NDC Composes New Slogan

The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has composed a new slogan which is the opposite of the national currency re-denomination slogan being used to educate the general public about the exercise due to take off in July this year.

Instead of singing the song, “there is no change in value, the value is the same”, the NDC slogan says, “There is no change in suffering, the suffering is the same”.

The Eastern Regional Chairman of the NDC, Mr. Julius Debrah like a renowned gospel musician, composed the slogan when welcoming Regional Organizers and Secretaries to a two- day strategic workshop at Bunso on April 19. Mr. Debrah won the hearts of the National Chairman, Dr. Kwabena Adjei; National Secretary, Mr. Asiedu Nketia; National Organizer, Mr. Samuel Ofusu Ampofo and other party members gathered there with his song which saw all of them singing it intermittently. Dr. Adjei, addressing the party members, said the NDC finds election 2008 the greatest challenge to the very existence of their party and even to the existence of all Ghanaians. According to him, a great majority of the public were seriously yearning for a change of government that could provide them with hope, opportunity, sustainable livelihood, dignity and honour as human beings, which they believe, could only take place through the ballot box and NDC was working towards that.

He said it is clear that the party’s compatriots would never forgive them if they fail to deliver them from the crunching economic hardship and bad governance policies and actions of the NPP. The NDC National Chairman reminded party members who may be thinking of acquiring power and property overnight without working for it, that they are in the wrong camp.

“We need to work together to bring the NDC to power before we can think of how the benefit of being in power will accrue to each and everyone of us and to the very people we have committed ourselves to serve”, he advised them. Dr. Adjei told the party executives that the horrible economic, social and political situation Ghanaians currently find themselves under the NPP government should be their wake up call to seriously and relentlessly embark on their campaigns to educate the people to unseat the NPP government come 2008.

“The energy crisis, high cost of living, expensive, inefficient and accessible health care, education, housing, transportation and utility deliveries, the rising rates of unemployment, crime, ritual murders, drug trafficking and selective justice as well as the high incidence of official corruption and discrimination should be your armour”, he stated.

He asked the party executives to always remember that their electoral victory was at risk when their competitors get access to their plans, strategies, schemes or tactics. The NDC leader asked other Regional and Constituency Executives to stop their disappointing behaviour of refusing to distribute to members information issued to them by the National Executive Committee (NEC).