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Don't take partisan view of
national issues - NDC Chairman
Accra, April 09, GNA - Ghanaians have been urged to discuss
national issues devoid of partisan and sectional
consideration to foster national unity, stability and
cohesion.
The Chairman of the Odododiodoo Constituency of the National
Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Daniel Nii Okai, stated this
at meeting with party supporters in Accra, on Sunday.
He said this was the only way the country could move forward
in its development efforts and entrench the democratic
culture that Ghana had embarked on.
Mr Okai said issues like the current energy crisis facing
the country, "Affected everybody be he an NPP, PNC or NDC
supporter, which makes imperative for all citizens and
groups to come together to find a solution to the problem".
"It should not be seen as a problem for the government alone
to solve", he said, adding that, "If any citizen has an
antidote he should not be left out because of his political
affiliation".
He said the recent offer by the NDC to help solve the energy
crisis should not be seen by the government as "A defeat or
a slight that it is incapable. If one is not able and can
not call for help, he must be rescued".
The Odododiodoo NDC Chairman expressed concern about what he
said was the attitude of the government of "Not involving
others in discussing and planning of national issues and
programmes like the Ghana at 50 to mark the Golden Jubilee
of the country's Independence celebration".
Mr Okai said, "This is not good enough and does not augur
well for the national reconciliation that it has been
preaching about".
He asked supporters of the NDC to "disregard the negative
propaganda of the pro-government press to dust and smear the
party and the Founder" saying, "If the former President was
not a democrat he would not have handed over power
peacefully to the NPP".
Mr Okai said the NDC was a democratic party and would never
take power by force and said the government was afraid
because it had realised its failure and stated that "Come
December 2008 and the NDC will march gracefully to the
Castle to take over the mantle of government after the
elections".
GNA
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