- 07 Aug 2011 21:23
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The Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Mr Kwesi Pratt, during a dialogue on Radio Gold’s current affairs programme Alhaji & Alhaji on Saturday, stated that the time has come for the government to proceed with solving the bread and butter issues of the citizenry.
According to him, the forthcoming 2012 Presidential elections will be based on concerns raised pertaining to the living circumstances of the people.
Kwesi Pratt stated that although he has no shadow of doubt about the ethical and moral integrity of President John Evans Atta Mills, he deems that will not be reason enough for Ghanaians to want to preserve his government in power.
He said more has to be done to improve the living conditions of the people to persuade them to vote in order to retain the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in power.
“The 2012 elections should not be taken for granted because this is going to be a keenly contested election and there are so many variables that need to be looked at properly,” stated Kwesi Pratt.
Some of the main sections of the campaign, would be the rate at which prices have escalated since the NDC administration took office in 2009.
“Have prices risen? What are the factors which have compelled prices to rise? Could something have been done about it? What is the rate of increases now as compared to the rate of increases in the Kufuor administration and previous administrations as well?” He questioned.
He therefore counseled the government to pay particular attentiveness to the voices the people in relation to price increases which has made life’s struggle very challenging for many.
Mr Pratt questioned: “What will be the message of this administration come 2012 with regards to increases in prices…?”
The elections will be decided based on the manner in which decongestion exercises, especially in the capital city Accra, is being done. He admitted that the city had to be decongested to pave way for waterways and also for the purposes of beautification.
However, the editor minced no words when he noted that “sending bulldozers around to Chokor and other places to demolish houses and push people into the rain without any consideration what happens to them thereafter is particularly reckless, politically reckless.”
Kwesi Pratt stressed that the issue of decongestion was very critical since it could have very serious repercussions on the 2012 elections; “it can, to a very large extent, determine who becomes president and who does not become president.”
The editor emphasized that it was important for all to understand that those who sell in the streets do so because they have no option “and they do so as a matter of survival.”
“You think that these boys selling chewing gums in the streets…have no ambitions? All of them would wish that one day they would also be ministers and be saluted by policemen…,” he argued.
Mr Pratt also noted that the role of ministers is to inspire for productivity but expressed disappointment that too many of government appointees have been glued to their seats.
He insisted that it is time for the appointees to reach out to the people and explain to their understanding government policies.
“…It is not sufficient to go out there and create the impression that everything is rosy rosy rosy rosy, it is time to compel people in the administration to focus attention on the needs of the people,” he persisted while lamenting the fact that in a tropical rainy belt like Ghana, people had to continue going round in search of water.
He claimed that the moral authority of the President is being chipped at gradually by the opposition and thus, advised the President to reinforce his authority by showing non-performing appointees the exit door.
“I have full confidence in the personality of John Mahama, I still believe in the moral integrity of the President but these are not enough, things need to be done,” maintained Kwesi Pratt.
Source: http://ghanapolitics.net/Political-News ... pratt.html
According to him, the forthcoming 2012 Presidential elections will be based on concerns raised pertaining to the living circumstances of the people.
Kwesi Pratt stated that although he has no shadow of doubt about the ethical and moral integrity of President John Evans Atta Mills, he deems that will not be reason enough for Ghanaians to want to preserve his government in power.
He said more has to be done to improve the living conditions of the people to persuade them to vote in order to retain the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in power.
“The 2012 elections should not be taken for granted because this is going to be a keenly contested election and there are so many variables that need to be looked at properly,” stated Kwesi Pratt.
Some of the main sections of the campaign, would be the rate at which prices have escalated since the NDC administration took office in 2009.
“Have prices risen? What are the factors which have compelled prices to rise? Could something have been done about it? What is the rate of increases now as compared to the rate of increases in the Kufuor administration and previous administrations as well?” He questioned.
He therefore counseled the government to pay particular attentiveness to the voices the people in relation to price increases which has made life’s struggle very challenging for many.
Mr Pratt questioned: “What will be the message of this administration come 2012 with regards to increases in prices…?”
The elections will be decided based on the manner in which decongestion exercises, especially in the capital city Accra, is being done. He admitted that the city had to be decongested to pave way for waterways and also for the purposes of beautification.
However, the editor minced no words when he noted that “sending bulldozers around to Chokor and other places to demolish houses and push people into the rain without any consideration what happens to them thereafter is particularly reckless, politically reckless.”
Kwesi Pratt stressed that the issue of decongestion was very critical since it could have very serious repercussions on the 2012 elections; “it can, to a very large extent, determine who becomes president and who does not become president.”
The editor emphasized that it was important for all to understand that those who sell in the streets do so because they have no option “and they do so as a matter of survival.”
“You think that these boys selling chewing gums in the streets…have no ambitions? All of them would wish that one day they would also be ministers and be saluted by policemen…,” he argued.
Mr Pratt also noted that the role of ministers is to inspire for productivity but expressed disappointment that too many of government appointees have been glued to their seats.
He insisted that it is time for the appointees to reach out to the people and explain to their understanding government policies.
“…It is not sufficient to go out there and create the impression that everything is rosy rosy rosy rosy, it is time to compel people in the administration to focus attention on the needs of the people,” he persisted while lamenting the fact that in a tropical rainy belt like Ghana, people had to continue going round in search of water.
He claimed that the moral authority of the President is being chipped at gradually by the opposition and thus, advised the President to reinforce his authority by showing non-performing appointees the exit door.
“I have full confidence in the personality of John Mahama, I still believe in the moral integrity of the President but these are not enough, things need to be done,” maintained Kwesi Pratt.
Source: http://ghanapolitics.net/Political-News ... pratt.html
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