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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jk and co, i'm sure you paid your way through the educational ladder. you have small brains and shallow understanding. Wise up
At times I wonder which people are leading a great nation like Ghana. A whole deputy Minister supporting such issues. What I find interesting is that they will not even sit down and Analise the issues first before making disgraceful comments like what the deputy Minister did. This really shows that NDC is really using Ayariga to achieve their mischief.
Finally the truth has been discovered by a renowned editor like Mr.Baako,this clearly shows that Mr.Baako is a true editor and knows what he is doing unlike some of his friends who don't do any proper research by passing comments on issues. I like people who are truthful. God bless Ghana and any one who is truthful in all things.
Ayariga is not serious.. No wonder he is disqualified
Frank judging by your profession i am sure you know you cannot use 2 days to type, do typesetting, do page layout, proofread and print a book like the NPP manifesto. Putting out daythat kind of work will need a minimum of one week. Again from you own analysis if two people present their theses and its found that one plagiarized, the conclusion will be that the real ***barred word*** took some days to plagiarize. Clearly the two parties started working on their manifestos awhile back. what is evident is that one had access to the others works and behaved like a ***barred word*** and was caught. In this case the ***barred word*** could not even do a clever job which is very typical of his level of intelligence.
Ayariga is joker.No wonder he says he is the first black man to sell pizza in Ghana
ayariga dubbed and dubbed akofu addo's name. what a shame. shame to him and his pay masters. npp is not god so and devil can steal from them.was mahama not vice when wayome stole from Ghana and is he not president under his watch the all the da da da are happening .where are the Guinea fowls and the timbers?
the document was stolen by the ndc cr1m1nals and they gave it to that ***barred word*** call ayariga to create confusion. indeed if any knowledgeable person studied the two documents he/she will know who did the copying. but knowing what they did, they (ndc) as dumb as they are did not bother to see if that ***barred word*** ayariga did the editing well be4 jumping to conclusion. this ayariga guy cant even speak english how can he edit a document in english? they keep trying but God keeps revealing their evil plans. change is coming
THANK YOU, KWEKU BAAKO. HAVING PUT THIS CONTROVERSY TO REST, I WILL RATHER ADVICE NANA ADDO TO BE VIGILANT. THERE ARE STILL MANY DISLOYALISTS CLOSE TO HIM AND THAT IS THE ONLY REASON WHY AN IMPORTANT DOCUMENT LIKE AN UN-LAUNCHED MANISFESTO WILL FIND ITS WAY INTO THE HANDS OF A CROOK LIKE ME. A NANA ADDO ADMINISTRATION WILL HAVE TO BE TIGHT TO WORK PEACEFULLY AND ASSIDUOUSLY FOR GHANA. LOYALTY IS EVERYTHING A TEAM NEEDS TO FUNCTION WELL.
hehehe funny guy, so this Ayariga guy went to school. What a country dat we live in, he could not even copy right and his pay masters to were soo dump they did not realise that.