If elections were held in Ghana today, the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) would lose because the government has failed Ghanaians, Ablekuma South MP Alfred Oko Vanderpuije has said.
According to Mr Vanderpuije, the NPP’s performance in government is below par compared to the previous National Democratic Congress administration which the NPP severely criticised.
Speaking on the Executive Breakfast Show (EBS) on Class91.3FM on Tuesday 30 May, he told show host Moro Awudu: “Going into the [2016] elections, with everything that was happening under the NDC administration led by His Excellency John Dramani Mahama – we were attending to the needs of our schools, road networks, railway networks, attending to the needs of energy, attending to those challenges. We were busy attending to all those things, then the opposition party came along and said: ‘This government is working with too many people as ministers of state, this government is borrowing too much money, the utilities are too high, this government is incompetent.’ Today, they are saying don’t use that word ‘incompetent’…
“Secondly, the same party now in power hasn’t done anything about utility bills…they haven’t done anything about it and they will not do anything about it, mark my words. It is going to continue, that is what people are facing every day. They told them [Ghanaians] as soon as they come to office it is going to change, but it hasn’t changed.
“They said we were taking too many ministers of state [but] now you come and you are close to tripling it – 110 ministers. And you were calling us incompetent but you needed 110 ministers to justify you can do the work? You don’t need 110 ministers.
“Today, Ghana has the highest ministerial appointments with a population of 27 million, so who is incompetent? So Ghanaians have already seen. They have seen that this government is not going to offer them anything and, therefore, I’m telling you if there was election today they would lose.
“I’m on the ground, parliament has been on recess, so I’ve been on the streets of my constituency, I’ve been in schools, on the streets, in homes everyday …I’m at the Mamprobi Police Station painting the whole police station, it has never been painted since we knew it as children. I’m cleaning the gutters, working with the community, visiting the polyclinics, I know what is happening. I talk to the people every day and I know that today, if you were to put a ballot box anywhere in this country, NPP would lose.”
Source: Classfmonline
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Just because some are talking doesn't mean u should also talk even if u don't have anything to say. What sort of bs is this? Uve been out of office less than 6 months and u are already crying wolf. U are just being mischievous
See his hairy face....you think God is asleep to allow mammals like you to rule again? Diabolic insensitive mammals.nana will rule for 8yrs and bawumia will also rule for 8yrs...after that,Ghanaians will bring the cpp....fffooolishman
A bearded crankpot. Ghanaians who are doing well in the US never race down to Ghana to seek political office. What were you doing in the US?A government has failed in 5 months when you left an empty coffer?Continue to underestimate the intelligence of Ghanaians and you will pay a bigger prize than you did last year.
No no no, Bring ing NDC back to power in the next 20 years will be a mistake Ghanaians will regret. NDC has no respect for a stable macro economic environment
Oko, quite simple. Let's use your constituency as a test case. Please resign now then we will see who will win your seat.
My friend stop dreaming nobody has forgetting about your stealing monies from NCA Ports SBA AMA and more do not belittle Ghanaian NPP is just five month old in office so what are your base of judgement let me you in lest than two years no mindful Ghanaian will remember NDC because you are all the same create loot and share
Resign and let's go for bye election on your seat to prove your ***barred word*** hallucination you corrupt beast
Mr Oko abodwese, it is for the likes of you with such short brains that is why we have elections every 4 years. So bid your time
Oko you better get this right, people will always tell you what you want to hear especially when they think you can spread some coins around and for me that's the problem of the NDC. Dreaming all the time. No sane Ghanaian will vote for NDC for the next 16 years, just mark my words.
THIS IS HOW A LAZY POLITICIAN SPEAKS, OKO WHICH IMPERICAL EVIDENCE ARE YOU BASING YOUR ARGUMENT?,YOU ARE TOO LAZY FOR MY LIKING, GET SERIOUS FOR ONCE AND STOP SPEAKING FROM YOUR BELLY, BE ANALYTICAL ON ISSUES AND STOP PLAYING SYCOPHANCY. NPP WILL LOOSE TO WHICH PARTY?, TOO LAZY TO EXTEND THAT YOU COULD NOT MAKE ACCRA FLOOD-FREE,NOT TO TALK ABOUT THE FILTS (RAINING IS SEANONAL BUT FILTS IS DAILY)AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OF AMA. TOO SAD ELEMENT LIKE BEGIN TO DO AND SPEAK POLITICS