Kumasi, Sept. 3, GNA- Mr Owusu Ankomah, an Independent Presidential aspirant in the last general elections, has asked Ghanaians to reject the state funding of political parties, saying, that could cripple the economy.
"If 40 percent of the national budget is supported by donor funding, what it means is that the economy is not strong enough and should therefore not be put under further stress", he said. Mr Ankomah was speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) in Kumasi on Wednesday.
He said if people want to see the growth and sustenance of multi-party democracy, the situation should not be created where funds that could otherwise be used for social services and infrastructure is given to political parties.
Mr Ankomah observed that some registered political parties in the country were not in for any serious business and wondered why "the state should provide funds just to keep such parties which exist only on paper".
"When we succeed in creating the wealth, then we could start looking at the possibility of helping the parties out with some funds", he said.
