Only NPP can sustain macroeconomic stability, Dec.5 ,2007, page 15

Story: Tim Dzamboe, Ho

A presidential aspirant of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Mr Alan Kyeremanteng has said no serious government after the New Patriotic Party (NPP) led one will assume office to dismantle achievements in the macro economic stability, the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and other vital state reforms on health and education, among others.
What is left to be done, he said, is to construct a consistent framework for the stabilisation for the growth of the economy within a period of 10 and 12 years.
According to him no country in the world had achieved any superlative performance in growth without a sustained period of stabilization effort adding that the record track performance of the NPP government in seven years was enough evidence to for it to be voted back into power to go through additional years to complete a sustained period of stabilization and growth of the economy.
Mr Kyeremanteng was addressing media practitioners in Ho after a tour of 15 constituencies in the Volta Region in the campaign to win the flagbearer position of the party in the delegates conference slated for December 22 this year.
He said from his own assessment, by the end of the second round campaign tour of the Volta Region, he was more convinced that if the region alone was going to vote he would be declared the flag bearer.
He said the challenge for leadership was not for contestants alone but the entire party adding that as a strategist in the present government he will shift emphasis on the productive sectors of the economy when elected as the flagbearer and eventually the head of state.
Mr Kyeremanteng promised to build a strong grassroots network for the party and will ensure that no gap existed between the top and bottom in governance.
On campaign funding he said it was a critical issue in the body politic of the international scene saying that everybody had his own way of mobilizing funds for campaigning and the ability to mobilize funds was crucial to a successful campaign.
“If you want to be successful you must be able to fund a campaign, I don’t see that as splashing of money”, he said.
Mr Kyeremanteng said there was negative propaganda in politics making people to spend money based on their own beliefs and strategies adding that he spent money effectively on campaigns in order not to waste resources.
He said all delegates had made up their minds on the choice of candidate and money will play a little influence on their choice.
Mr Kyeremanteng affirmed that he was a forerunner in the race and intends working towards winning the first round of ballot but said in politics anything could happen and therefore the possibility to create an environment to forge an alliance to win if there should be any second balloting.
He said strategically, he went one step ahead in the campaign, that is preparing for the delegates conference, as well as the national elections adding that with the present focus he will win the flagbearership contest.