Local Government and Rural Development Minister Dan Kwaku Botwe says the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has not proven to be a better alternative.
He holds the view the NDC has been a worse opposition which has provided no alternative policies to the good people of Ghana.
Dan Botwe says it’s worrying that a political party that wants to come back to power will just be lazying around and only criticize government.
He says it’s about time the media challenges the NDC to provide policy alternatives because the NPP while in opposition was always providing policy alternatives through press conferences on the various sectors of the economy.
“We are not an electoral Machine. The party does not exist to win only elections. We formed the party to churn out programmes and policies that will change the lives of people. Regularly we were coming out with ideas. Regularly sector by sector we were holding press conferences.
Those who are in opposition now, have you heard that they have organized any press conference to provide any alternative policy? Yet you the media haven’t challenged them. They have been in power and want to come again.
What alternative do you have for this country? Have you people asked them? I’ve mentioned from President Kuffour’s time policies that didn’t exist that we brought. We brought school feeding, health insurance, LEAP we brought it,” he said.
He continued” this time around we brought 1D1F, free SHS, one district one factory, you saw the agenda 111. Tell me beyond brick and mortar…If you take taxes from the people you will certainly construct roads and also build schools. That one almost every government will do that. I’m talking about ideas, social intervention policies. We have challenged them to point to one, they’ve never been able to bring any policy. They are in opposition, they have all the time still nothing”.
