President Mills is an achiever - Asiedu Nketiah

The general secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Asiedu

Nketiah has described allegations in the political circles to the effect that

President Mills is not performing and that he should be changed before the 2012

general elections as baseless and legless.

According to him the allegations boils down to the presidential ambitions by

various candidates, and in their quest to change a sitting President they think

that the way to do it is to create the impression that the President is not

performing. ‘’and that is why the party finds it extremely dangerous for anybody

to begin campaigning at this stage’’ Mr. Nketiah said.

Asiedu Nketiah who is popularly known in political life as general mosquito said

people should not use their ambitions to discredit the performance of President

Mills. ‘’I don’t think that those allegations are well grounded, I want to

believe that the President is performing extremely well within the constraints

and conditions he finds himself’’. General mosquito said.

General Mosquito said it is wrong for anybody to compare President Mills to

former President Rawlings, Nkrumah or Kufuor because every President has its own

style. ‘’ If you become President and all you need to do is to repeat everything

your predecessors has said then you are not worthy to be President’’ because

country’s circumstances change, conditions change ‘’so if you are expecting

President Mills to operate in the same manner as Dr.Nkrumah, Dr.Rawlings or Mr.

Kufuor, then one is refusing to accept that change is part of society.

‘’I am endorsing him as a President who is performing, and I think that he is

performing extremely well’ Asiedu Nketiah stated.

In an exclusive interview with Radio Gold Mr. Asiedu Nketiah indicated that the

President’s decision to retain some members of the NPP at post makes him a

different President.

‘’ Right from independence all who assume the reign of government hunts all

opponents from the system-who knows if that is not the bane of our

underdevelopment at this stage. So if President Mills is doing things

differently we can only wait and see the outcome’’ Mr. Nketiah said.

On whether or not this new philosophy of retaining opponents at post will

impact negatively on the NDC or not in the 2012 elections, General Mosquito

said, ‘’though it comes with a price, we must also appreciate that we are not in

power for ourselves but for Ghanaians’’

When asked to share his thoughts on the ramifications on the party with regards

to some individuals within the party who had started campaigning in their bid to

contest President Mills for the 2012 elections, Mr. Mosquito said the party

constitution does not permit anybody to campaign.

‘’the party’s constitution demands that we choose our Presidential candidate 1

year to the election when we are in government but 2 years to election when we

are in opposition, whatever the case may be we are less than two years in

government so he time is not right for anybody to want to contest elections’’

General Mosquito stated.

He noted that, ‘’the party has empowered me to send circulars around the country

to alert everybody that anybody who is doing anything that is unconstitutional

should not enjoy the support of the rank and file or from party

structures’’.Asiedu Nketiah warned.

Story by: Samuel Ablordeppey

samuelablordepey@yahoo.com