NPP will bring nothing new - Allotey Jacobs

Central Regional Chairman of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Benjamin Allotey Jacobs, says the fortunes of the nation will not turn around should the New Patriotic Party (NPP) come to power.

According to him, Ghanaians should not be deceived by the propaganda machinery of the NPP that things will be better when they assume the reins of power.

“We know we are facing awkward times as a nation, but we in the NDC will continue to tell the truth to Ghanaians as well as continue to take the bull by the horn with the kind of developmental initiatives we have taken to ensure that the economy bounces back,” he stated.

“Even in the unlikelihood event that the NPP should win the November polls, things will not change so they should stop behaving like they have some special magic to perform to make things better in this country when they come to power,” he added.

The vociferous chairman made these observations in an exclusive interview with Today in Cape Coast after an interactive meeting with the media by the Central Region Communication team of the NDC on Friday, May 21, 2016.

Mr. Allotey Jacobs noted that even though the economy was not all that good, Ghanaians would begin to appreciate and understand the efforts being made by the ruling government as the election approaches, and massively endorse the NDC to continue the good works it is doing.

He further noted that though, there were challenges with the payment of salaries, he said government will remain focused to prevent the payment of salaries to ghost names.

“This is why government has taken a very hard decision not to give allowances to trainee teachers and nurses so as to help government build a robust economy,” he stated.

“With this decision we are sealing all loopholes where money leaks out just like that, so as to use these monies to expand infrastructure for the betterment of the economy,” he added.

The regional chairman explained further that government realised that admission of students into teacher training colleges and health training institutions were dwindling due to poor infrastructure.

And for that reason, he said, government decided to stop their allowances and use the money to expand facilities to prevent the country from having deficit in the recruitment of teachers and nurses.

According to him, the nation has come to a point where certain firm decisions ought to be taken so as to make “us masters of our own destiny.”

“I am telling you for a fact that if the NPP should come to power, they cannot change this policy because it is for the good interest of this country and they know it,” he stressed.