CDM Blasts NDC Government

The Committee for Democratic Movement (CDM) has described the government of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as a diabolic one, which has succeeded in making life unbearable, even for the middle class in society.

According to the group, the NDC took over government on the wings of a "better Ghana" agenda "but so far all we see is a long queue of deteriorating living conditions."

At a press conference in Koforidua in the Eastern Region yesterday, a leading member of the group, Justice Obuor, said "it appears this government is the most diabolic government this country has ever had since independence, when it come to the welfare of the Ghanaian." He continued that President Mills and his NDC cohorts were increasingly leading this country to a world of false hope and deceit.

The group explained that prior to the change of government, "the country managed to survive at a time when the world was undergoing a difficult economic catastrophe," adding that at the time when all the heat of the credit crunch had virtually died down, Ghanaians could barely make ends meet.

Obviously displeased with some policy decisions being made by government, CDM charged Ghanaians to stand up against the hypocritical agenda of the NDC whereby they had buried their heads deep and amassing wealth - a canker they swore in their Manifesto and on campaign platforms to deracinate if they won power.

"CDM wishes to urge all workers, students and the good people of this country to rise up and resist the deceptive 'I care for you' slogan of the NDC government" as they opined all NDC was interested in was sharing Ghana's money among themselves, leaving the majority of Ghanaians to endure financial destitution.

Mr Obuor, bemoaning the rate and extent to which prices of commodities had shot up within the NDC's one year of governance, said "the sequence of negatives associated with the NDC government shows that we are yet to experience the worst in terms of cost of living."

Addressing the issue of the registration of SIM cards, CDM argued that instead of advocating for this policy to be instituted, what should gain the urgent attention of the government was for it to mull over how to increase the services of these communication companies and also how to as a matter of exigency, extend coverage to most parts of the country that are cut out.

CDM believes that the government should withdraw from the exercise without delay. He called the present government (NDC) as the most wasteful this country had ever had.

The group was doubtful as to whether the NDC government should be awarded the trust of Ghanaians as it had not executed any promise made to Ghanaians prior to the 2008 elections.