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NDC: We'll take Ghana to new heights
Accra, June 10, Ghanadot/GNA - The National Democratic
Congress (NDC) on Tuesday marked its 16th anniversary with a
pledge that the Party would take Ghana to new heights.
"As the December 2008 elections approach, the NDC, under
Professor John Evans Atta Mills, is preparing to resume the
reins of government and to take Ghana to new heights," the
Party said in a statement signed by Dr Hanna S. Tetteh, NDC
Director of Communications.
It said the NDC was ready to solve decisively the energy
crisis and to ensure that the benefits that Ghana could
obtain from the blessing of having significant production of
oil and gas in the future would be fairly distributed and
not coveted by a few.
"The NDC is determined to bring to an end the shame of
massive cocaine trafficking, which has destroyed the image
of the country internationally and threatens the future of
many of our youth and even some older people."
The statement said the NDC would be investing in people,
jobs and the economy.
"There is work to be done for our country and the NDC, under
Professor Mills, is ready for the task ahead. We take the
opportunity of this celebration to extend our best wishes to
the good people of Ghana and to assure them that, 'a better
Ghana' is in sight".
The NDC said in this election year it was firmly committed
to ensuring that it played its part in safeguarding the
democratic process, and would use all legal and legitimate
means at its disposal to make sure that the electoral
process was credible, free, fair and transparent and that
the will of the Ghanaian people would prevail.
The statement said it was worth recalling that the NDC
brought together people from different traditions in Ghana's
political history - the Nkrumaist tradition, people from the
Danquah-Busia tradition, people from the United National
Convention (UNC), and independents.
All these were committed to ensuring that the political and
economic recovery that Ghana had achieved under the
Government of the Provisional National Defence Council (PNDC)
was sustained under the new democratic Constitution that the
PNDC bequeathed to the country.
"From the onset, the NDC was a social democratic party with
a focus on the welfare of Ghanaians as a whole and not on
the wealthy and privileged few.
"The NDC ensured the deepening of the democratic process in
Ghana. The Party, when in Government, was responsible for
establishing key institutions that were essential under the
new Constitution for the development of our democracy,
including the District Assemblies, the National Commission
for Civic Education, the Electoral Commission, the
Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice."
Following the December 2000 elections, President Jerry John
Rawlings peacefully handed over to President Kufuor and an
orderly transition process to the new government took place.
"This was the legacy of a Party that is: 'Always for People,
Always for Development.'"
The statement said the NDC had continued to act as a
responsible opposition to ensure probity and accountability
as was amply demonstrated in the recent sittings of the
Public Accounts Committee of Parliament.
"As a result of the vigilance of the NDC, the country was
saved from such disasters as the "IFC" loan, the "CNTCI"
loan etc," it said.
"We wish to thank the people of Ghana for their support of
the National Democratic Congress through the years, and
assure them that we will work with them to create a better
Ghana that will cater for the well-being of all its
citizens, not only today but for generations to come."
GNA
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