The NDC Youth with Conviction of Principles (YWCP) has observed very closely the recent happenings within the NDC party and government with extreme concern.
As party members who are rooted and grounded in the strong principles and values of probity, transparency, accountability and social justice, we must be concerned with, or indeed, be worried when events and actions in the NDC paint a different picture and nature other than what June 4 and 31 December movements which gave birth to the NDC stands for.
It is the belief of the YWCP that some members of the NDC have abandoned the original principles and values that gave birth to the NDC. Many in government have conveniently buried probity and accountability for their own personal and parochial interests. We have expressed these views for a while now. Despite not getting any reassurance from our leadership, we have persisted.
The YWCP have had cause to stand up again, and to address the leadership of the NDC in light of a recent press statement from a high-ranking member of party and government, which raises very frightening alarms. In his statement, Attorney General and minister of Justice Martin A.B.K Amidu stated that there are elements within the NDC party and government who are making efforts to conceal ‘gargantuan crimes’ against the people of Ghana in which they (NDC members) might be implicated. He went further to state that such NDC elements even went further to leak official documents to sections of the press in order to truncate his call for the prosecution of criminals regardless of their political party coloration or social status.
If this is true, it certainly amounts to a sabotage of government business and injustice to the good people of Ghana.
The YWCP find the revelations from the Attorney General very alarming. As a high-ranking member of the NDC and a member of cabinet, we take his statement very seriously. We do not believe that any true member of the NDC should use his party card as ‘an unconstitutional insurance against crime and prosecution’ as alleged by the A-G. We also do not believe that any true member of the NDC should stand against probity, accountability and transparency. Neither do we believe that any true member of the NDC should be victimized or vilified for standing up to defend the ideals that form the bedrock of the NDC.
The YWCP therefore calls on President Mills to rise to the occasion and salvage the party and government before matters get out of hand. President Mills must show leadership now. This is the time for the NDC leadership to practically demonstrate its commitment to the party’s core principles and values. We therefore do not expect anything to be swept under the carpet at the expense of transparency in the supreme interest of the Ghanaian people.
Signed: Alhaji Mohammed Naziru (Coordinator) Contacts: 024 4285 223 020 726 7072
