Social media users have heavily criticized the Opposition NDC and its Communications team over what they say are attempts to copy the Sunday Press Briefings organized by the Ministry of Information.
In what appears to be a 360 degree turn around, the opposition NDC has switched from an initial criticism of the Ministry of Information’s Sunday Press briefing and has now decided to to copy the press briefings.
The briefings which were introduced by sector Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah were heavily criticized by the NDC as unholy for a day set aside for worship. According to MP for south Tongu Sam Okudzeto Ablakwa it was unholy to host press briefings when everyone one was gone to church. The Minority MP who led the attack on the briefings further said any Press briefing on Sundays was a platform to tell lies.
In response, Minister Nkrumah defended the Sunday 1pm briefings as a necessary platform for providing regular information to Ghanaians while responding to pressing national issues. Public Relations analysts viewed it as a creative approach to defining issues ahead of the coming week.
Contrary to the NDCs initial attacks on the briefings the party now seems to have discovered its usefulness and have now decided to copy it exactly.
On Sunday February 16,2020 the NDCs communications team decided to stage its own briefing at exactly 1pm in an attempt to upstage the Minister’s briefing. The briefing focused on what the party considered as a the failure of government’s anti-galamsey fight.
Social media was however awash with Mockery of the NDC’s copying tactic after an obvious eating back of their initial criticism of the briefings.
Some Social media comments read...
”stop copying the MOI, We want to know where the NDC is going to have the airbus briefing as well ....hahahahaha”
”The information ministry briefings is given the opposition sleepiness nights. Today is twifo praso and next week will be inside river densu”
”Stop copying the information ministry and come out with your running mate”
”The information ministry briefings is given the opposition sleepiness nights. Today is twifo praso and next week will be inside river densu”
Other social media users have applauded the Ministry of Information for developing such innovative platforms which were now forcing the NDC to copy its strategies.
One common thread among many comments was the fact that it amounted to an endorsement of the governments strategy and its effectiveness.
The Ministry of Information and government actors have regularly used the Sunday 1pm briefings to set the tone on major upcoming national activities and commence national conversations around the briefings.
It remains unclear how the government communications team will react to the attempt by the Minority to stampede its communications platforms.
Source: Peacefmonline.com
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ARE THERE NO ELDERS IN NDC TO KNOW HOW THIS SMALL BOY IS DISGRACING THE PARTY DAY IN DAY OUT?
So it means NDC cannot originate anything as a party or what? They have copied the Information Minister's Sunday briefing too. Lol
Well done Sammy Gyamfi. Let people keep on dreaming as you work. The comments here indicate that you are touching on raw nerves. God bless you
Say no to tribal politics, that is NPP
@ Mike because ghanaians are not also smart that is why they brough or brought Nana Addo to power? The few peolpe enjoying should continue decieving themselves that the NPP is working hard and improving the lives of ghanaians.
Is this same man who said that he will forever be comfortable in life financially if he leaves politics. Be smart ndc,if people like Ablakwa, Ofosu Kwakye, Afriyie Ankrah etc are still the faces of the ndc then how would the neutrals trust the party. Ghanaians know how they became over night rich men. Wake up ndc.
If Ghanaians were smart enough, they will never bring the NDC to power again. They lack ideas. With this world recession going on, if NDC had been in power, Ghana would have been dead. The dollar would have been over. 7.00 cedis by now and as for fuel, let us not talk about it. We should get a better alternative to the NPP, so that they don’t get swollen headed, but the NDC is definitely not the alternative. I sometimes feel sad when I hear the NDC speak.
Exactly........ I really appreciate for what the npp social media guys did. This clearly shows that NDC is not a political party we should trust. SayNoToNdc.