Appointees of President Akufo-Addo, including
ministers of state and Metropolitan Municipal and District Chief Executives
(MMDCEs), who will go wayward in the performance of their duties, will possibly
be sanctioned by the New Patriotic Party (NPP).The ruling political
party will soon come out with a new policy that would enable it to invite, grill
and possibly sanction government officials, whose actions negatively affect the
government and people of Ghana.
National Youth Organiser of the NPP,
Sammy Awuku, who made the disclosure on radio, stated that the NPP, which worked
tirelessly to achieve political victory, will not sit aloof for any appointee to
disgrace the government.
According to him, governments all over the world
come out from political parties therefore it was important for the ruling
political party to have powers to question erring appointees.
Mr Awuku,
who is adored by the NPP youth, stated that winning election is a difficult task
so the party would not allow errant government appointees to send the party into
opposition again.
The NPP National Youth Organizer stressed that the
party would keep government on its toes by highlighting its wrongs for immediate
corrections so that Elections 2020 would be a mere formality.
“We want to
build a strong NPP which will keep the government on its toes at all times so
that we will deliver on our campaign promises and even do more to make election
2020 easier for the party.
“The NPP shall criticize the government when
things are not going on as planned, and the aim is to help the government to
always keep in line and fulfill its promises to help better the lives of
Ghanaians.
“The party shall invite and grill government appointees whose
actions will bring disgrace to the party and make election 2020 difficult for
us,” Awuku stated said on radio.
In the western world, political parties
are strong therefore they have powers to invite, grill and possibly sanction
government officials whose actions tend to embarrass the government, according
to him.
Awuku, who gave the warning, stated that the NPP would critically
monitor and critique the inactions and utterances of government appointees to
help the party win Elections 2020.
The NPP official explained that he
respectfully rejected a ministerial position offered him by President Akufo-Addo
so as to strengthen the party for the next elections.
“It is prestigious
to be in government, it is also prestigious to put smiles on the faces of
people,” he said, noting that the party has just four years to deliver on its
promises.
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