The Greater Accra Regional Organizer of the opposition National Democratic Congress, Anthony Nupkenu has lambasted government communicators under erstwhile NDC administration for what he describes as their inability to trumpet John Mahama's good works.
According to him, the Communications wing of the party was sidelined and treated badly by people entrusted with government positions to propagate the good work of Mahama's government but failed woefully.
He explained that some party functionaries treated the Green Book like cocaine and hoarded them when they were meant to be shared to Ghanaians. "They were treating it like cocaine. They should chew the books now," he stated.
He was speaking on an Accra-based radio station on setting the records straight on the $55.50 million water project commissioned by President Akufo-Addo for the people of Jambusie at Wa in the Upper West Region.
“Many things were hidden from the people of Ghana and even we NDC members, so today, the NPP goes out there and make political meat out of NDC achievement and you see us the very people they relegated to the background coming to defend it. Today, the Upper West Regional Communications wing of the NDC who are making things clear, how were they treated when we were in government. Why is the likes of those guys not talking today, where are they?, he stated
The water project has become a topic of controversy over which party should be credited for making the project a reality.
The NDC criticised the government for not crediting the erstwhile government for securing the fund and initiating the project.
“Today Akufo Addo will go and commission it and take credit. A project that was done under ex-President Mahama’s stewardship through the board of Directors he appointed. President Akufo Addo will make public noise about something he has no knowledge of because, we have people that when we were dealing with them, they thought they were gods, nonsense! â€he said.
“The foolishness they displayed in government has given the NPP the urge today to run after anything good that the finest President of the land [Mahama] did. Ex-President Mahama entrusted these guys with positions to propagate the good works of his government, but these guys failed woefully.
“Till today, we still have tonnes of ‘Green Book’ lying in peoples bedrooms and warehouse when these books were meant to be shared to Ghanaians, they were treating it like cocaine. They should chew the books now, this is the kind of foolish attitude put up by Ministers of state who ex President Mahama out of good heart and wisdom put them in positions…look today if Akufo Addo goes to Tema and commissions the Tema Housing Project, I’ll not be surprised because this one of the projects that was finished, TDC had wanted the president to come and commission but people around the President refused when we did the programme to go and commission as part of our campaign tour. Those communication managers of the President refused to go, thinking that they were doing things to spite some of us."
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