{"id":151182,"date":"2015-09-13T11:40:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-13T11:40:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/4cd.e16.myftpupload.com\/?p=151182"},"modified":"2015-09-13T14:36:27","modified_gmt":"2015-09-13T14:36:27","slug":"ndcnpp-others-interested-in-power-not-ghanaians-casely-hayford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2015\/09\/ndcnpp-others-interested-in-power-not-ghanaians-casely-hayford\/","title":{"rendered":"NDC,NPP, others interested in power not governance \u2013 Casely Hayford"},"content":{"rendered":"

Financial Analyst, Sydney Casely Hayford has hit hard at political parties in Ghana saying they are only interested in winning elections\u00a0and not proper governance.<\/p>\n

According to him the confusion\u00a0that characterizes the operations of the various\u00a0 political parties in the country is due to\u00a0the get \u2018rich quick through politics\u2019 mindset.<\/p>\n

[contextly_sidebar id=”icjqeTBtmZCiHzw0KIB9vu9pouonLNEK”]Casely Hayford added that the ultimate aim of these struggles are for personal gains and not to solve the nation\u2019s numerous problems.<\/p>\n

\u201cEvery time what I hear from politicians and political parties is that, we must put structures in place to win power; they never say so we can come to govern, theirs is to win power, and that is their primary focus.\u201d<\/p>\n

Speaking on Citi FM<\/strong>\u2019s news analysis programme The Big Issue<\/strong>, Casely Hayford said such mindset if not changed will retard Ghana\u2019s development.<\/p>\n

Casely Hayford who was speaking in relation to the current standoff<\/a><\/strong><\/span>\u00a0within the\u00a0New Patriotic Party (NPP) argued that political parties devise several mechanisms to win elections\u00a0because \u201cthey want to become powerful. By getting power, they therefore get the opportunity to do whatever that they want. Whether they want to govern, or they want to cheat or steal or divert funds, the power gives them that opportunity to do so.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said \u201cthat is the cracks of the problem that we have. We have foot soldiers, executives, people jockeying for positions, for power, trying to make themselves relevant within the party structures so that eventually they will become some powerful people [in the society].\u201d<\/p>\n

Casely Hayford also reiterated that \u201c…We have sold the idea into the minds of people who are our political followers that if you become a minister or leader of a powerful committee in Parliament you have the opportunity to make money.\u201d<\/p>\n

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By: Godwin A. Allotey\/citifmonoline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n

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