Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu, has vehemently disagreed with the idea that the National Democratic Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) are the same.
Speaking on Saturday, August 24, 2024, at the NDC’s manifesto unveiling, Ablakwa stressed the party’s commitment to combating corruption and set it apart from the current party.
Ablakwa dismissed claims that both parties are the same, stating, “You hear on a daily basis, some people say the two parties appear the same, NPP and NDC are the same. In this fight against corruption, we refuse, we reject that baseless and unfounded claim that the two parties are the same, we are not the same. The NDC is different.”
He used the National Cathedral project as an illustration to draw attention to the differences between the two parties.
Ablakwa accused the administration of embezzling money from Ghanaians, tearing down significant structures, and mismanaging assets.
The MP praised former President Mahama’s leadership, saying, “Fortunately, President Mahama has been a president before. Did you ever hear President Mahama say that he woke from a nightmare and so has decided to make a national pledge, and so he’s going to sink 58.1 million dollars in the world’s most expensive pit? That hasn’t happened under any NDC leader where God is deceived, the clergy are deceived, and Ghanaian people are deceived. It has never happened and will never happen under President Mahama.”
“That wasn’t the only deceit with the 339-million-cedi national cathedral. In the process, so many important edifices were demolished. As we speak, the Judicial training institute has been demolished, Judges’ bungalows have been demolished, scholarship secretariat demolished, passport head office demolished.”
“So, we have one leader who is a nation builder building Terminal 3, building Kumasi Airport, building Tamale airport and another leader demolishing, destroying in a deceptive pledge where he says he’ll not use our taxes. How can you say these people are the same? These two parties are not the same.”
Source: Citinewsroom