Govt will not allow NDC to ''play ball game'' -Minister

Forikrom (B/A), Sept 2, GNA - Prof. Christopher Ameyaw-Akumfi, Minister of Railways, Ports, and Harbours, said on Monday the NPP would not sit down unconcerned and allow the National Democratic Congress (NDC) to play a ball game with the National Health Insurance Scheme.

''The Scheme is the only prudent health policy that will promote the health needs of Ghanaians and eliminate inequalities in the health delivery,'' he said.


Prof. Ameyaw-Akumfi was speaking at the commissioning of a 9.5 million cedis' office of the NPP at Forikrom in Techiman South Constituency.


The office was constructed through communal labour and financial support from Mr Peter Adom Abokyi, Constituency Chairman and Mr Amo Adom of Amo Enterprise.


Prof. Ameyaw-Akumfi said "NDC does not want good things to be credited to the NPP government hence its desire to thwart the efforts of the government to provide better health delivery system to the people". He appealed to party supporters not to allow the opposition to create divisions in the party but to work as a unified force to return the party to power next year.

Mr Prince Oduro-Mensah, M.P. for Techiman South, reiterated the need for NPP supporters to woo NDC members to the party through the good works that "positive change has brought to the country". He said he had equitably distributed development projects in his constituency through his share of the common fund.


Mr Kwabena Sarfo, MP for Offinso South, noted that the NPP government had no intention of passing inimical laws that would stifle the promotion of the welfare of Ghanaians.


He said the passage of the National Health Insurance bill by Parliament is an indication that the government is committed to the well being of Ghanaians and castigated NDC for boycotting debate on the bill in Parliament.


Mr Isaac Osei-Antwi, District Chief Executive for Techiman, asked members of the party to eschew backbiting and work hard enough to ensure total victory for the party in the 2004 elections. The constituency chairman, Mr Peter Adom Abokyi, urged NPP supporters not to regard their opponents as enemies and try to convince them to join the party.