Ghana minus NPP will have absolute peace - Agbenyo

Only the complete dissolution of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) would bring “absolute peace” to Ghanaians, a member of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) has declared.

Fred Agbenyo, who is also aspiring to be Deputy Propaganda Secretary of the NDC, claims Ghanaians have only enjoyed peace in our political history, when the NPP and parties belonging to its ideological antecedents have been prevented from taking active part in national politics.

Commenting Thursday, August 21, 2014 on the recent upheavals in the NPP, culminating in an armed attack at the party's headquarters on Tuesday, Mr. Agbenyo declared on Adom FM's Dwaso Nsem morning show: “Ghana, minus NPP will have absolute peace”.

According to the NDC communicator, the NPP, whether in government or out, “has always given Ghanaians problems.

“Every government has had problems with them. Even Dr Kwame Nkrumah had problems with their forefathers. Ghana minus NPP will bring absolute peace”.

Fred Agbenyo said apart from causing uncertainty on the political scene, “NPP has also worried us economically. They have run down the economy every time their political tradition assumes the reins of power in Ghana. Even when President John Mahama is showing visionary leadership, including the recent commissioning of the Komenda Sugar factory, they are still complaining and saying it is bad. Why?'

But in a sharp rebuttal, the Member of Parliament for Asene-Manso-Akroso, Yaw Owusu Boateng rubbished Fred Agbenyo's claim.

Citing the military coups undertaken by the founder of the NDC, Flt. Lt. Jerry John Rawlings (Rtd), as well as what he termed the incompetence that led to the sale of “over 200 state-owned enterprises” during the 19 year old rule of the former President, the Asene legislator said the NDC should “be the last people to ask for the dissolution of any party”.

Mr. Owusu Boateng questioned the rationale behind government's lead role in the resuscitation of floundering state owned companies, maintaining that they collapsed in the first place because of government interference “and there is no indication it will not happen again”.

“Every economic theory is against it. Even (tightly state-controlled) China is encouraging the private sector, so why do the opposite in Ghana?”