How NDC birthed “People’s Manifesto” by thinking outside the box – Asiedu Nketia
The National Democratic Congress’ (NDC) manifesto will finally open doors to Ghana’s development, the party’s General Secretary, Johnson Asiedu Nketia, has said.
Mr. Nketia said the “thinking outside the box” approach which the NDC adopted to enact the 28 year old Constitution for the Fourth Republic, has the potency of perpetually eradicating Ghana’s under development since the party adopted same approach in codifying the “People’s Manifesto”.
He said the essence of the manifesto was inspired by the average Ghanaian and not party leaders.
“We are presenting to you a manifesto that was not developed by leaders of a party who have arrogated themselves the power of thinking for other people. We are presenting to you the product of the people’s own thinking,” Mr. Asiedu Nketia said during the NDC’s manifesto launch on Monday evening.
Chronicling how respective Constitutions prior to the Fourth Republic couldn’t withstand the test of time, he was convinced the 1992 document has defied the odds because it stemmed from the people, just as their 2020 manifesto.
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Because this manifesto is inspired by the people, Mr. Asiedu Nketia said he was “very confident that the age-long problem of underdevelopment for this country is going to be solved once and for all by the people’s manifesto.”
The thinking outside the box approach he said is the best because, the thoughts of the people were compiled, “polished and developed into implementable programmes.”
“We asked the people how they would want to see Ghana in the next four years; what country they envision to live in the next four years and how to build that country and it is out of that conversation that the People’s Manifesto was developed.”
He further assured that the realisation of this manifesto will be the vision of the people.
Aside from the manifesto, Mr Nketia said the NDC adopted the same approach in choosing a running mate by considering gender balance instead of regional and religious balance which has been the status quo.
The manifesto, which was put together by 21 persons within the NDC is divided into six key areas: fixing the economy, promoting human development, providing infrastructure for growth, providing decent jobs, good governance and corruption and deepening international relations and foreign affairs.
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