NPP is not a “politically conservative party” – Kofi Jumah

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Kojo T 10 years ago

NPP is a tribal supremacist party. Do not refer to Busia but to Baffour Akoto . He is the real founder. No wonder you guys are confused

NPP is a tribal supremacist party. Do not refer to Busia but to Baffour Akoto . He is the real founder. No wonder you guys are confused
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MenayeAFUAforiwa 10 years ago

Kofi, you may be right but members in your overseas branches think otherwise. They profess the NPP to be a Conservative Party. They always count themselves in the same ideological linage as the Republican party in the USA and ...
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Kofi, you may be right but members in your overseas branches think otherwise. They profess the NPP to be a Conservative Party. They always count themselves in the same ideological linage as the Republican party in the USA and Angela Merkel's Christian Democratic Union in Germany. Even Ex-President J.A.Kufour thinks of himself more friendlier to the Bushes in the US than any other person in the Democratic Party.
Kwabena Amankwah 10 years ago

Dude, get your facts straight. Where are you getting this garbage from. We in the USA have always aligned with the Republicans only on the grounds of social conservatism and NOT political ideology. George W. Bush, when he sai ...
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Dude, get your facts straight. Where are you getting this garbage from. We in the USA have always aligned with the Republicans only on the grounds of social conservatism and NOT political ideology. George W. Bush, when he said he was a compassionate conservative, was speaking NPPian. NPP is a compassionate conservative party. If you are talking to someone who does not know about the history and ideology of the party, irrespective of their membership, don't indict NPP USA. Now even if what you are claiming is true, could you seriously compare the achievements of JAK and JJ, Mills & Mahama's achievements on the social front? For 8 years, JAK achieved in Ghana what any social democrat will die for? NPP is a liberal democratic party but socially conservative. That is why we will continue saying, NO PRO GAY POLICY IN GHANA as the NDC is trying to push on us.
K Thief Hammond. 10 years ago

How can you compare JAK's 8-Year Rule with Mill's 3 1/2 years as well as the less than One-Year rule of Mahama: If you factor in the Election Petition, President Mahama, indeed, has ruled for only 4 months. How do you expec ...
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How can you compare JAK's 8-Year Rule with Mill's 3 1/2 years as well as the less than One-Year rule of Mahama: If you factor in the Election Petition, President Mahama, indeed, has ruled for only 4 months. How do you expect Mahama to succeed, if for not his resilence, when you and your ILK have vowed to make the country ungovernable? and you are seriously working against the development of the economy under President Mahama's rule.
chamcham 10 years ago

NPP Is LIBERAL DEMOCRAT, NOT CONSERVATIVE!! PERIOD

NPP Is LIBERAL DEMOCRAT, NOT CONSERVATIVE!! PERIOD
Diasporan, Canada 10 years ago

Mr. Jumah: If your NPP is philosophycally or ideologically inclined towards a "welfare state", then it means that you are "socialistic" and far left. But that position, as every Ghanaian knows, has been the historical posit ...
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Mr. Jumah: If your NPP is philosophycally or ideologically inclined towards a "welfare state", then it means that you are "socialistic" and far left. But that position, as every Ghanaian knows, has been the historical position of the CPP. If you are sure about your declaration and claim, then you might as well join the good old CPP.

The position of the NDC, just like that of the CPP, is quite clear. The NDC stands in the middle, liberal position. Their statements, their governance, and their programmes for fulfilling the "national interest" are clearly middle-of-the-road and liberal.

On the other hand, the NPP's statements, platforms and governance are typically far right and conservative. There has been nothing in NPP's political representation, influence and behaviour to suggest a concern for the "welfare" of the entire "state".

How can the NPP claim a "full-state" responsibility when it is an all-Akan party; when its history is separatist (matimihu); and when its last Kufuor-government was characterized by unforgetable inner-circle greed and loot, and the total neglect of the "welfare" of the masses.?

At about 10,000 miles away, my long-held suspicion has been confirmed today by Mr. Jumah's statement: The NPP has no definable ideological profile. It has no definable philosophy. It does not know its position on the political spectrum, hence the confusion, poor goal-setting and poor achievement.

My question for the NPP is, "If you dont' know where you are, how can you plan a destination? Which direction would you take? And how would you know if you reach there? In other words, how can you lead?

