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Deputy Minister for Works and Housing, Dr Hannah Bisiw, says some newspapers will go bankrupt if they do not write about former President Rawlings. "Some newspapers, I believe will go bankrupt if they don't write about Rawlings," she said. According to her this explains why most newspapers want to attach the former president to �anything and everything�. She was speaking on Metro TV's Goodmorning Ghana in reaction to reports indicating that President Mills, through his spokesperson, Mahama Ayariga, has directed all his appointees to open their doors to NDC foot-soldiers. This directive has raised concerns that the President was reacting to ex-President Rawlings' outbursts. The former president had complained of a breakdown in party cohesion and a lack of dialogue for the NDC's foot-soldiers, who worked tirelessly to bring the party into power. The Presidential Spokesperson, Mahama Ayariga, addressed the media at the Castle, Osu, on a number of issues, among which he said was a directive by President Mills to all his appointees in the regions and districts to dialogue with party foot-soldiers. Dr. Bisiw maintained that the press conference addressed a number of issues beyond the NDC foot soldiers concerns and particularly, it was to assure all civil servants that they would not be dismissed along party lines. �The most important thing is that there will be no political dismissal from the civil service so that when people are not performing they will not hide behind politics and say I�ve been victimized because I�m not a sympathizer of this party,� she said. The deputy minister stressed that former President Rawlings is also a citizen of this country and can therefore voice out his concerns using whatever platform, adding that the approach he uses is not wrong at all.