The Member of Parliament of Ningo Pampram, E. T. Mensah has found a convenient way to parry claims by the opposition New Patriotic Party that its ideas have been stolen by the governing National Democratic Congress.
When President Mahama gave highlights of the NDC 2016 manifesto on Tuesday, he mentioned the creation of five regions; establishment of some development authorities; election of metropolitan, municipal and district chief executives.
But the NPP and its apparatchiks have come hard at the NDC government for stealing their ideas.
NPP’s leader Nana Akufo-Addo had previously said he will create a region out of the Western Region and among others set up about 3 development authorities for specific parts of the country.
This is not the first time the NPP is accusing the NDC of stealing and rebranding its ideas. It is for this reason why the party says it delayed the launch of its manifesto. But speaking to TV3’s Komla Klutse at Sunyani where the NDC launched its manifesto on Saturday September 17, 2016.
Enoch Teye Mensah rejected the stealing tag. He believes it is by a sheer coincidence that the two leading political parties in Ghana are espousing the same ideas.
“We are talking about politics, and there is a saying that ‘great minds think alike’. So if by any stretch of imagination they think that we are talking about the same things that they have talked about, so be it,” he buried the argument.
Though the NDC could not achieve some of the policies outlined in the 2012 manifesto like the building of 10 colleges of education, Mr. E.T. Mensah is confident that the issues contained in the 2012 manifesto are achievable.
Touching on unemployment, he said it is an issue no government all over the world can totally solve, but was certain policies that the manifesto touches on will generate employment. Meanwhile, the NPP says it will launch its campaign on October 18 after postponing it at least once.
Source: 3news
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Just a comment on Jonathan Lagos. Words being bandied about on the goodies of Socialism have never translated into practical or tangible things. Those words are very empty! Indeed, the issues on the ground do not portray what you "Socialists" preach. I hope you are not being carried away by the empty socialist mantra.
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@ Jonathan Lagos. Every socialist system of the world has collapsed or is at the point of collapse. Both Korea is a shell of a country with a starving country. Cuba has been stuck in 1954 for the past 6 decades, let's not talk about the Soviets... business must be handled by individuals, government regulates the playing field and defends attempts to cheat the poor. Common sense. What you are advocating leads to the great big ***barred word*** farm. That's why people try to escape to freedom. Eritrea, north Korea, Cuba, east Germany, Soviet union... get my drift?
GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE..... THAT IS TRUE.. BUT HAS ANYONE STOP FOR A SECOND TO THINK OUTSIDE THE BOX? AND ASK THE SIMPLE QUESTION. WHERE DOES THE NPP STAND ON THE POLITICAL SCALE? IT IS A KNOWN FACT, THAT THEY CHOSE RIGHT. WHICH MEANS THE CAPITALIST APPROACH. AND HAS EVEN BRANDED IT A PROPERTY OWNING DEMOCRACY. THIS SIMPLY MEANS THAT GOVERNMENT HAS NO BUSINESS DOING BUSINESS. SO POWER BELONGS TO THE BOURGUSIE,( THE AFFLUENTS) AT THE MERCY OF THE LUMPING PROLATERITE.( THE WORKING CLASS) This will in turn make the poor poorer and the rich richer. A recipe for disaster. The bulsheviks in Russia will provide benefit of hindsight. THE NDC on the other hand took the far left. This originated from 17th century french movement of poor peasants who formed the majority in society. Upon realizing the injustices of the so called bourgusies, the far right or now npp. Staged a bloody revolt with sheers and pitchforks and took their destinies in their own hands. The movement spread across the length and breath throughout Europe to liberate the people from universal suffering, and even spilled over to northern Africa. SO WHAT HAS CHANGED? AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE NPP HAS DECIDED TO SHIFT THEIR GOAL POST. IF IT IS SUCH A GREAT IDEA THAT SOCIAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND INTERVENTIONS IS NO LONGER THE PRESERVE OF THE SOCIALIST, THEN WE MUST ALL AGREE, THAT THE CAPITALIST REGIME BE RELEGATED TO OBLIVION. AND ADOPT THE SOCIALIST APPROACH. THEN WE CAN ALL SAY GREAT MINDS THINK ALIKE.
Prince Derrick Adjei is saying the truth. He can think far and bring out good results, who in the ndc has great mind give names? Even their so called pathetic economist Vice president couldn't give one figure to counter what great Alhaji Dr Bawumiah said, only to say at their manifesto grounds that his friend who is a lecturer has advised him to reply the good Doctor at a rally ground what a dumb and disgraceful Vice president. NDC indeed has school drop outs, drug adddicts, thugs, armed robbers and unarobbers, lowlife, thieefs and visionless and demons. Derrick you are 100% right. All other parties have the men and women with brains to move this country forward excluding Akua Donkor ' s party, Odike, Henry Lartey, Ayariga,and those ndc surrogates. God will punish these people well,well.After carrying the coffin what has happened to the ndc? We are serving a living God but for those unemployed ndc footsoldiers who carried that coffin I weep for them and their family
Prince Derek Agyei you have a small mind so you can only insult without proof. That is the small mind character. Instead of advancing your argument, you know only how to install. SMALL MIND INDEED
Please stop making me laugh by saying NDC has great minds because everybody knows that the "greatest mind" in NDC is a clown. Other parties have great minds but NDC is a party of drug addddicts, prooostitutes, schoool drop-outs, thugs, thieeefs, armed robbbbers, unarmed robbbbers, coup makers and public defeeecaters. Please joking by referring to NDC members as 'great minds'.