Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia
Vice President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has thrown fresh political punch at National Democratic Congress (NDC), describing the opposition party, its leadership and members, as having specialised in the art of vile propaganda.
He said sarcastically that the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) cannot beat the NDC when it comes to spreading lies, falsehood and doing propaganda with national issues.
According to Dr. Bawumia, the only tools that can be used to ‘fight’ the NDC propaganda and lies are ‘facts and figures’ and through better performance by the NPP.
“The NDC is very good at propaganda. In fact, they are specialists in that and so the only way we can counter the propaganda is with facts and data because they are afraid of that,” Dr. Bawumia fired.
The Vice President made the statement at the closing ceremony of a training and orientation workshop for the newly appointed Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) in Accra on Wednesday.
He tasked the MMDCEs, who are the President’s representatives at the local level, to be proactive in informing the people about the various projects and interventions being rolled out by the Akufo-Addo-led government to accelerate the development of the country, and urged them to work assiduously to consolidate the government’s efforts.
“The upcoming 2024 elections is going to be fought at the local level and so you need to know the projects we have done in your districts and be proactive in telling the people,” he said.
The Vice President said that the delivery tracker that captured the various government projects would be upgraded so that the assemblies could directly update it with new projects.
He entreated the MMDCEs to work very hard to transform the economic fortunes of the people for the better, saying “you should approach your work with confidence and seriousness because our record will, and always, be superior to that of the NDC’s record.”
He mentioned some flagship initiatives rolled out by the Akufo-Addo-led administration during the first term and new ones being undertaken now to improve service delivery.
The orientation, organised by the Ministry of Local Government, Rural Development and Decentralisation, is intended to equip the MMDCEs with the requisite knowledge and skills in order to provide efficient leadership at the local level.
The event was on the theme: “Building Successful Leadership for Local Economic Transformation and Improved Service Delivery,” which enabled them to network and share ideas towards the government’s transformation agenda.
“The Akufo-Addo-led government wants to transform Ghana and so what government has done since assuming office is to decentralise development and ensure inclusion. This is what has underpinned the philosophy and economic strategy of governance of this country so that no part of the country is left behind in terms of access to development,” Dr. Bawumia emphasised.
He stated that government was putting together database for farmers and fisherfolks across the country towards the digitisation of fertiliser and pre-mix fuel distributions to curb corrupt practices.
By Charles Takyi-Boadu