Deputy General Secretary of the main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Boamah Otokunor has slammed critics of his party’s strategy to involve all Ghanaians in the preparation of its 2020 election manifesto.
According to him, the decision by the NDC to solicit the input of Ghanaians, does not mean the party has no idea with regard to the challenges confronting the ordinary Ghanaian, but rather it is part of the NDC’s philosophy to always do things which will inure to the benefit of the masses.
Speaking on Okay FM’s 'Ade Akye Abia' Morning Show, Peter Otokunor indicated that even though the NDC has a good track record of manifesto preparation, the party intends to do something different which truly reflects its philosophy by engaging the public to listen to their opinions in order to prepare a manifesto centered on the interest of majority of Ghanaians.
“This is not the first time we are preparing our manifesto. That time, we had a public engagement to listen to the views and opinions of others, but this year, the reason why we have decided to move further down to everybody is that if we listen to the majority of Ghanaians, the disappointment which may happen will be minimized. In fact, we won’t disappoint Ghanaians,” he stated.
He intimated that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has disappointed Ghanaians due to the fact that the policies they are running do not reflect the interest of Ghanaians.
The NDC Deputy Chief Scribe maintained that the NDC cannot afford to do the same thing every day, unlike the ruling New Patritic Party.
"We have to change the approach and in doing so, we are changing the way we do our politics, and by so doing we are living to the true meaning of the philosophy of the party,” he argued.
He stressed that, “we have to solidarize with the traders who are lamenting as well as teachers and students by soliciting for their opinions. We know some of the problems of Ghanaians but we are not God to know every challenge . . . God gave us a limited ability to do certain things and so we are not omnipresent, and the way to go in order to know the problems of Ghanaians is to engage them and listen to them”.
He indicated that the NDC Manifesto Committee will not immediately factor the opinions of Ghanaians into their manifesto but will select the workable policies and implement them when John Mahama becomes the next President in 2021.
"It is not everything Ghanaians will suggest that we will be able to implement, and so we are looking at a workable strategy and policy which hopefully when Mahama is being sworn in as Preseident in January 2021, we will begin to work with those policies and bring relief to Ghanaians,” he indicated.
" . . if we talk about a political party with a lot of ideas, apart from the NDC, there is no other political party in the country which has ideas to run this country. And so after taking the information from the people and those with small-small ideas to help us, we will then decide the best way out to solve the people’s problems,” he added.
'Peoples Manifesto'
The main opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is demanding for input from organised groups in putting together its manifesto for the 2020 election.
The party has requested groups like Civil Society organisations, Trade Unions, Associations and the general public to send their thoughts of not more than four pages to the Office of the General Secretary through the Deputy General Secretary – (Operations) or emailed to [email protected] on or before Saturday, 7th December 2019.
The move according to the biggest opposition party is to develop a ‘Peoples Manifesto’ that speaks to the direct needs and concerns of the people.
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But the people you are going to for these ideas have never been president before. So how can they provide you with governance ideas?
Hmmmmm house to house manifesto
Otukonnor really wants 'small-small ideas' from Ghanaians who Mahama describes as 'people with short memory'right? How ungrateful and senseless they are as a party led by their cruel Mahama.
NOT BAD IDEAR SEEKING VIEW OF THE PEOPLE
NDC, why did you elect or appoint Otukorrnor to this position? Don't you think, he is driving away people from the party with his face and the poison from his mouth that can kill people?
HAHAHAHAHAHAH I thought One has to have his own vision before asking for what others think. I should give you my idea for you to lead me? Ridiculously incompetent. Have your Plan have your vision before you ask for second opinion.
hahahahaha the most ***barred word*** political party ever existed
Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha ajeeeeiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii ndc going to house to house fir manifesto ideas hahahahahaha hahahaha! joke of the century this shows who is leading them a complete incompetent leader and no nothing about governance but was accusing others of not being president before so had no right to advise them and so have those Ghanaians they are going to house to house been president before? gyi*mie paaa ni and frustration and do these ndc people listen to themselves ? jokers ; they think loud noise and insults are what makes somebody a politician and now the Old man is running faster than they could imagine and have left them wanting hahahahahahaha! Confusion galore,confusion no ay3 basaaa! In fact those who followed and sacrificed for the president Nana Addo Dankwah Akufo Addo to victory have seen the worth of their vote and are proud of their leader! Nana We Love You More !!! more policies#more dreams# more visions#more programs Ghana is moving forward! we shall not give Ghana to the ndc to cause more damage!FORWARD EVER BACKWARDS NEVER!
Tony Aidoo, a prominent NDC senior member reprimands NDC so much for failing to discuss policies, ideas, and programs at their Congresses. Therefore, NDC has no message for good Governance, hence his reliability on trivialities like the President taking a nap at a summit in Russia and today ostensibly renting a mob at Tiso in the Volta region. It seems, NDC underrates the intelligence of Ghanaians and believes Ghanaians will buy into such silly! propaganda. The NDC is better advised to say this to the marines and pay heed to what their senior members say. Indeed, I'm strongly inclined to believe that the NDC just doesn't have the competence
NDC u guys have nothing up ur brains to constitute ur manifesto...U want it to seem like it's the people that want u to do soso and so..but it's an admission of nothing u are bringing on the drawing board