The Editor of the New Crusading Guide, Kweku Baako Jnr has exposed the All Peoples Congress (APC) for stealing ideas from the manifesto of the largest opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP).
The Elephant family on Sunday October 9, launched its manifesto which it says will restore hope to Ghanaians at the Trade Fair Centre in Accra.
The event saw various speakers including the Flagbearer Nana Akufo Addo, his running mate, Dr Mahamadu Bawumia and other leading members speak about policies that will be implemented in the NPP government beginning 2017 when elected into power.
But the APC on Sunday released a statement shortly after the NPP manifesto launch, threatening to sue the party for plagiarizing its manifesto.
The statement signed by APC General Secretary, Razak Kojo Opoku, said the NPP 2016 manifesto were full of ideas already put out by the APC.
Deputy Communications Minister, Hon. Felix Kwakye Ofosu commenting on the matter on Neat FM on Monday stated that the NPP which claims to be the government in waiting, has unfairly treated Ghanaians by serving the public with stolen ideas from the APC.
“I listened to Hassan Ayariga when he presented the APC manifesto about four days ago. If you compare what he put out and what the NPP presented yesterday, some of the portions are the same…word for word, and I’m not talking about ideas here which wouldn’t have been a big deal, but if you compare the two documents, you’ll realize that the NPP has plagiarized the APC manifesto. This is not the way the NPP should treat Ghanaians and the party owes Ghanaians an explanation as to why it has presented a document already put of by Hassan Ayariga.
“Currently, if one is discussing the NPP manifesto, the person is not even sure if he’s not rather discussing the APC manifesto because there are no differences between the two documents. The APC launched its manifesto about three days before the NPP did theirs so the NPP should explain how most of the contents are the same as the APC’s.”
Kwakye Ofosu added: “Where the NPP said Teachers, Nurses, Ghanaians are suffering, you go to page 6 of the APC manifesto and you see the same thing there…word for word not even did a letter change in the sentence. Under the Health section, the APC said it will build two prisons hospital, the same thing is the NPP manifesto, under the social development, what the APC has indicated it will do, the NPP is saying the same thing. The NPP must be told that this is unacceptable.”
However, Veteran Journalist, Kwaku Baako Jnr speaking on Peace FM’s Kokrokoo show on Wednesday stated that the claims by both the APC and the deputy minister cannot be true.
He said after scrutinizing both manifestos there’s no doubt in his mind that the APC rather stole ideas from the NPP manifesto.
“Clearly Kwakye Ofosu is convinced that the NPP plagiarized the APC’s manifesto. I took my time and looked through both manifestos, truly there were portions that were word for word. Then I realized something is going wrong with this part of our world, it’s not just the ideas, the fact that crafting of the sentences are word for word is problematic. Now, Felix’s logic is that because the APC launched its manifesto before the NPP, logically the NPP has stolen from the APC’s manifesto.”
He continued: “So while scrutinizing the two documents, I got to this interesting part, where Nana Akufo Addo has stated his vision in the manifesto, the APC has also indicated …APC Plan for Ghana. Under NPP’s vision, the party has said…the next NPP government will place people at its centre, their hopes and their concerns will drive its policies and priorities. Now come to APC… Ayariga says the next APC government will place people at its centre by…the same thing as the NPP has said, ‘the next’ is the the operative word, how? where is the previous APC government, when have they ever been in power for Ayariga to say the next APC government. So you see straight away, who did the copying?
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The devil is in the detailed...unfortunately Our president is also repeating the same childish mistakes... very sad for this country.. Whoever is using Ayariga to visit this lies on us will suffer with his family...
When people are told that 2+2 is also equal to 5 many in the NPP wouldn't agree. How can you claim I have stolen your child since you are yet to give birth? It took the NPP over 3 years to prepare a mere manifesto and they go about insulting others as incompetent. Today nobody including the NPP skewed media is willing to talk about the kalypo manifesto. Tweeeeeeaaaa! #RetireNana@72 #NoAbaabas3 #JMToaso #UsainBoltVictory
Kwakye Ofosu and his likes will now see how st*pid they have been and will continue to be. We have complete ***barred word*** parading as ministers and deputies. They spend our tax monies on animals like Ayariga and Akua Donkor. Fire burn you!
OYIWA THE TRUTH IS NOW OUT OFOSU KWAKYE, YOUR PAYMASTER IS CAUGHT IN A THIEVRY ACT. AS FOR AYARIGA THE LEAST SAID ABOUT HIM THE BETTER
AYARIGA IS VERY SMART OOOO TON!! IN FACT HE IS DANGEROUS POLITICIAN WHO WILL DO EVERYTHING ONTOWARD TO ACHIEVE SUCCESS. WATCH HIM, GHANAIANS
Kwaku God Bless u Paaaaaaa. For me i know it was the NDC that stole it but intentional gave it to Ayriga to publish it as it's Manifesto.No wonder Felix & Co. defending this, mistakenly addressed Kenya President as Ghana President on Ghana's Independence day. As #Bawumiah said "NDC people do not read". SHAME!SHAME!SHAME!
I HAVE SAID IT ELSEWHERE ON THIS PLATFORM BEFORE THAT AYARIGA MUST BE WATCHED CLOSELY. HE IS INDEED A ***barred word*** AND A ROGUE. HE HAD DOLLED OUT MONEY TO SOMEBODY IN THE NPP OFFICE TO STEAL (COPY) THE NPP MANIFESTO ON A PEN-DRIVE TO JUST PLAGIARISE THE DETAILS. THAT IS WHY AYARIGA EXPOSED HIMSELF BY "INVITING" THE NPP TO COPY FREELY HIS MANIFESTO, KNOWING VERY WELL WHAT HE HD DONE. HAVING OBTAINED THE SOFT COPY ON A PEN-DRIVE, THE REST WAS SIMPLE: HE JUST GLOBALLY SEARCHED FOR EVERYTHING "NPP" OR "NEW PATRIOTIC PARTY" AND CHANGED THEM TO "APC" OR "ALL PEOPLES PARTY". THE "NEXT" ARTICLE, AS KWEKU HAS ABLY SCRUTINISED IT, EXPOSED AYARIGA COMPLETELY. SHAME UNTO HIM. A WORD OF ADVISE TO THE LEADERSHIP OF THE NPP IS TO WATCH WELL. THERE IS A AN ISKARIOT IN THEIR OFFICE. THEY SHOULD INVESTIGAGE THIS SYNDICATE AND BE VERY, VERY, VERY, CAREFUL, OTHERWISE, THERE WILL BE MORE TROUBLE FOR THEM IN THE FUTURE. YOO, MAKA
It is called "Fast speed dubbing". Just ask any lazy university student! As for those adults who FAIL to understand the basic logic, there is something called 'too late'.
Ayariga was not smart at all. He simply replaced NPP with APC by employing the Replace app in Microsoft word. This means he did not assimilate the meaning of what he read. At the time of reading he was thinking politics not grammar so no time for paraphrasing. How did he defend his thesis at the master's and doctorate level? We need to investigate his degrees. Ayariga is simply a dandahead. Dandahead is used for a person whose head is completely dead to the extent that the person sometimes mistakes his nose for his mouth. heheheheheheheheh
First you are too st00p id to realise that your logic is illogical. Listen: NEXT PRESIDENT OF GHANA cannot be equated to "the next YCC government" because the implications are manifestly different! However, in your haste to spew foul language, you missed the logic completely! sMall minds...