The clarion call by the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) for the Akufo-Addo government to include free electricity in the social intervention program in the advent of the novel coronavirus in the country has been debunked by former Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Koku Anyidoho.
Touching on the measures announced by President Akufo-Addo in the wake of the partial lockdown to fight the spread of COVID-19, especially absorbing three months water bills of Ghanaians, which received plaudits from several quarters, and the NDC MP for Juaboso Constituency, Hon. Akandoh described it as the “cheapest” social intervention.
According to him, even though the free water supply forms part of many suggestions made by former President John Mahama and the Minority in Parliament, the current administration deliberately ignored other social interventions such as the free electricity supply, and the talk tax.
But commenting on the free water, the CEO of Atta Mills Institute argued that Ghanaians can survive for many years without electricity in the midst of the COVID-19 outbreak and so providing free water for three months will go a long way to sustain the citizens as water is life.
“...that is why the government is saying that at least when it comes to water it should be free, because water is life. As for that one, at least we can make water available as much as we can; so we are making water available because our forefathers, as at the time that there was no electricity, didn’t they survive? They survived because water was available; there was water before electricity”, he defended the government.
He stressed that even though electricity provides convenience, water is for life and it is about survival as people can live for a century without electricity but a week without will be disastrous and can lead to death.
“Electricity is just for convenience and water is for life and for survival. I can live without electricity for 100 years but if there is no water for one week, I am a goner. So, it is in terms of prioritising. In this crisis moment, the government is prioritising the availability of water because water is life. I am speaking as a nationalist, as a Ghanaian on this matter of COVID-19 and I am not speaking as a politician”, he argued.
He, however, cleared the air that he is still in active politics except that as a politician he knows where to cut the line of politics and address issues of national interest as no political party will be in existence if the country dies of COVID-19.
“It is not that I have stopped being a politician; I have not stopped and I won’t stop but it comes to a point where you cut the line of politics, deal with the nation because if Ghana dies, there will be no political parties in existence”, he opined.
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***barred word*** argument go to the fields and work.
Truly koku you're very sensible and matured. Keep it up and trust God for your provisions. Politics or not, you will survive.
The only thing I can tell you is stop fooooooooling and comment like a rational human being. You are so pathetic.
Ndcfuo your presiddnt without power is use*less to Ghanaians and who listen to this Air bus international conman? If water is not essential why did your odwanfun flagbearer destributed water to Ridge hospital did they ask him for that or nhwehw3 anim ! You people are just foo000*00ls living in our country making empty and unnecessary noise. Who brought about ndc? Was your mahama a cadet Ask him if he was a member of the PNDC? Koku Anyidoho's father was a member of the P/NDC he was brought up in the P/ndc and has every right to talk against the way the party that his father and others formed which has been hijacked by cro*oks and their f00*00lsoldiers. Ndc will rust and rot in opposition until you beg the founders of the party to have it. Who is Sammy Gyamfi where does he come from who are his parents how did they contribute to the forming of the ndc? Foo*00ls in that party dont see john mahama has destroyed the party ask john mahama if his father was ndc and where was his father during PNDC era? Alhaji Dr Mahamudu Bawumia's father was a member of the council of state during President Rawlings time hence he like the Vice president because his father was an honest man. Osagyefo fired John mahama's father for dishonesty, corruption and made Lawyer Bawumiah from the UP who defected to the cpp the Northern regional commissioner! An honest man! John maham cant be president of Ghana never again.
Koku is right. If we are thinking of human sustainance especially the very poor then water before electricity. Those insulting Koku are the urban class who think of only themselves. They can afford generators etc. Live Koku alone. He has now matured as a politician
Kweku you said it all, you are very wise than most of ndc leadership, keep your good work up, they will send the weak once to insult you but don't mind them
Koku if i don't know you i will think you are mad, at these technological world how do you think people can leave without light.look my tap can go off for week i will survive because i can store water and use for whole month let my light go off even hours i will feel the impack. Request for free light doesnt mean water is not important. What a bad loser, please just declare yourself as NDC energy and go gor NPP card so they can make you GS as you lost in NDC FOOOOOOOOOOL BIG STOMACH FOOOOOOL
Koku attacking hour party position at the least opportunity will haunt you one. Today you are not at the helm of affairs so you want to run your party down, what if the tables turn one day how will you defend your party. You have a bright future in politics and in ndc so be mindful of you loose talks because it will backfire on your face. If you had gotten the general secretary position will be ranting like. Careful
I am now having to believe that Koku Anyidoho has become something else if he thinks the demand by his party for the inclusion of free provision of electricity during the coronavirus pandemic is misplaced. Has he forgotten the damage dumsor did to the fortunes of the NDC during the 2016 elections though JDM did a lot to improve the not too bad situation then? Ghanaians still can't afford the payment of their bills so if his NDC asks for it to be included in the measures to abate the harshness of the lock down, one doesn't see why it's misplaced
JESUS CHRIST, what's going on with Kwaku. So he's still looking for more food for he's already bloated stomach? What at all have the poor citizen of Ghana done to deserve these bunch of greedy politicians? I strongly suggest we all boycott the next elections and subsequent once. It's too much now