The General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketia has accused the Presidential candidate of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Nana Akufo-Addo and his campaign team of �not thinking through their policy options� before churning them out.
�When they present a policy statement and it is criticized for lack of something that they had to have added, they will come back and add it,� he said.
President John Mahama has described the promise by Mr. Akufo-Addo of building hostels to accommodate head potters - Kayayei - in Ghana as insulting to the dignity of northern girls.
But the NPP has stated that the President�s comment is indicative that he has �completely lost touch with the concerns and aspirations of the suffering masses of Ghana� as the head potters are constantly abused and have to endure the hazards of sleeping unprotected on urban streets and pavements and therefore the hostel is a necessary measure.
Speaking on the Citi Eyewitness News on Thursday, Mr. Nketia opined that nobody takes the NPP serious because of the inconsistency in their promises and policies.
He said: �When they talked about free SHS and they were attacked, then they said they will add free basic school. And when they said �well, you claim you want to cure unemployment but it is technical schools and technical training that will create the jobs,� then they said they will add free technical schools and so on. So they keep on adding so it tells you that they don�t think through their policy options.�
�Why didn�t they add the option of training when they were espousing the policy in the first place? Mr. Nketia questioned.
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