The First Vice Chair of the outgoing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Madam Anita Disoso has slammed the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for raising an alarm over the recruitment and award of contracts to individuals by government.
Former finance minister, Osafo Marfo in the erstwhile Kufour administration and representative on the transitional team for president-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo has raised an alarm that government was awarding last minute contracts and recruiting people into service institutions nationwide.
“We have heard of ongoing recruitment into the security services now which we hope is not true. We have heard of the conversion of temporary staff of political assistants and some of the staff we took on into permanent public servants.”
“We have heard of the awarding of new contracts after the election results were announced on December 9. We’ve heard of the procurement of sales and national assets also after the results,” the former finance Minister added. He said, “We need to be cautious, we need to be transparent, we need to be candid and we need to be factual. We are therefore appealing to our colleagues that within this period, if there is anything that needs to be done, consultation needs to be brought on board.”
However, Madam Anita Disoso has lambasted the NPP stating that government programs cannot grant to a halt because the NPP has won an election. She quizzed whether the NPP were the ones that constructed the various hospitals and schools for them to come and recruit staff into them. She said, "we [NDC] constructed these facilities and so we will recruit staff to work in them before the NPP takes over office."
Speaking in an interview with Rainbow Radio’s Kwame Tutu, Madam Anita Disoso said, "The EC declared you winners of the election, we did not complain… But you are now crying over the recruitment of staff into various service sectors of the country. Why are you complaining? Have you constructed any school for you to come and recruit teachers into them? Have you constructed any hospital for you to come and recruit nurses into them? They should shut up. They did the same thing to us when they were leaving office in 2008. They signed the single spine pay policy before leaving office. Should we wait for them to come and recruit staff into our various projects? They should wait until 7, January, 2017 to take over and stop complaining."
Anita Disoso emphasized that President Mahama was next to Nkrumah regarding projects and infrastructure but was overthrown through the ballot just like Ghana’s first president.
When asked why the party has waited until elections are over before recruiting people she said, the recruitment went through processes hence the NPP have no basis to raise any false alarm. On the recruitment into the security services she said, the recruitment were done before the election. On the issue of contracts, she indicated that they went through various processes before approval.
She quizzed, "should Ghana come to a halt because Nana Addo has won an election? It is impossible. President Mahama is still the President and until 7, January, 2017, he cannot be questioned for discharging his duties as the leader of the country."
Source: rainbowradioonline
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Is it the EC who declared Nana president elect or Ghanaians made a choice? First of all get this into your head that those projects you're talking about aren't for Ndc because the money used to construct them are from our national coffers. ***barred word*** talk from a loser. Wise up lady
Too many illiterates in NDC top positions and that is why they messed up the economy.The likes of this woman thinks NDC used monies from their own pockets to build their so called infrastructure that could not win them the elections. Why don't they talk about the massive debts they have left generations of Ghanaians to pay.Lazy way of governance brought them this humiliating defeat.Contracting huge loans and collecting taxes to build infrastructure can be done by even a JHS graduate
wiitch! We don't care, you are just saying this because you are bitter - you have 16 years of opposition ahead of you, instead of you to find a way to come and join NPP, you are fooooooooooling there! Kwassshia!
Thank God I'm one of the people who help in voting out these arrogant, disrespectful and co-rrupt peple out of goverment.judging from their utterances they can't cope in opposition inspite of their "luuuting".madam Anita you can even claim president Mahama is next to Jesus Christ and you did all the roads,all the hospitals,all the power generation,you even gave us air to breathe but still we no like you and your corrupt government thus why we have booted you out of power so find a space in your deceitful heart to understand that else you might get broken heart.
Thank God I'm one of the people who help in voting out these arrogant, disrespectful and co-rrupt peple out of goverment.judging from their utterances they can't cope in opposition inspite of their ***barred word***.madam Anita you can even claim president Mahama is next to Jesus Christ and you did all the roads,all the hospitals,all the power generation,you even gave us air to breathe but still we no like you and your corrupt government thus why we have booted you out of power so find a space in your deceitful heart to understand that else you might get broken heart.
Ever seen somebody carrying politics to their grave woman? Wai look .
exactly what we get wt all dz dumb headed ***barred word*** around... infact im over excited gH voted dem out..
Per the transition law, ministers of state are to submit their handing over notes a month before election. I presupposes that your activities as a minister comes to a close when you have submitted your handing over notes. You , of course, will carry on with day to day administration till the new government takes over but if you engage in fresh business of entering into new contracts where do you account for that in your handing over. Or will you write an addendum to your handing over notes?
where do they get this type pf people anyway
Why is NPP shouting? You won the elections because you crashed the youth against government based on unemployment and so NDC is helping to create the employment now why shouting. NDC is even too dull, just employ 2 million people and set the trap. After all it is lies that brought NPP onto power and you NDC has the key to unlock the lies before 7th December. Just employ millions.