama inherited the 2011 real GDP growth of over 14 per cent but could not even maintain it and rather superintended over its decline to 3.4 per cent by end of 2016, the largest fall ever in twenty years.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat GH\u00a27 billion extra money spent on infrastructure in 2016, the NPP is calling on John Mahama and his NDC to show us what they did with it and we will show them that we are able to do three times more with even a smaller amount,\u201d he challenged.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u0642\u0627\u0644\u0628 \u0648\u0631\u062f\u067e\u0631\u0633<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"General News of Wednesday, 10 April 2019 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2019-04-10 John Boadu The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has advised Ghanaians to be cautious about the trend in the Fourth Republic where the National Democratic Congress (NDC) takes power only to destroy socio-economic gains chalked up by the NPP.
He argued that in 2001, the Kufuor […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":597224,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-606681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-local-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
NDC takes power only to destroy gains - John Boadu - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/10\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"NDC takes power only to destroy gains - John Boadu - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"General News of Wednesday, 10 April 2019 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2019-04-10 John Boadu The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has advised Ghanaians to be cautious about the trend in the Fourth Republic where the National Democratic Congress (NDC) takes power only to destroy socio-economic gains chalked up by the NPP.
He argued that in 2001, the Kufuor […]\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Ghana News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/10\\\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/10\\\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"headline\":\"NDC takes power only to destroy gains – John Boadu\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-10T08:26:03+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/10\\\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":514,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/10\\\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"articleSection\":[\"Local News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/10\\\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/10\\\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/10\\\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\\\/\",\"name\":\"NDC takes power only to destroy gains - John Boadu - Ghanamma.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/10\\\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/10\\\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-04-10T08:26:03+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/10\\\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/04\\\/10\\\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/\",\"name\":\"Ghanamma.com\",\"description\":\"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2019\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036\",\"name\":\"Ghana News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Ghana News\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NDC takes power only to destroy gains - John Boadu - Ghanamma.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/10\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\/","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_title":"NDC takes power only to destroy gains - John Boadu - Ghanamma.com","twitter_description":"General News of Wednesday, 10 April 2019 Source: Graphic.com.gh 2019-04-10 John Boadu The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has advised Ghanaians to be cautious about the trend in the Fourth Republic where the National Democratic Congress (NDC) takes power only to destroy socio-economic gains chalked up by the NPP.
He argued that in 2001, the Kufuor […]","twitter_creator":"@ghanamma","twitter_site":"@ghanamma","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Ghana News","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/10\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/10\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\/"},"author":{"name":"Ghana News","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"headline":"NDC takes power only to destroy gains – John Boadu","datePublished":"2019-04-10T08:26:03+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/10\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\/"},"wordCount":514,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/10\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","articleSection":["Local News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/10\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/10\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/10\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\/","name":"NDC takes power only to destroy gains - John Boadu - Ghanamma.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/10\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/10\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"","datePublished":"2019-04-10T08:26:03+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/10\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/04\/10\/ndc-takes-power-only-to-destroy-gains-john-boadu\/#primaryimage","url":"","contentUrl":""},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/","name":"Ghanamma.com","description":"News In Ghana - Latest Ghana News Headlines","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/#\/schema\/person\/53d06a757a4242f113d200e3c290c036","name":"Ghana News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/22cb97c2b08df229330efb2b8c2645feaae8d3ca3ee434035fbb668b5b82f570?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Ghana News"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=606681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/606681\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=606681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=606681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=606681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![\"John](\"https:\/\/cdn.ghanamma.com\/2019\/03\/75784007.295.jpg\" "\\"John")
John Boadu<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n