AKWESI SARFO UG-TESCON SECRETARY WRITES... WHY NPP REMAINS BETTER OPTION FOR GHANA

Why NPP Remains the Best Option for Ghana—BY KWASI SARFO. UG TESCON SECRETARY. KWASI SARFO, popularly known as ATWIMA SARFO, The University of Ghana TESCON SECRETARY has outlined the reasons why Ghana has to retain the ruling New Patriotic Party government. According to the TESCON SECRETARY , Ghana will collapse if the NDC returns to power or if Ghanaians elect any other political party apart from the New Patriotic Party. This is because no other political party can manage the country better than the incumbent government (NPP). He also mounted a spirited defense for the Akufo-Addo-led NPP government amid increasing lamentations of hardship across the country. He said although the cost of living in 2022 would be higher than in 2018, he has a strong belief that things will surely turn around in the years ahead. Kwasi Sarfo also indicated that his party has proven that it deserves another term in government, considering its performance over the last six years.  Kwasi Sarfo said that regardless of the economic hardship experienced across the globe due to a global health crisis and a wide-reaching war, the Akufo-Addo-led government continues to deliver exceedingly on its mandate.  He is of the strong conviction that the NPP has justified its call to "break the eight" and continue governing Ghana towards attaining development and economic growth.  He disclosed this to Polidgin Media's editor-in-chief in an exclusive interview.  According to Kwasi Sarfo, in spite of the crisis, the NPP government led by President Akufo-Addo and his vice president, Dr. Bawumia, and the NPP lead administration have made great strides and will continue to make progress as a country.  "Contrary to what the opposition and critics would want us to believe, Ghana has moved on a great deal," he stressed.  He said that the government continues to pay salaries of public sector workers, teacher and nursing trainee allowances, sustain the Free SHS, provide educational infrastructure, and complete abandoned projects, including those of the National Democratic Congress government. He further listed the revival of the National Health Insurance Scheme, the posting of nurses and teachers, and the expansion of the housing, road, and railway sectors as some of the major achievements of the Akufo-Addo-led government.  He said the government delivered all these and sustained its policies, programs, and social interventions without an International Monetary Fund (IMF) bailout.  "This is the economy some propagandists want us to believe is in shambles." All these things we have done without receiving any support from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) yet. "Government is on top of governance," he said. According to Kwasi Sarfo, "it will be a huge mistake if Ghanaians decide to replace the incumbent New Patriotic Party (NPP) with the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) or any other political party in the upcoming 2024 general elections." He noted that the economy was in disarray under the former president, John Dramani Mahama, and his NDC party. "If Ghanaians see the NDC as an alternative, so be it. But I can tell you at all times, looking at the NDC today, that they cannot manage the country. This is not about propaganda. The University of Ghana TESCON SECRETARY added that Ghanaians should be aware that if they give the NDC any chance to return to power, they will cancel all the social intervention programs, including the Free SHS policy established by the NPP government. In the history of the 4th republic, the Ghanaian economy has seen or experienced great economic growth, ranging from Fmr. President Kuffour's administration, many highways in Ghana were completed, also social interventions were introduced including; payment of monthly allowance for Nursing and Teacher Trainees and many other intervention. But we saw how the NDC administration cancelled all these social interventions, claiming the nation doesn't have money. But they were able to use over 260 million Ghanaian Cedis to complete Circle Interchange, but Nana Addo under the NPP used less than 260million Ghanaian Cedis to complete 4 mega interchanges, including; Pokuase, Tamale, Obetsebi Lamptey and Takoradi Interchange. A government that is accountable, care about the people in the nation, is what Ghana needs and the NPP government has proven it. NPP is best political party, meaning it has the welfare of the people at heart, so most of their policies are social interventions, for instance; H.E Kuffour implemented free Basic School, Free healthcare for Pregnant women, many others, and we also saw it in The administration. It's the party that has brought a lot of developmental initiatives, Fmr. Prez Kuffour's initiative to enhance and promote agric produce, also initiatives Nana Addo has implemented like 1D1F, agenda 111(which is ongoing) and many others Npp government under the Nana Addo administration, inflation is underway to be tackled and if the inflation is well tackled the Cedi will be stable. Inflation _ underwar to fix Cedi - underway Economic Growth (1.7Billion Trade surplus)-fixed Energy -Fixed Education -Fixed Health -Fixed Industry -Fixed Other Infrastructure -Fixed Roads -Fixed A lot done, a lot more needs to be done to recover from the Inflation and Cedi situation and I am confident in the capacity of the Government to get us out of this situation. This surely is as a result of our own domestic doings but largely as a result of the unprecedented Global Economic meltdown currently not sparing any nation. Just as all nations are working to recover and overcome this challenge, so are we as a nation and we must be hopeful to come out of this together. We have done this Before . Thankfully unlike in other nations, our country is being protected from energy crisis, shortage of food, removal of social protection from the poor and vulnerable etc. Thought times but we have a leadership that’s resilient enough to sail us through, that’s not in doubt.