Summary Of Phone-Ins

CHOICE FM PHONE-INS

? There are going to be more defections from the NDC to the NPP because there is no democracy in the NDC. The NDC has been hijacked by a faction which is in support of ex-President Rawlings. What happened at the NDC congress is a testimony of what is going on in the party.

? We are not surprised at the defections going on in the NDC. The NDC has now realized that there is transparency in the NPP. Have we seen the First Lady, Mrs. Theresa Kufuor, directing affairs of the NPP? This was what happened in the NDC regime when the First Lady took control of the party.

? Defections from political parties are not new in Ghana politics. After all, Kofi Wayo, who helped the NPP to power, has defected because according to him, the NPP has failed Ghanaians.

? Party defectors should leave peacefully rather than hurl insults at the party they have left. People leave their parties for various reasons so if Kofi Wayo has left the NPP, it is not going to affect the party in any way come 2004.

? President Kufuor did not employ the 700 people working under the Presidency so we should not make news out of this. These people were in employment in the previous regime and so it is not the making of the NPP government.

? Politicians in Ghana now are all stomach politicians who defect to other parties for favours and gains. These defections do not promote a healthy democracy because of the accusations and counter accusations levelled by opposing parties.

GOLD FM PHONE-INS

? Defections do not matter. What matters is the mental torture the NPP government has inflicted on its opponents. Job losses and dismissals have been the order of the day since the NPP assumed power, even though it claims to be creating employment opportunities.

? Instead of the NPP government seeing to the suffering Ghanaians are going through, it is rather concerned with the former first lady, Nana Konadu’s accounts in a Switzerland bank.

? No matter the intimidation the NDC may suffer from the NPP government, we the supporters of ex-President Rawlings will throng the National Reconciliation Commission if he appears before the commission.

? The Minister of Agriculture, Major (Rtd) Courage Quarshigah, should be summoned to the National Reconciliation Commission to answer some of the charges that have been levelled against the PNDC regime because he was involved in the AFRC and the PNDC coups.

PEACE FM PHONE-INS

? All witnesses who appear before the National Reconciliation Commission should speak the truth, even if they have committed murder. The NRC is there to reconcile Ghanaians so no one should be afraid to speak the truth.

? Members of Parliament, who are our leaders, are part of the problems Ghanaians are going through. These people are in Parliament only to seek their personal gain, but refuse to approve issues that will benefit Ghanaians as a whole.

? The NPP should not deceive themselves that the Ashanti Region is their stronghold. The NDC has a massive support in the region unlike the NPP that has no stand in the Volta Region.

? The National Reconciliation Commission is not a law court that convicts witnesses, so ex-President Rawlings should not be afraid to appear before the Commission. Ghanaians know what went wrong in Rawlings’ regime so he should go and confirm or deny the allegations.

? I find it strange that the NDC has now recognized that there is a supreme God. If after many years of serving “Antoa Nyame” they have seen the light by forming a prayer group within the party, then they should first repent of all the evil deeds they committed.

? What is the Government and the Customs Excise and Preventive Service doing about the Chinese national who imports textiles from neighbouring countries? This Chinese uses the label of Akosombo Textiles Limited and the Ghana Standard Boards logo on the imported wax prints to make them look like made-in-Ghana products.

? The same NDC that is accusing President Kufuor of employing too many workers at the Presidency, are the same people who would have accused him of witch hunting if he, President Kufuor, had cut the number when he assumed office.

? All those working at the Presidency are civil servants who were there before the NPP assumed office. These people were sympathizers of the revolution who were given jobs by the Rawlings regime.

? Those crying that the textile industry is collapsing should blame the manufacturers for the high cost of their products. There are Ghanaian wax prints in Togo just as we have Togolese prints in Ghana. The poor worker cannot buy a GTP wax print for ?270,000, while the Togolese print costs between ?40,0000 and ?60,000.

ADOM FM PHONE-INS

? The alleged over staffing at the Presidency was not the making of President Kufuor, so the NDC should not cry foul. There are certain sympathizers of the previous government who leak such information to the opposition and the media.

? The security agencies should deal ruthlessly with the Chinese who deals in imported wax prints. Even though CEPS is aware of the activities of the Chinese, it has kept quiet over it because he has influence on some top CEPS officials whom he bribes.

? It is a shame for the NDC to go to Nigeria and hold a press conference on human rights abuses by the NPP government. When one embezzles government funds and is found guilty by a competent court of law, does that amount to human rights abuse?

? There are Ghanaians who aid foreigners to import wax prints into the country just to destroy the President’s Special Initiative (PSI) on textile. The security agencies should investigate the activities of the Chinese national and CEPS officials who aid him to evade taxes on his imports.

? Ghanaians would rather patronize imported goods which are cheaper on the market than the more expensive locally made ones. If the President’s Special Initiative is to succeed, then the government should see to it that locally made goods are affordable.

? The NDC should not dream that they will win any election by forming a prayer group. They must first repent for the atrocities and murders that they masterminded during the PNDC/NDC regimes. They should appear before the NRC and tell Ghanaians the truth before they will be forgiven by God.