NPP Affirms Number One Position

John Boadu

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has affirmed its number one position on the ballot paper for the December 7, 2020 elections.

In a statement signed by its General Secretary, John Boadu, NPP says it was “pleased to inform the Ghanaian people that the party’s position as the number one(1) political party in Ghana and the pacesetter of unprecedented records in government has again been affirmed by the Almighty as the party picks the number one position on the 2020 ballot.”

“This is certainly no mean a coincidence because the party has, time without number, shown the way as the model of good governance, competent leadership and socioeconomic transformation of the fortunes of this country,” it said.

The EC did the balloting on Tuesday, October 20, 2020.

According to the statement,
“The NPP is the number one political party in Ghana to implement the biggest educational intervention in the country’s post-independence history, the Free SHS policy, which is helping to secure the future of some 1.5 million Ghanaian youth.”

“The NPP is the number one political party in Ghana that has been able to provide free water and free electricity to Ghanaians for more than 6 months.”

“The NPP is the number one political party in Ghana to implement the biggest health intervention programme in the country’s post-independence history, which is the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and has consistently saved the Scheme from collapse.”

“The NPP is the number one political party in Ghana to implement the biggest intervention in the nation’s agriculture sector, which is the Planting for Food and Jobs.”

“The NPP is the number one political party in Ghana that has constructed or facilitated the construction of over 79 factories under the famous 1D1F initiative.”

“The NPP is the number one political party in Ghana that has consistently kept the lights on (i.e. ensured a no dumsor republic) throughout its tenure of office.”

“The NPP is the number one political party in Ghana that has successfully commenced the construction of the single largest infrastructure project in Northern Ghana since independence, which is the Pwalugu Irrigation Project.”

“The NPP is the number one political party in Ghana that was able to successfully ensure the passage of the Right to Information Act after 21 years since it was introduced and having gone through six parliaments under the 4th Republic. The NPP is the number one political party in Ghana that established the Office of the Special Prosecutor and gave the most resources to all the Antigraft agencies including the Auditor General, EOCO etc in order to help them fight corruption of all kinds.”

“The NPP is the number one political party in Ghana that implemented the biggest intervention in the nation’s transport sector, which is the Metro Mass Transit System and has also revamped the railway sector. The NPP is the number one political party in Ghana that implemented the most robust and transformational digitization initiatives in the country’s post-independence history, which include: •National ID System
•Digital Address System
•Mobile Money Payment Interoperability
•Online Passport Application
•Digital Driving License
•Digitized Motor Insurance and Vehicle Registration
•Digitization of Birth and Death Registry
•Digitized NHIS membership renewal.”

“The NPP is the number one political party in Ghana that has established three Development Authorities to assist in decentralizing the provision of infrastructure to poor and deprived communities in the country. The NPP is the number one political party in Ghana that established the Zongo Development Fund as well as the Ministry of Inner-City and Zongo Development to help revolutionize and accelerate the development of the nation’s Zongos and Inner Cities.”

“The NPP is the number one political party in Ghana when it comes to competent economic management and has consistently achieved the best economic records in our history including reduced inflation, reduced interest rate, reduced policy rate, reduced fiscal deficit, best record in the rate of cedi depreciation and economic growth rate.”

“The NPP is the number one political party in Ghana that has consistently demonstrated competence in taking Ghana out of an IMF programme.”

By Melvin Tarlue

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