NPP UK should tell us why on Housing,the NPP Failed*

In two seperate press statements issued by the NPP UK and Ireland Branch and

their Youth Wing on 12 July 2010, the NPP continues to shamelessly portray

how proud they are that they committed ONLY "30 million" new cedis to

Housing for a Ghanaian population well over 23 million people.That amount is

less than $25 million dollars and that's all they could do for 8 years after

promising on Page 23 of their election 2000 Manifesto that they'd launch "a

special Housing the People Scheme". NPP must be ashamed of this terrible

failure.

Also, the laughable 3500 homes they claim they built over 8 years is just

equally shameful.

Somebody please wake NPP from their slumber. Tell NPP Ghana needs up to

500,000 homes to significantly reduce the housing shortage, not the pitiable

3500 homes they claim they built after 8 years of their selfish, corrupt

property grabbing tenure.They were busy grabbing properties for themselves

while the average Ghanaian lacked decent accomodation. Now that the new NDC

Government wants to correct that collosal NPP neglect of the Ghanaian

people's Housing needs,they in the NPP are up in arms against the NDC

administration, shamelessly kicking against a project that can potentially

change the face of Housing in Ghana.

As for their claim of supporting the private sector to build 40,000 homes

annually,they've forgotten it was during the first NDC Government that the

private real estate sector began building homes for sale to Ghanaians.

Again, it appears the NPP is seeking to claim credit for the private real

estate sector Housing that only started and took a foothold for the first

time in Ghana under former President Rawlings' NDC Government. They want to

claim credit for everything that goes good in Ghana, but they are never

ready to claim credit for what they did wrong.

Let me tell them what President Atta Mills' NDC administration is ready to

do: President Atta Mills' government is ready to build up to 200,000 homes

over a five year period,starting with the first 30,000 homes for the

security services. The $1.5 billion dollars required for the first 30,000

homes has already been secured by the Korean company. STX, the Korean

comopany is a global multi national company with an established

reputation--unlike the fake barber shop NPP loans from the fake CNTCI and

IFC. The NDC supports the efforts of Ghanaian real estate companies. If

indegenous Ghanaian companies can successfully go to the financial markets

to raise billions of dollars for massive housing projects like STX Korea is

undertaking to do, we in the NDC party will support their efforts and urge

Government to provide sovereign guarantees to those Ghanaian companies also.

But until such time, Ghanaians cannot wait forever to get decent housing the

way the NPP wishes. Nor is the NDC ready to make the mistake of neglecting

the good people of Ghana like the NPP did during their 8 years in

government.

The NPP is just a shameless bunch of politicians.No wonder they have the

shameless state property grabber,Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey leading this

shameless chorus.After 8 years in power,where is the NPP's promised "Special

Housing the Peoples Scheme"?

They must allow President Atta Mills and the NDC to do what the NPP could

not do for Ghanaians. Decent Housing is just one of the things the NPP

failed to give Ghanaians, but President Atta Mills will strive to provide

Housing for Ghanaians.

Prince-Kassim.

Secretary,NDC UK and Ireland Chapter