Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt Jnr. has praised the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration over their performance in the education sector.
Kwesi Pratt, speaking on Peace FM’s Tuesday edition of “Kokrokoo” morning show, expressed his amazement over the number of projects completed and ongoing in this sector under the incumbent government.
He wondered why the government has done so much to enhance the education sector but they fail to communicate their achievements to Ghanaians.
The seasoned journalist felt so impressed for knowing the educational development projects and wished the government would concentrate on projecting what they have done to better Ghana’s education system than they do to the digitalization programmes that have become their prime talk.
“I am really surprised and amazed about some of the strides which have been made in the educational sector. I’m surprised; I mean when I saw some of the type of Science laboratories they have built and the quality, the numbers and so on, I was genuinely impressed. Genuinely impressed!”, he told host Kwami Sefa Kayi.
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Source: Ameyaw Adu Gyamfi/Peacefmonline.com/Ghana
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@Obi-ba, what you have said would have been largely true prior to Nana Addo coming to power. His government has revealed that the NPP as a party is not better in anyway than the NDC, it all depends on who is leading the party. In fact, if you have to compare both parties, I will select the NDC over the NPP because they came from a very rough background but they have managed to transition into a democratic practice that's is superior to the NPP's. Just look at how Nana Addo has "bullied" his way through so many instances that were considered undemocratic and abuse of power, how the party conducted their internal elections, how Nana Addo applied indiscretion in so many decisions he made, at a point the party strongly disagreed with him in certain issues, yet they could not democratically handle them to the favour of Ghana. I think such things will not happen in the NDC. The NPP are overconfident, they are more likely to approach issues in a stubborn way due to this and that's why the shockers demoralised our economy. On the other hand, the NDC will be more than likely yield to a national dialogue when shockers are emerging and with national consensus, it becomes easier to handle such issues. The NPP are experts in corruption and covering up. Yes I agree that the NDC appears to have fallen to the tag that the NPP has imposed on them as not being social policy / intervention focused, I think they need to prove their ideology. The NPP on the hand, engages mostly in mere propaganda about policy issues, apart from education, they do not have any crucial policies that have short term and long term plans to benefit our country. Apart from these, I think both parties are largely the same.
You are right, Obi-Ba, because the Mahama NDC government built a sugar factory somewhere in the Central Region, it was a flop, Ghana is still importing sugar but the Akromfi Juice Factory under the 1D1F NPP government is producing and exporting pineapple juices. Yet we don't hear much about these failures of the NDC because the NPP is weak at making propaganda about its opponent's shortcomings and its own successes.
Mr Barima, you do not seem to be satisfied with the NDC as a political party guided by principles, traditions and ideology that has the kind of leadership to transform our economy for a better life. You are not happy with the NPP either. But you would prefer to vote for the NDC to rotate between the two non-performing parties until things get better. Even though the issues that are driving your choice of the NDC are mostly based on perceptions as a result of lies and propaganda over time, it's not healthy to support a political party that bases its chances of winning elections on the shortcomings of its political opponent. In the democratic space, it encourages kleptocracy because the party becomes unaccountable for flagship projects and policies. Corruption therefore becomes a means of staying in power. My vote for the NPP is based on the fact that NPP governments have done well in education, national health insurance, digitalisation, road and rail construction and the results are there to see.
@Obi-ba, I know you are level headed that's why I engage with you. Don't dodge the issues that I'm raising. If you disagree with anything that I have said in my previous responses, please state them. Introspectively, are you proud of the track record of Akufo Addo and Bawumia?
@Kwaku Aidoo, granted that both NPP and NDC are non-performers, why should we let the NPP be in power for over 8 years to continue non-performing? Do you know what that means to the fortunes of our country? 1. Politicians who already take Ghanaians for granted will become even more confident that Ghanaians are ***barred word*** and will for them anyway regardless of their performance, what matters is to specialise in lying. 2. We risk graduating professors and PhDs in thiev.ry and corruption. Already, the situation is appalling and we don't have to ground people in it. 3. Bawumia has initiated a very dangerous thing to our democracy, monetization of party elections, rewarding him with power in addition to the 8 wasted years means we have all endorsed that method. As we have agreed that currently we don't have any of the leading parties caring about the needs of Ghana beyond themselves, we as citizens must be smart to be punishing them regularly until we find our correct leaders. NDC or any other alternative cannot do worse than non-performance which is what NPP has been doing in 8 years and will continue to do it extend their mandate. Don't be attached to a failed party, be patriotic and take responsible decisions given the circumstances we find ourselves.
