CPP cannot do better than the NPP - Pratt

Given the present situation, if the Convention People’s Party (CPP) had won the general elections, there is no way it could have done better than what the New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration is currently doing.”

Believe it or not, these were the words of the managing editor of The Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr., a staunch member of the CPP and a famous critic of the present government.

Elucidating, Pratt stated that it calls for a vigilant and critical civil population for a government to perform its duties effectively. He noted further that the people of Ghana have been indifferent to the bad policies of the NPP government and consequently, giving the government a field day to perpetrate its obnoxious policies.

The Insight editor aired these views at the inauguration of the African Inspiration Club International, a civil society organisation with the aim of sensitising Africans to rejuvenate the continent’s struggle for a total political and economic emancipation, at Legon, Accra.

He called on Ghanaians not to continuously justify the wrongdoings of the government with its short period in office. Hear him: “If you board a Kumasi-bound care in Accra and the driver starts driving recklessly and you continue to say that it is because the driver has not been on the road for long, you will die before you get to Nsawam.”

Continuing his presentation on the effects of colonialism, neo-colonialism and imperialism on post-colonial Africa, the seasoned journalist observed that they are the causes of the high incidence of bag governance being witnessed in most African countries.

The government was again condemned by the editor for what he described as the policy of justifying its mistakes by accusing the former National Democratic Congress (NDC) government of doing the same things.