{"id":81746,"date":"2015-01-13T06:46:43","date_gmt":"2015-01-13T06:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=81746"},"modified":"2015-01-13T08:49:04","modified_gmt":"2015-01-13T08:49:04","slug":"ndc-desperate-anthony-karbo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=81746","title":{"rendered":"NDC is desperate \u2013 Anthony Karbo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said the Mahama government is desperate to convince Ghanaians that it is working hard to deliver on its mandate despite their obvious failure.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis government is acting quite desperately to prove to Ghanaians that they have done something,\u201d said the party\u2019s Deputy Communication Director, Anthony Karbo.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;OkCWo3vLZgVrEW637fI190JHcxn3tPma&#8221;]This comes of the back of claims made by Agric Minister, Fiifi Kwetey that President John Mahama`s two years in office has immensely benefited Ghanaians more than the eight years of the Kufour-led NPP administration.<\/p>\n<p>In an earlier response, the office of the ex-President <a href=\"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/2015\/01\/12\/fifi-kweteys-assessment-kufuor-govt-insincere-frank-agyekum\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong>described the claims as insincere and baseless.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p>His spokesperson, Frank Agyekum told <strong>Citi News<\/strong>, the claim is \u201cthe biggest joke I\u2019ve ever heard and I think it\u2019s very insincere,\u201d stressing that \u201cthere is no way you can compare John Mahama\u2019s eight years to the two years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, Anthony Karbo opined that Ghanaians wish they were still under the leadership of ex-President John Kufuor who brought about enormous development in all sectors of the economy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday as we speak, Ghanaians would have preferred to be under President Kufuor\u2019s administration but it is quite clear that the record of this government is cannot be compared in any way to President Kufuor\u2019s eight-year administration,\u201d he remarked.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, Ghanaians are fully aware of the clear difference between Ghana`s transformation under the NPP and the woes the country has been plunged into under the Mahama-led administration.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor a Minister to come out and make this statement without any proof, without any substance to back up these claims is most unfortunate,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Karbo stressed that \u201cunder President Kufuor\u2019s government, we handed over a Ghana that was positive with lots of social developments, we handed over an economy that was growing, a middle income economy; we handed over that to this government.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He thus challenged Mr. Kwetey to come out with evidence to substantiate his claims.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/osamidan\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @osamidan<\/a><br \/>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\/\/ <![CDATA[\n!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=\/^http:\/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+':\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js';fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document, 'script', 'twitter-wjs');\n\/\/ ]]><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has said the Mahama government is desperate to convince Ghanaians that it is working hard to deliver on its mandate despite their obvious failure. \u201cThis government is acting quite desperately to prove to Ghanaians that they have done something,\u201d said the party\u2019s Deputy Communication Director, Anthony Karbo. 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