{"id":245791,"date":"2016-09-05T12:17:41","date_gmt":"2016-09-05T12:17:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=245791"},"modified":"2016-09-05T12:17:41","modified_gmt":"2016-09-05T12:17:41","slug":"npp-stole-from-our-manifesto-in-2012-ppp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/09\/npp-stole-from-our-manifesto-in-2012-ppp\/","title":{"rendered":"NPP &#8216;stole&#8217; from our manifesto in 2012 &#8211; PPP"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP), has said it is unperturbed by the possibility\u00a0of other parties stealing its ideas given the early release of its manifesto, noting that in 2012, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) stole its policy ideas.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking on the<strong> Citi Breakfast Show<\/strong>, the PPP Communications Director,\u00a0Paa Kow\u00a0Ackon, held that his party\u2019s \u201cideas have always been stolen,\u201d but\u00a0he said\u00a0the PPP would implement its policies better than the parties stealing them\u00a0given the opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>[contextly_sidebar id=&#8221;IrKfcdHRJooP5Ol7GMh9LjLWlusmPK8B&#8221;]Mr. Ackon recounted that, ahead of the 2012 elections, \u201cwe [PPP] launched our manifesto in February and within the same period, our policy of providing free compulsory universal education and providing and deploying community policing to enforce that compulsory aspect was stolen by the NPP.\u00a0We did not get the needed media mileage and so when the NPP came up with their free compulsory education thing, it became their own meanwhile we had said this thing in February.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He\u00a0however said that the PPP would not be worried because \u201cpeople will definitely steal our policies. Today, the NPP is also talking about the very things we are talking about; providing jobs for every Ghanaian, making sure DCEs are elected but these are PPP ideas.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Whilst concerns have been raised with the delayed release of manifestos by political parties, especially the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the opposition NPP, the PPP remains the only party to have released a manifesto with about three months to the polls.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1 district, 1 factory our idea &#8211; PPP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ahead of the polls in December, the PPP has already laid claim to one of the NPP&#8217;s major campaign promises.<\/p>\n<p>According to them, they are\u00a0the original owners of the one factory, one district idea, announced by the opposition New Patriotic Party flagbearer, Nana Akufo-Addo.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/bawumia-nana-addo-campaign-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-244382\" src=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/bawumia-nana-addo-campaign-5-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"bawumia nana addo campaign (5)\" width=\"604\" height=\"340\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Nana Addo announced to students of the Cape Coast Polytechnic over the weekend, that his administration plans to establish a factory in <span style=\"color: #666699;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #666699;\" href=\"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2016\/06\/20\/npps-1-district-1-factory-feasible-kwaku-kwarteng\/\">each of the 216 districts<\/a><\/strong><\/span> of Ghana if he&#8217;s elected into office.<\/p>\n<p>Days after Nana Addo\u2019s announcement, the General Secretary of the PPP, Murtala Mohammed, said the NPP copied his party\u2019s policy proposal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are telling Ghanaians that we are the originators of those ideas and there is the need for the media to call the presidential candidates for them to give details so that we can see the difference,\u201d the party\u2019s General Secretary said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8211;<\/p>\n<p>By: Delali Adogla-Bessa\/citifmonline.com\/Ghana<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow the hashtag <strong>#GhElections<\/strong> on social media for more election related stories<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Progressive People\u2019s Party (PPP), has said it is unperturbed by the possibility\u00a0of other parties stealing its ideas given the early release of its manifesto, noting that in 2012, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) stole its policy ideas. 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