By James Defoe
After the launch of Dr. Kwabena Duffour’s Ahotor Project a few months ago, leader of the NDC Party, Samuel Ofosu Ampofo’s hatred for Dr. Duffour has become worse than a bushfire in a Dry Season.
As to what he wants from Dr. Kwabena Duffour, nobody knows. After the launch of his Ahotor project, you now want to handle the keys to his Ahotor Warehouse.
After launching it, you rather become suspicious of Him. What a world! You are not Serious the grassroots are waiting for you. The Party members in the 275 constituencies will hear of this. If he’s decided to help the Party at the grassroots level what’s your problem? Is it your money? As to whether it’s a waste of his money for his presidential ambitions or not what’s your problem?
I have for some months now been hearing of “sack Ken Ofori Atta” by some leading members of the NEC and Former President John Mahama. That is a good call because we can’t say sack President Nana Akufo Addo. His position is by statues. Ofori Atta’s is by appointment. It means the finance minister is not good or doing well. He has failed Ghanaians on the economic front. We are virtually in an obituary state. So, if a good man like Dr. Kwabena Duffour wants to lead the NDC and you try to sabotage him. Per the NDC Party records, he’s very credible. You don’t even mention him as the man who aided Late President John Mills Economic achievements.
Dr. Kwabena Duffour as finance minister under the Mills government listened, advised, and implemented policies that made the cost of living way better, unemployment was far better in these areas; electricity supply and charges were way better. We need Dr. Duffour to lead the Party. But because the leader hates and wants John Dramani alone to go unopposed.– it has become embarrassing that whenever they mention Mills’ economy nowadays they always omit his former finance minister under Mills.
President Mills knew the pedigree of Dr. Duffour and was able to inject a breath of ‘Fresh Air’ into the country’s continuous transformation process within a considerable short period.
This is manifested in the diverse socio-economic and political sectors of the country, notably, Health-Care, Agriculture, Power Generation, Education, Works and Infrastructure, Housing, Roads, Communal Integration, Transportation, and the overall shape of the nation’s economy.
All these sectors wore new looks! Under Dr. Kwabena Duffour a visionary leader in 21st Century financial transactions. His performances are evident in job creation, power reforms, agricultural transformations, road construction, aviation, transportation, economic growth, education, water, pension reforms, oil industry reforms, electoral reforms, and port reforms.
The period between 2009-2012, when President Evans Atta Mills was President of Ghana with Dr. Kwabena Duffuor as Finance Minister when the country’s inflation rate remained in the single-digit brackets, is evidence that under an NDC government.
Longest single-digit inflation for 30+months. SHS Project:
1. Reduced SHS from 4 years to 3 years
2. Provided 600 emergency school facilities in SHS-Dormitories, Assembly Halls, Classroom Blocks, Libraries
3. Established Hila Limann SHS in Gwollu
4. Established University of Health and Allied Sciences-UHAS-Sokode Lokoe near Ho
5. Established University of Energy and Natural Resources-UENR-Sunyani
6. Secured 3 CBD Loan out of which 1bn dollars was used to construct the Atuabo Gas Processing Plant
7. Implemented Single Spine Salary Structure
8. Completed the Gang of Six Project inherited from Kufuor
9. Polo Ground-Spintex By-Pass
10. Restored Accra-Tema Railway Transport
11. Cape Coast Sports Stadium
12. National Hockey Stadium
13. Under-20 National Team won the World U20 Cup in Egypt
14. Black Stars Silver Medal at AFCON in Angola
15. 2010 World Cup Quarter Finals
16. Established University of Ghana Medical Centre, UGMC
17. Built Tamale Teaching Hospital
18. Begun construction of Kotokuraba Market.
19.The New Court Complex to replace the Cocoa Affairs Court
