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National Organiser of the National Democratic Congress, Kofi Adams has described the New Patriotic Party’s press conference on the striking doctors’ issue as baseless.

He would prefer the opposition party concentrates on resolving its hydra-headed internal conflicts.

The NPP, on Tuesday August 4, 2015, held a press conference appealing to all striking health workers and professionals to reconsider their recent strike action bearing in mind the plight of Ghanaians.

General Secretary of the party, Kwabena Agyapong who chaired the conference noted that – what the country is witnessing in the health sector is a clear testimony that the economy has been mismanaged by the ruling NDC.

“What we are witnessing today at the labour front are the consequences of bad economic management and massive corruption in our country. Things are really in disarray. As of now, many nurses, pharmacist and other trained health workers who completed their training as far back as 2013 have not been absorbed by the public health sector although many health institutions, especially, those in the country side are yearning for them,” he said. 

He added that, “the situation where medical personnel are not paid for eleven months, where pharmacists conditions of service are not concluded for four years, where doctors proposals lie on the table for eight months cannot be regarded as behavior from the government that is serious about resolving the concerns of this all important health sector”.

But his comments has been rubbished by Kofi Adams in an interview with NEAT FM’s morning show "Ghana Montie".

According to him, even the NPP is failing to solve problems in their “small” party and is rather blaming the NDC for the doctors’ nationwide strike – “They can’t even manage that small party”.

“We in the NDC cannot waste our time to discuss the NPP’s press conference when they [NPP] know for sure that what the doctors are demanding is unrealistic”.