“Enough of the ceremonies. We want a country that works. We want the Ministers to get to work and do some work. When the country is falling apart, then you are busy involved in ceremonies…less ceremonies, more action; that’s what we want. That’s what the country needs,” General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Nii Armah Akomfrah, warns the Mahama-led NDC government.
He strongly admonished government officials to be glued to their offices, diligently working to finding lasting solutions to the lingering crises confronting the economy.
He noted that while Ghanaians crave for a government to remedy their plight, the ruling NDC functionaries are busy embarking on “Thank you” tours and holding other ceremonies which he said send “a signal of confusion and uncertainty from the House of the President.”
He spoke to Peacefmonline.com Wednesday morning in reaction to recent developments in the governing National Democratic Congress.
Government on Wednesday announced a change of name of the Presidential palace from Flagstaff House to Jubilee Flagstaff House.
Minister of Information and Media relations, Mahama Ayariga divulged this in an interview with Kwami Sefa-Kayi, claiming that the previous government had not used the legislative Instrument to effect the change as required by law.
However, the NDC government believes the new name will lessen the controversy encompassing the Presidential palace.
The Information Minister explained that the Mahama-led government has fused the two names, Golden Jubilee House and Flagstaff House; in hope of making progress in the country.
Nonetheless, Mr. Armah Akomfrah expressed that he frankly does not “think many Ghanaians are concerned too much. Whether we call it Flagstaff House or whether we call it Jubilee House, we want our systems to work so that the country progresses. Everything is not working. There’s something not quite right…Where is Ghana’s money?”
The new development also comes on the heels of the President’s recent reshuffle of his regional Ministers which saw the Ashanti Regional Minister, Samuel Sarpong, move to the Central Region as the Brong Ahafo Regional Minister, Eric Opoku takes his place in the Ashanti Region.
Central Regional Minister, Ebenezer Kwadwo Teye Addo has also been sent to the Western Region while Julius Debrah, Eastern Regional Minister goes to the Greater Accra Region.
Greater Accra Regional Minister, Nii Laryea Afotey Agbo, Upper East Regional Minister, Dr. Ephraim Avea Nsoh, Upper West Regional Minister, Bede Anwataazumo Ziedeng and Helen Ntoso, Volta Regional Minister are going to the Volta, Upper West, Northern and Eastern Regions respectively.
The rest are Western Regional Minister, Paul Evans Aidoo and Minister of State at the Presidency, Alhaji Limuna Mohammed Muniru who are moving to the Brong Ahafo Region and Upper East Region.
In spite of the initiatives by President John Mahama, the CPP General Secretary downplayed the President’s intent saying; “We want systems that work. We want Ghana’s money to be accounted to the people of this country. We want the country to run properly so that we will not be in the situation that we are in now, with no electricity, no gas and poor services in every sector of the economy.”
He therefore called for accountability and transparency in the incumbent government, advising that the government takes pragmatic steps to resolve the nation’s deadlock.
Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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