I agree with Rawlings; nobody will work for another to enjoy – Afriyie Ankrah

Elvis Afriyie Ankrah Deputy Local Government Minister

Deputy Local Government Minister Mr. Elvis Afriyie Ankrah has agreed with Mr. Jerry Rawlings that some people who played no apart in the NDC's struggle to win power in 2008 became key members of the Mills government.

Whilst insisting that some of the people playing central roles in the government who were not seen publicly campaigning for the party had done a lot of work backstage, he conceded there were others who didn't earn their positions – something he said must cease, going forward.

Former president Rawlings, speaking at the Special National Delegates' Congress of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) to endorse president John Mahama as the party's flag-bearer for the 2012 elections, complained that whilst he and others worked tirelessly and spent sleepless nights to ensure the party won the last elections, others who were cosying up in their air-conditioned rooms or outside the country turned up when the party won power and were given positions.

He said if president Mahama was to win the elections, he would need to get such people to join the campaign and work hard.

Speaking on Joy FM's news analysis programme, Newsfile, Saturday, Mr Afriyie Ankrah said, “I agree with him (Rawlings) totally…that it is about time everybody got on board and that those times when people will sit somewhere and take it easy in their homes and some people will go round and go and work hard and campaign and when we win power they surface, that should be a thing of the past.”