Why a thermal plant for Kumasi? Kumasi is close to the Bui Dam. Akosombo Dam is also not far away. How does the diesel or gas get to the thermal plant in Kumasi from the port? Is there any wisdom in exporting electricity when domestic demand is growing? Obviously hydropower is cheaper. We can build some more hydroelectric dams.
Granted that the Npp government is not performing as expected but my worry is that, is Mahama the alternative to solving our problems? Just wondering.
The point is, given the track records of the main political parties, the NPP and the NDC, if I had to choose between them, I would go for the NPP. Because, among other things, education and the digitalisation projects are not doing badly, the progress is remarkable and I bet they are not exaggerated. Drug delivery by drone to remote rural areas in Ghana and mobile money are working efficiently. These strategic ventures, flagship projects, cannot be said of the NDC government when they have the mandate and form governments, so I think the NPP should break the 8 so that the NDC can keep its own counsel and re-energize itself as a democratic party with ideology and traditions that can be translated into policies and projects. Then, if Ghana has chosen democracy to develop, we should understand that political parties in the multi-party space have unity of purpose and is a continuum as we develop going forward. It is therefore incumbent on the political parties to sell their better alternative ideas that will translate into quality of life
@Obi-ba, I beg to differ. Giving the NPP a straight 3rd term will be a direct reward for mediocrity, severe corruption, and business as usual. Given the resources that this government has received, whether from heavy taxation and duty raises, grants, or the unprecedented high level of loans and euro bonds raised by Ofori Atta, they certainly could have done at least 10 times more than what they have done. Instead, there have been massive leakages of funds into people's bedrooms and alleged poly tanks, among other channels. I do not think the NDC is any better or worse, but alternating these two disappointing parties will be a more prudent and pragmatic way of managing our democracy and resources until we get a credible third option. Touching on the projects that have been undertaken by the government, I do not doubt that the education sector has been phenomenal, even though I disagree with the idea of sharing 1 tablet per student. It's not sustainable, and the government can only be motivated by vote hunting to use such a ridiculous approach. As for digitisation, I think if people are honest with themselves, they will see that it cannot be considered the main achievement when internet access is still limited and expensive. This severely limits people's desire to embrace a technological way of doing things. It's erroneous and deceptive for anyone to call digitisation projects the flagships of this government. These are the ideas of people that they're trying to implement in their own way, or if by chance they come into contact with Bawumia, then he gets involved and takes credit for them. The pharmacy app is an example. I personally know the gentleman who started the whole thing on his own, and later got in contact with Bawumia who supported it. Now Bawumia presents it as if he conceived the idea. That's high-level academic dishonesty. I don't want to assume that just like Akufo, whose inaugural speech was plagiarised, Bawumia doesn't have any problems claiming people's IP as his own. To convince me that Bawumia is doing anything useful in the digital space, he needs to first ensure that there's affordable internet available to everyone, rich or poor. That's the bedrock for any serious digitisation agenda. Secondly, he needs to create working systems or frameworks where no one needs to know anyone before they can convert their ideas into useful tangible products. He can strategically create enablers at the basic school level, and we can identify a specialty area where we can develop ourselves and become global leaders in those areas. Lastly, he should dissociate himself from people's projects. He can cite them and credit the people behind them. Without these foundational structures, it's like Bawumia using our money to build huge mansions on water runways without any foundations. Without these foundational structures, they're mere populist appeasing projects. They're very short-lived, and only simpletons will applaud him for those.
THIS IS ALL PROPAGANDA…..U CAN SEPARATE NPP FROM PERCEFM …..they have been deleting our comments …..even if kwasi Pratt didn’t say that lies and propaganda will make u say that on him….i don’t why Peacefm and for that matter some ppl can’t be petrotic….. why do u want to be the ones to eat whiles others suffer and even go to the point to twisting and turning stories around to make people think u good….what a black and weak mindset….and only selfish NPP members think like that