Alban Sumana Kingsford Bagbin, Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament, has said that the current state of hardship in Ghana will force Ghanaians to bring back the National Democratic Congress into office.
In a statement copied to the Ghana News Agency in Accra, he traced the antecedence of the ruling party and pointed out that anytime they were in power, they eventually derailed on their development agenda to irritate Ghanaians into going back to a leftist party.
“Whether it is the time of Busia or Kufuor, Ghanaians have always ended up gravitating towards the party with the more practical philosophy for the development of the country. A party like NDC, which at the moment is the only party which has demonstrated that it has the practical solutions to save Ghana,” Mr Bagbin said.
According to him, the reason the NPP had failed to advance the development of Ghana anytime they were in power is that the ruling party’s political philosophy did not respond to the needs of the country.
“At the heart of the Capitalist philosophy is the thinking that big businesses should be funded so that they, in turn, can employ others and cause a trickle-down effect. The big businesses in this context, are supposed to be multinationals that manufacture their own products.
“However, the level of development of Ghana at the moment does not fit the ideal conditions for such trickle-down effect to happen.
“We do not really have big multinational businesses that can produce their own products and employ hundreds of thousands or even millions, and so when you channel the money to the very few businesses around, all they do is import, which creates jobs elsewhere and devalue the cedi.
“This is what the NPP did under Busia, and Kufuor, and this is what the NPP is doing under Akufo-Addo and the result is clear – the gap between the rich and the poor has widened.
“Compare this to the philosophy of the NDC which says that, we need to provide equal opportunities for all and in doing so, we must build a manufacturing base for our country, we must build more schools, we must build more Hospitals etc.
“From President Rawlings to President Mills, to even John Mahama, this is what the NDC has done and that is how come the NDC is responsible for the larger part of our national infrastructure in this country,” Mr Bagbin said.
He pointed out that the NDC had the highest number of schools built, highest number of hospitals built, had factories such as the Kumasi shoe factory and the Komenda sugar factory to its name, while the NPP had none to show.
The NDC, he said, was far more helpful to Ghanaian Agricultural sector than the NPP. “We gave free fertilizers to Cocoa farmers for instance, the NPP is selling them now to the same farmers.”
In terms of the Economy, he pointed out that anytime the NDC was in power, the country’s macro-economic performance was better, saying Ghana’s international reserves and import covered always looked better when the NDC was in power, and depreciated when the NPP was in power.
“When they were in opposition and we were in power, they complained about us borrowing. Today, after just two years in office, of course, they have borrowed ten times more than we borrowed in eight years.
“When we were in power under President Mills, we maintained inflation at single digit for almost a year,” Mr Bagbin added.
He said he could go on and on, including the fact that it was the Mills Government which ushered Ghana into Middle income status. “the evidence is there for all to see, only NDC has moved this country forward anytime we are in power. Only NDC can save Ghana.”
Source: GNA
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NDC is still DREAMING!
OVER THE BAR.............YESTERDAY MAN............AFTER THROWING AWAY THOUSANDS OF NEW CEDIS NOW LOOKING FOR A WAY TO RECOUP..YOU LIE BAD......NEVER
This is the most care-less talk Bagbin has ever made. What an expensive joke! Is he hallucinating? With all the insults you heaped on Mahama and the NDC still chose him to continue the incompetence, corruption, playfulness, economic and political mismanagement, et al, how can you save any nation? They shall be judged by their works; and Ghanaians already judged you with a colossal margin of loss in 2016!
he just wants a post should Mahama win. he is so lost in the wilderness
massa, you're very respected don't drag yourself into issue that will taint your reputation. if you lose go sit somewhere quietly and watch proceedings. look how you dey look fresh now even in opposition, ebe good for you paa, me sef i fit see. you forget too soon you lamentations when your party was in power and this time koraa you day opposition see how you dey enjoy and thence kept quiet then make we see noooo, you begin dey open your moof like that. abi you for lie low and enjoy your opposition freshness oooo
Twweeaaaaa kaI. Apuuuutaaa
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SAYS WHO, WHICH NDC, PLEASE DONT WORRY US WITH THIS KIND OF LIES. U THINK WE ARE ***barred word*** . WHEN NDC IS IN OPPOSITION THEIR BEHAVIOUR IS DIFFERENT. LOOK AGBAN BAGBIN GET PREPARE COS NDC IS GOING TO BE IN PERPERTUAL OPPOSITION FOR A LONG, LONG TIME.
This man has not recovered from his gargantuan loss to JDM.
if you have decided not to appreciate the interventions from Akuffo Addo's government, don't say anything that will allow people to something against you.