Politics of Friday, 3 September 2021
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2021-09-03
NDC General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia
General Secretary of the largest opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia, says the CDD report on corruption, crime, and joblessness resonates with his party’s position for the past two years about Akufo-Addo’s administration.
He said the CDD report is not far from the truth that most Ghanaians do not believe that the Akufo-Addo government can end corruption and the high rate of crime in the country.
According to the NDC Chief scribe, the root cause of unemployment and the high crime rate in the country is corruption, which is rampant under President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo’s administration.
Explaining on Okay FM’s ‘Ade Akye Abia’ Morning Show, Asiedu Nketia said that job creation and developmental projects, which is largely dependent on the limited resources, are being shared among some few individuals in the Akufo-Addo government, making the majority of the youth suffer to find their daily bread.
He believed that until corruption is reduced in the country, development will never occur, and expansion of job opportunities will not be possible; thus, the inability of the government to address corruption in the country will not make job creation happen.
“Another effect of corruption is crime… if the government through conscious policies do things that the citizens will feel they are marginalized, this will bring discontent in society…” he said.
He further indicated that the CDD report on the 2020 general elections echoes the long-standing position of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) did not win the election except that they manipulated the system to remain in power.
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