NPP not our yardstick; we are setting higher standards - Kofi Adams

National Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Kofi Adams has reacted to critics from the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) especially the Vice Presidential Candidate, Dr Bawumia's claim that the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has done nothing under President John Dramani Mahama for Ghanaians.

Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia is reported to have noted that the current NDC – John Mahama administration, has no excuse for worsening the living standards and conditions of the ordinary Ghanaian and called on the people of Ghana to massively elect Nana Akufo-Addo and the NPP in the upcoming election.

While speaking in Kubori on Tuesday, Dr. Bawumia observed that with the opportunities and resources that had come the way of the current government, Ghanaians should have witnessed significant improvements in livelihoods and standards and that these improvements should have been so clear that the government would not have had to waste time and resources reminding anyone about them.

“Over the last seven (7) years, the government has 10 times the resources the NPP had in eight years and these resources should have been enough for every Ghanaian to have seen a noticeable improvement in his or her life. However, what we see is the opposite.

Dr. Bawumia noted that the NPP, which had far less resources, had still managed to spread development to all parts of the country and implemented several social intervention policies which benefited all Ghanaians but that these schemes were virtually on their knees today at a time the government has had so much to have been able to expand and improve on these services and infrastructure.

“In eight years, the NPP, which inherited a HIPC economy, with far less money was able to undertake massive infrastructural projects and also introduced initiatives like the NHIS, School Feeding Programme, Capitation Grant, Free Maternal Care, etc.

Today, despite all the money that has come in, most of these schemes are virtually collapsing; it has become more difficult for Ghanaians to find jobs, pay school fees, access healthcare and meet basic needs," he added.

In his reaction to Dr Bawumia, Kofi Adams on Okay FM’s Ade Akye Abia Morning Show averred that the opposition NPP’s performance in 8 years in government is not a yardstick for the NDC to perform its duties.

“We are not satisfied because NPP is not our yardstick because if you use NPP’s performance as a yardstick, then you will do nothing and so they are not our yardstick. We are setting a higher standard for ourselves and that is our target to do much more,” he posited.