The Newly elected chairman of the New Patriotic Party for North Rhein Westphalia Mr Kwabena Kagya -Agyemang has stated that Ghana under the NDC government has lost focus because of lack of effective leadership. As a result the country seem to be marking time and making no progress in terms of economic growth and infrastructural development he added.

He made this statement while addressing party supporters at a rally in Essen[Germany]over the weekend after he was unanimously elected to replace Mr Alhassan Yakubu Talli who resigned to contest the NPP primaries in the Tolon constituency.

Mr Kagya-Agyemang maintained that just two years into government the Mills-Mahama administration has run out of ideas , lost focus and can only be likened to a rudderless ship which is also without a captain adding ’without leadership the ship will forever remain on the high seas’. He pointed out that the tremendous achievements and strides Ghana made under the NPP government was largely due to the fact that Ghana under President Kuffour had a leadership that was focused, had a sense of direction and had the right policies and programmes in place.This accounts for the numerous infrastructural projects and social intervention programmes that were initiated and completed.

Mr Kagya-Agyemang disclosed that rather than helping find solutions to the problems confronting Ghanaians, most government Ministers have abandoned their posts and are travelling around the country to rally support for the beleaguered President, who has lost the trust and confidence of his own party.

According to him, a government that has been denounced as incompetent and pathologically corrupt by its own supporters and large sections of the populace should serve as a reminder that Ghana needs a change of government come 2012.He indicated that 2012 would mark a turning point because the type and style of governance in the country today is totally unacceptable saying ‘Ghana deserves better and can do better but not under the current dispensation’.

He reminded Ghanaians that the only way to get the country out of the current economic paralysis is to rally behind Nana Akuffo Addo and the NPP to ensure a decisive victory in 2012 so as to put the country on the right course. He urged members to intensify the membership drive campaign which has been launched at the beginning of March and thanked them for giving him the opportunity to serve the party whose values and principles he cherishes.

Kwaku Anane-Gyinde Germany