NDC, NPP MANIFESTOS CONTAIN NOTHING NEW (PAGE 16)

A leading member of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Mr Clement Asare a.k.a. Kofi Sabon, has said that the manifestos of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) contain nothing new from what the CPP fashioned out in its vision for the first republic for the nation.
“One will well remember that these two parties proclaimed Nkrumah’s fee free education policy, feeding of students, free medical bills and claimed those things belonged to the past and that no serious Ghana government could acknowledge those free rights or facilities again”, he said.
Kofi Sabon who was speaking to the Daily Graphic in Ho said right now the same people were talking about free education, free medical bills and other amenities.
He, therefore, asked at what time they had realised that when they assumed power they would be able to provide those free services and questioned whether they were sincere or just taking Ghanaians for a ride.
He, therefore, made it clear that if the flag bearers of the two parties had now realised the state could conveniently tackle those issues, the best party which should be given power to see to the successful implementation of those policies and ideas was the CPP because the party had done it before.
“We know how to do it and know the problems associated with [it], we know the SWOT analysis associated with it and these are our strengths that will enable us to improve upon the system”, he stated.
Kofi Sabon said these new apostles of political groupings were just coming to experiment and to use “Ghanaians again as guinea pigs”.
He, therefore, urged Ghanaians to be prepared to vote Dr Paa Kwesi Nduom and the CPP as the president for the nation and the ruling party at the December 7 polls.
According to him, “CPP is on top”. This he said judging, from the overwhelming turnout at the 99th birthday anniversary of Dr Kwame Nkrumah and the launch of the manifesto as well as the introduction of the running mate, Dr Abu Foster Sakara.
“This was a clear sign that the CPP was reborn,” he said, adding that it was a clear commitment from the majority of Ghanaians that they wanted peaceful elections and peaceful outcome of elections.
Kofi Sabon said it also showed clearly that the majority of Ghanaians were fed up with the NPP and NDC rivalry and that it was a clear sign that Ghanaians were prepared to chart a new course and at least give Kwame Nkrumah the needed recognition and honour for what he did for the nation.
He alluded to the fact that the NDC and NPP had tasted power and that a critical look at their manifestos revealed a lot of repetition and that those repetitions reflected their failures.