NDC, NPP comparison is baseless – Obed

The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Dr Obed Yao Asamoah has explained that the erstwhile Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC) that the Kufuor administration often accuses of plunging the country into an economic mess was confronted with worse conditions than what the NPP inherited in 2001.

“The PNDC came to meet a complete breakdown of the country’s agriculture, manufacturing and industrial sectors, therefore, the government’s premise that both the PNDC and NDC government destroyed the economy is baseless and without foundation,” Dr Asamoah said.

He said the Kufuor administration inherited a country with a fairly developed infrastructural base, which it can enhance to facilitate Ghana’s industrial development and to improve the quality of life of the people.

Dr Asamoah who said this in an interview with the Graphic described as ironical, the government’s attribution to the present ugly economic situation in the country to the doings of the NDC government. He added that the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian has witnessed massive depreciation under the Kufuor administration.

“The conditions of life of the vast majority of the people have worsened under the Kufuor administration than under the immediate past government,” he said.

Dr Asamoah said the government, upon assumption of political power increased utility tariffs, which has thoroughly eroded the real incomes of the people, especially those in the rural communities.

According to him, the government wants to divert people’s attention from its failure to fulfil its campaign promises by blaming every economic and social mishap to its predecessor.

He called on the electorate to vote back into political office the NDC to address the distortions in the economy created by the administration, which has led to untold hardships among the people.