The Institute of Social Democracy set up by the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) will provide leadership skills to all persons who enrol in it, former President John Dramani Mahama has said.
According to him, it has always been the perception that institutes of this kind are meant to brainwash people but that is not the case.
The NDC, immediately after losing the 2016 elections, decided to set up the institute as part of reforms to recapture political power in future elections.
Speaking during the maiden lecture at the Institute, located at the party’s headquarters in Accra, Mr Mahama said: “The thinking was that it will be set up after we entered multi-party democracy but for 25 years our party has continued without setting up its ideological and party training school, and so I want to congratulate all those who have been behind the setting up of this institute.
“It is a very useful institute and it is going to be a source of knowledge not only to party cadres but for people who have the ideological orientation of social democracy to gain ideas of leadership, nationalism and patriotism. I am very happy and I want to congratulate those who have brought this idea to birth.”
He added: “Contrary to widespread perception, institutes like this are not institutes for indoctrinating people. The perception in the First Republic was that the ideological institutes were set up to brainwash and to become ideologically robust of the governing party.
“But this is not the case. If you look at the curriculum of the ideological institute, it contains programmes of leadership, how to lead in a community, it contains programmes of party activism, it also contain programmes of community self-help, it contains programmes of nationalism, patriotism – how to be patriotic to your country.”
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YES, THE SCHOOL CANNOT BRAINWASH GHANAIANS EVEN IF IT IS INTENDED TO BE SO. GHANAIANS ARE TOO SMART FOR THAT EVEN NKRUMAH COULD NOT BRAINWASH GHANAIANS WITH HIS IDEOLOGICAL SCHOOLS AND POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS AND ORGANIZATIONS. THE BEST NDC SCHOOL CAN DO IS TO GAG JJ AND THAT IS EXACTLY MAHAMA AND CO HAVE STARTED TO DO.
JDM under your tenure in office the NDC party has become so so unattractive. Rawlings and late president Mills made the NDC so so attractive but came with some small boys who have never worked in the life time after university education and gave big post to occupy and the results is a big disgrace to you first and the whole NDC family. We the elders were just watching from the flanks doing your own thing and messing up the country with young minister and party activist insulting and disrespecting everybody who try to correct you. IF I WERE YOU I WILL HUMBLY RETIRE FROM POLITICS TO GIVE THE NDC PARTY A NEW FACE AND VISION BECAUSE YOUR CREDIBILITY IN GHANA IS SO SO LOW. A WORD TO THE WISE IS ENOUGH.
Of course it's not for brainwashing. It is for the teaching of political chicanery, the art of l00t1ng state funds . propaganda Machiavellianism,telling lies,and all that is unholy. Folks if you have a child who enrols in that school, disown him immediately
hahaha is this man in this world, kenya people are looking for u, what happen in ghana in 2012 was what happpened in kenya but god has disgraced the stealers, mahama will get 2% come 2020 n,d,c dont even like him from gh people . note, are they coming to teach how to rig election or loot monies or destroy a country,
Call it NDC Party Training School (NDCPTS). Leave out the word "institute". Nothing wrong with "brainwashing". Leadership. Nationalism. Patriotism. "Indoctrinating" the party faithful is very important. If the purpose of the School is to train party faithfuls for Political activism, Community Development, Self-Help, and the likes of it, this is great. This is what "Socio-Economic DemonCracy" is all about. The School must be implemented across the nation. Develop an educated electorate. You will win future elections.