The governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), has rejected the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) survey indicating that 7 in 10 Ghanaians are largely disillusioned with government and believe the country is headed in the wrong direction.
In the NDC’s view, the CDD and its survey is in connivance with the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) to sour the government’s reputation ahead of the 2016 polls.
[contextly_sidebar id=”bOcPsEphcWHsjh6CnIkv8EkTrIkr62GO”]“It is something that the NPP cooked and they have put out… it still remains a fact that the CDD, as far as were are concerned, is an appendage of the NPP,” the Deputy Secretary of the NDC, Koku Anyidoho asserted.
A summary from the survey advanced that majority of Ghanaians believe the country is heading in the wrong direction and nearly half blame this ‘completely’ or ‘mostly’ on the government because of its perceived poor performance across a range of macroeconomic indicators including narrowing income gaps, prices of goods, job creation, improving living standards and the management of the economy.
This notwithstanding, Koku Anyidoho has urged Ghanaians to dismiss the report as an attempt to divert attention from the apparent voter verification controversy the running mate of the NPP, Dr. Mahmudu Bawumia is embroiled in.
“This CDD report is very digressional. It is all an attempt to move attention away from the heavy shame and ignominy that has robed Dr. Bawumia, robed the NPP flagbearer and the NPP,” the NDC Deputy Secretary stated.
NDC already dealing with priority areas
Ahead of the elections in December, the CDD’s findings also indicated that Ghanaians view unemployment, electricity and education as key policy priorities they want the 2016 polls to address.
Koku Anyidoho assured that the NDC Campaign team is already working with the priority issues in mind.
“We have always considered these things. That is why the President is engaged in heavy infrastructure expansion; the road sector, our educational sector, the health sector,” he said.
“We don’t need a CDD report to let us know that there is still a lot of work to be done but the good thing is that the necessary pre-conditions for take-off of real growth are taking place.”
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By: Delali Adogla-Bessa/citifmonline.com/Ghana