A member of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) communications team, John Kuma has accused the governing National Democratic Congress of promoting cocaine trade in Ghana.
He was responding to claims by the Minister of Transport, Fifi Kwetey, that the John Kufuor-led NPP administration made Ghana a hub of cocaine trade.
Mr. Kwetey made the claim at a forum dubbed “Setting the records straight,” in response to claims made by the NPP that government has been incompetent particularly in its handling of the economy.
He said “it should be noted that; we tried not to even make reference to the fact that the NDC period was a period when the economy of Ghana was not inundated with massive cocaine cash as was experienced during the eight years of the NPP, when the floodgates of cocaine were opened and Ghana became a virtual cocaine hub.”
But in sharp rebuttal on The Big Issue on Saturday, Mr. John Kuma said Fifi Kwetey lacked credibility and his assertions were entirely untrue.
“You have used the presidency to promote cocaine and you have the audacity to refer to MV Benjamin which a committee sat and came up to say that the 77 parcels of cocaine was somebody’s figment of imagination and that there was no such thing,” he said.
“What is his [Fifi Kwetey] credibility to raise dead propaganda issues over weightier matters like you have received GH¢248b and you have not accounted for it?” he quizzed.
Mr. Kuma said the NDC has retrogressed and dwindled Ghana’s economic fortunes in spite of the firm foundation laid by the NPP before 2009.
‘We’ve managed economy better than NPP’
Transport Minister, Fifi Kwetey in a recent press conference said the NDC has managed Ghana’s economy better than the NPP. One debt stocks, he said “From 2001 to 2008, the NPP accumulated a total debt stock 56.9billion cedis, taking it from 9.7billion cedis in 2001.
He said the “NPP therefore had access to 4.3 times more loan financing than NDC 1 under Jerry Rawlings. In spite of this, the NDC 1 overshadows the NPP in virtually all critical development infrastructure.”
“NDC built 3 regional hospitals against zero by the non-performing NPP. NDC within that period, can also boast of a couple of public universities against zero by the NPP,” he added.
Source: Citifmonline.com
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Fiifi Kwetey is NOT from Eweland! He's Togolese, period.
POVERTY NO GOOD OH.LACK OF COCAINE CASH HAD MADE NPP LEADERS WEARING SECOND HAND SHIRTS.KOKOFU,,ASHITEY,SIMON OSEI MENSA,,WEARS THE SAME SHIRTS.FOLKS FIIFI FIAVI KWETTEY WAS THE BEST A LEVEL STUDENT IN WEST AFRICA AND WENT ON TO OBTAIN A FIRST CLASS HONOURS FROM LEGON IN ECONOMICS.EWELAND HAD THE KNOWLEDGE
talk is cheap.buh the truth always hurt.my fellows in the NDC lets stay focus n keep pushing the JM agenda forward
Why is Mr. Kwetey comparing NDC 1 to the NPP's reign instead of comparing the current governments performance to the NPP's performance. This comparison is disingenuous and propagandist. Compare the current performance to the previous and no the previous to the previous previous. What dumb comparative analysis. I laugh enter Maham's corrupt ford expedition.... Hahahahaha
NDC manifesto is toilet paper, i bought several copies and distributed it as free toilet paper at the various public latrines in and around Nima where it is widely patronised by those with running stomach.
YAW, YOU ARE EITHER A STARK LITERATE ILLITERATE OR YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE ISSUES AT STAKE. WHERE IS THE PAINFUL TRUTHS HERE. ? IS IT THAT THE NPP WAS THE GOVERNMENT IN POWER AND AIDED NAYELE AMETEFE TO USE THE VVIP WITH THE TACIT CONNIVANCE WITH NDC TOP OFFICIALS TO SMUGGLE COCAINE UNTO A PLANE. CLEARLY THE NDC IS USING THE NDC TO PROMOTE THE COCAINE TRADE IN GHANA BY ALLOWING THE VVIP TO BE USED FOR DRUGS. APART FROM NDC BLOCKHEADS LIKE YAW, WHO BELIEVES THE DISCREDITED FIFI FIAFITO KWETEY. ?
IT'S A PITY HOW THE NPP ALWAYS RESPOND TO PAINFUL TRUTHS WITH VILE INSULTS AND PROPAGANDA! THE NDC GIVES THEM ROCK SOLID VERIFIABLE FACTS AND THEY RESORT TO SWEEPING UNVERIFIABLE STATEMENTS - ALL LIES.