Politics of 2012-10-22

NPP not a serious prospect for power – Horace Ankrah

Horace Nii Ayi Ankrah, UK and Ireland Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress, has observed that the NPP has very little to offer Ghanaians at this point and should not be given the chance when Ghanaians go to the polls in December.
Speaking from a Sunyani base, where he has been campaigning for the NDC, the Chairman claimed that “the vagueness of the NPP’s policies in the recent released manifesto cannot be defended”.
Nii Ayi Ankrah noted that “since the ascendency to the leadership, Nana Akufo Addo and the NPP have been looking at free education for SHS. Few years on there are still no more than few noises here and there without substance and this now seem a pledge that is falling apart with the lack of economic data support to convince Ghanaians”.
He promised that in the very near future, the NDC will systematically take voters through what the NDC and President John Mahama mean by quality education that is on offer; adding that “with the first-gear of our explanation of what is actually needed at this stage of the country’s educational system there is a sign that the call for immediate free SHS education is not even indicating a high index of popularity for the NPP and Nana Akufo Addo. The NDC’s call for a systematic approach to free education seems to be the preferred choice with voters”.
“Furthermore, to repair the corrupt and economic credibility that the NPP lost in office has been a task they have not been able to repair and have not been able to convince the electorate that the NPP is serious about addressing these issues then it is hard to see how the NPP will be trusted to return to power”.
The Chairman concluded by adding that he is convinced that “the NPP is still limping and not ready for office”.
He urged the people of the Brong Ahafo region to vote massively for the NDC and President Mahama.