The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has described the governing National Democratic Congress\u2019 (NDC) plan to use a party’s committee to create jobs for its members as unfair.<\/p>\n
Communications Director for the NPP, Nana Akomea on Eyewitness News<\/strong> said the NDC\u2019s policy is \u201cmind boggling\u201d and is in complete violation of the country\u2019s constitution and the governing party\u2019s 2012 manifesto.<\/p>\n [contextly_sidebar id=”GLErvYbHsG7poQROWNdrzrUnoBI1Y0jU”]\u201cThere are over 1,000 things wrong with it… the constitution, even in the NDC manifesto and constitution, you will find out that they talk about anti-discrimination and I can\u2019t believe that the ruling party will actually put forth this proposition before Ghanaians,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n The NDC on Wednesday inaugurated a number of committees including a Business Development Committee which is chaired by the Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr. Ekwow Spio Gabrah.<\/p>\n This committee has been tasked to create jobs for members<\/strong> <\/span><\/a>of the party in both the private and the public sector.<\/p>\n By this, the party hopes to create internal wealth to support its operations as well as to empower and make its members economically self reliant.<\/p>\n Nana Akomea described it as \u201cthe most bankrupt idea from this government\u2026it\u2019s so extraordinary I don\u2019t even have the words to describe it.\u201d<\/p>\n According to him, there are millions of unemployed Ghanaian youth who urgently need jobs and as such if the NDC wanted to\u00a0create jobs for every citizen irrespective of his or her political affiliation, that would have been a \u201cgood trade but why are we going to create it for only the NDC people?\u201d<\/p>\n He said it is \u201cvery difficult to understand\u201d how the ruling party came by this idea and described it as \u201cthe most extraordinary thing I have heard in at least the last 20 years\u2026I\u2019ve never heard it anywhere.\u201d<\/p>\n The NPP\u2019s Communications Director observed that implementing this idea will place non-NDC members at a disadvantage in the acquisition of jobs.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat this also means is that people will decide not to pay taxes to the government because they don\u2019t have NDC cards,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n He was convinced citizens \u201care going to be outraged at this new proposition coming from the NDC – It\u2019s the lowest of the low.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIt is mind boggling! It shatters my mind and I am sure millions of Ghanaians will be completely outraged that they pay taxes to government and they are going to discriminate against them in terms of provision of jobs on the basis of their political party affiliations.\u201d<\/p>\n Nana Akomea however denied that in the last NPP government, a similar policy was put in place to support its members economically.<\/p>\n \u201cIn the NPP\u2019s time, nothing of the sort happened; at least it wasn\u2019t a national policy put forth to Ghanaians. I can tell you without any hesitation that the NPP never announced a policy to Ghanaians.\u201d<\/p>\n <\/p>\n By: Efua Idan Osam\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana
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