The First Vice Chair of the outgoing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Madam Anita Disoso has slammed the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for raising an alarm over the recruitment and award of contracts to individuals by government.
Former finance minister, Osafo Marfo in the erstwhile Kufour administration and representative on the transitional team for president-elect, Nana Akufo-Addo has raised an alarm that government was awarding last minute contracts and recruiting people into service institutions nationwide.
“We have heard of ongoing recruitment into the security services now which we hope is not true. We have heard of the conversion of temporary staff of political assistants and some of the staff we took on into permanent public servants.”
“We have heard of the awarding of new contracts after the election results were announced on December 9. We’ve heard of the procurement of sales and national assets also after the results,” the former finance Minister added. He said, “We need to be cautious, we need to be transparent, we need to be candid and we need to be factual. We are therefore appealing to our colleagues that within this period, if there is anything that needs to be done, consultation needs to be brought on board.”
However, Madam Anita Disoso has lambasted the NPP stating that government programs cannot grant to a halt because the NPP has won an election. She quizzed whether the NPP were the ones that constructed the various hospitals and schools for them to come and recruit staff into them. She said, "we [NDC] constructed these facilities and so we will recruit staff to work in them before the NPP takes over office."
Speaking in an interview with Rainbow Radio’s Kwame Tutu, Madam Anita Disoso said, "The EC declared you winners of the election, we did not complain… But you are now crying over the recruitment of staff into various service sectors of the country. Why are you complaining? Have you constructed any school for you to come and recruit teachers into them? Have you constructed any hospital for you to come and recruit nurses into them? They should shut up. They did the same thing to us when they were leaving office in 2008. They signed the single spine pay policy before leaving office. Should we wait for them to come and recruit staff into our various projects? They should wait until 7, January, 2017 to take over and stop complaining."
Anita Disoso emphasized that President Mahama was next to Nkrumah regarding projects and infrastructure but was overthrown through the ballot just like Ghana’s first president.
When asked why the party has waited until elections are over before recruiting people she said, the recruitment went through processes hence the NPP have no basis to raise any false alarm. On the recruitment into the security services she said, the recruitment were done before the election. On the issue of contracts, she indicated that they went through various processes before approval.
She quizzed, "should Ghana come to a halt because Nana Addo has won an election? It is impossible. President Mahama is still the President and until 7, January, 2017, he cannot be questioned for discharging his duties as the leader of the country."
Source: rainbowradioonline
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Look at her too. Politics has been cheapened, hence oldies of her calibre participate to talk rubbish. Set up your own company and talk like this when someone does everything to run it down. Mind you, all illegalities will be reversed. Keep talking rubbish
Hasn't she lost her heard for loosing the elections? This kind of talk is a disgrace to your party at a time you have lost so brutally to your opponent. You are such an insufferable bore.
Anita God richly bless you. Yaaanom can go and burn the sea.
Mame Desouza just don't worry soon every Ghanaian would see Kumasi Inland port and Kumasi international airport, as well as, the grand railway line from Accra to Kumasi AND TO hAMILE IN THE upper West region .there is no more tribalism and soon all akans would be voting en bloc to tell NDC that tribalism and communism don't count in Ghana. we really don't care about what NDC will do because akans will now call Ghanaians together including the north and volta to learn how to love each other but not division and separatism.
The arrogance that led to their demise still continues. What is this NDC made of? Soon you will sing a new song.
continue to be arrogant and you will land in a pit
You are playing with fire,wait after 7th january
Shame we had such individuals running a Nation. Very shallow mindedness. Why are you sheepishly putting the cart before the horse. Everything takes time and planning. One month is too short to award effective contracts and recruit the right calibre of people for a particular task. It is a process. For Heaven's sake stop recruiting and stop awarding contracts. Also stop talking. Instead start clearing your desk and if there is any hand over notes please start from now. You only had one month to do so. You see the Nation wanted a change of direction. It has taken the Nation four years of time and planning to change you and your colleagues. So henceforth cease doing more damage to the Nation. You are now surplus to requirements.
Don't mind anita disoso the ***barred word***. All contracts awarded after the election will be null and void from January 7th 2017. ndc awifo party ndc awudifuo party ndc akohwifo ne nkontompofo party
no wahala now. when u will be sent to prison next year i hope u will remember what u said and did. u have already finished the country so just go ahead with the mess. Nana pls do us a favor by prosecuting anyone who is found to have misappropriated funds including the chief in command of Ghana incompetent ple. they are trying to make the country hard for you to govern and i hope u will do the right thing