To all NPP members, home and abroad, I tell you unequivocally that your position on the ideological balance is definitely far right and "conservative". Also I tell you unequivocally that Mr. Kofi Jumah is completely wrong in placing you where the CPP has always been.
aristotle 10 years ago

can you tell me what the NDC stands for if the president could sit down for fake judgement debt to be paid to some individuals and turn around to take his share as well as selling a bank which his brother has borrowed from an ...
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can you tell me what the NDC stands for if the president could sit down for fake judgement debt to be paid to some individuals and turn around to take his share as well as selling a bank which his brother has borrowed from and wont pay back?
mawriz 10 years ago

@ Aristotle but the NDC has always said it is a social democratic party. Just say you don't agree with them period but for the ideology they have stated.

@ Aristotle but the NDC has always said it is a social democratic party. Just say you don't agree with them period but for the ideology they have stated.
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Kbps 10 years ago

What the fuck is going on in Ghana. Have we stoop that low in journalism that a Monkey like, (whatever his name is) can talk to media abouth "excretion"? What a pathetic Country. Niggers like him should just be hand for distu ...
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What the fuck is going on in Ghana. Have we stoop that low in journalism that a Monkey like, (whatever his name is) can talk to media abouth "excretion"? What a pathetic Country. Niggers like him should just be hand for disturbing the sanity of the people
Kwesi 10 years ago

i have always said this, npp has no ideology, they thrive on populism and tribalism. npp is a wicked divisive and satanic party.

i have always said this, npp has no ideology, they thrive on populism and tribalism. npp is a wicked divisive and satanic party.
obiba 10 years ago

this man Ghana kofi is a thief. please don't mind him cos kofi Ghana does not know what's coming to him.
BNI---hmmm!!!

this man Ghana kofi is a thief. please don't mind him cos kofi Ghana does not know what's coming to him.
BNI---hmmm!!!
Kwabena Amankwah 10 years ago

Kofi thanks for being so bold to delineate what our party stands for and has delivered to Ghanaians as compared to the lip services of the NDC since their almost 25 years in power. For those who may not know: The New Patrioti ...
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Kofi thanks for being so bold to delineate what our party stands for and has delivered to Ghanaians as compared to the lip services of the NDC since their almost 25 years in power. For those who may not know: The New Patriotic Party (NPP) is a liberal democratic and social conservative party in Ghana. Social conservatism is a political ideology that focuses on the preservation of what are seen as traditional values. The NPP is associated with the position that the government should have a greater role in the social affairs of its citizens, generally supporting whatever it sees as morally correct choices and discouraging or outright forbidding those it considers morally wrong. There is no necessary link between social and fiscal conservatism. So far, it is evident that the party manifesto and ideology encourages, centrist or liberal economic and fiscal policies while being virtually dogmatic on its social policies. The NPP has doggedly supported economic intervention where the intervention serves moral or cultural aims. The NPP believes in the balance between fair trade and a free market. It is quite obvious the party’s concern for material welfare, like advocacy of traditional morals often have basis in our religious beliefs (love thy neighbor as thy self) as a country. The accepted goals and ideologies related to preserving traditions and morality often vary from group to group within social conservatism. Thus, there are really no policies or positions that could be considered universal among social conservatives. There are, however, a number of general principles to which at least a majority of social conservatives adhere, such as support for traditional family values grounded in the African context. We are solving the problems of Ghanaians in the context of our moral cultural norms and not necessarily borrowed ideologies from other traditions contradictory to our culture and way of life. Speak Kofi, speak!
Richard, Accra 10 years ago

Whao! Why all these circumlocutions! The MP was reported to have said the NPP is Conservative and that it's beliefs are steeped in family values and the tried and the tested - Social or Whatever Conservatism is still Conserv ...
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Whao! Why all these circumlocutions! The MP was reported to have said the NPP is Conservative and that it's beliefs are steeped in family values and the tried and the tested - Social or Whatever Conservatism is still Conservatism. What again? After all the talk, you are all gravitating to some form of Conservatism! NPP should be proud of its value and stand by it. That makes the difference!!
Time-will-tell 10 years ago

Mr Jumah thanks for broaching the "what does the npp stand for question". As far as I am concerned both npp and ndc stand only for opportunism. A vehicle for people to grab and abuse power.

Mr Jumah thanks for broaching the "what does the npp stand for question". As far as I am concerned both npp and ndc stand only for opportunism. A vehicle for people to grab and abuse power.

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