The General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr. Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, aka General Mosquito, has observed that because former ministers in the Kufuor’s government are now jobless, they have time to make unnecessary noises about the National Democratic Congress (NDC) government, headed by President Mills. According to him, no individual who is gainfully employed would embark on baseless accusations, with the view or intention of diverting government’s attention.

He therefore urged the former ministers to humble themselves to get jobs from the NDC administration, and stop making ugly noises. “I am not surprised, because they are now unemployed, and so they can just get up and say things that are not correct. The Bible even states that devil always finds jobs for idle hands,” he said. Speaking in an interview with the Chronicle yesterday Asiedu Nketiah wondered how NPP ministers can today open their mouth to criticize the NDC government over the delegation that accompanied President Mills on his recent trip to UK when they did worst things whilst in power. To him, it would be good for the NPP former officials to tell Ghanaians why they sold the presidential jet bought by the NDC administration, and later ordered for another plane that would carry over 50 people.

“It is interesting that they have forgotten about themselves easily. President Kufuor traveled with a huge number of delegations, and they had to sell the presidential jet bought by the NDC to buy new one that can accommodate their large delegations. What are they talking about?” he asked. According to Mr. Asiedu Nketiah, the NPP had no moral right to subject the ruling government to any scrutiny, taking into accounts, the records of the Kufuor government. He, however, urged the rank and file of the NPP leading members, especially the former Ministers, to desist from diversionary tactics. “They are just engaging in the things that would derail our attention, and have failed to reflect on the gains chalked by the visit. I see the noise they are making as very strange. It seems that they have either forgotten about themselves, or the history about their bad governance.”

He continued: “They are only making empty noises. If they cannot criticize constructively, they should keep quiet and find something to do. They should not continue to make reckless criticisms. I am not ready to reply to things that do not make sense.” Quizzed that the NPP members might be complaining about the declaration of the President to establish a lean government and delegation, Mr. Nketiah was emphatic that the 30-member delegation was lean, considering the number of NPP delegations.