THE Western Regional Branch of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) has called on those judging the Professor Mills- led- government after barely 11 months to consider the supreme interest of the party and the people of Ghana.
It said the party’s council of elders should as a matter of urgency step in and take the necessary steps to bring order into the party.
The regional office said it was unacceptable that in the name of internal democracy it had become fashionable for people in key positions in the party who had access to better channels for redress rather resort to radio stations and other forms of mass media at the least opportunity.
The Regional Secretary of the party, Mr J.R.D. Kobinah said the NDC was given a four-year mandate by the people of Ghana and it was mind boggling that a few selfish people in the party are attempting to cut short the full length of the party’s mandate to 11 months.
“It is disturbing to note that some of these colleagues, who are washing our dirty linen in public, are key members of the party,” he said.
Mr Kobinah told the Daily Graphic that, what was confronting the party today was to ensure that together as a team they worked towards the fulfillment and delivery of better standards of living for the people of Ghana.
“We contested an election, we all played our individual roles to ensure that that we won power, therefore, after power we have to work as team to ensure that our aim is achieved,” he said.
“The Western Regional branch will like to appeal to all protagonists and in the supreme interest of the party to close their ranks and support President Mills to deliver on the Better Ghana Agenda,” he said.
The regional secretary said the youth would lose should the government fail to deliver.
He said it was important that any member of the party who had reservations about some development in the party should first use the existing channels of communication to put their message across instead of rushing to the media.
The Western Regional branch therefore assured the president of their unflinching support adding that everything possible would be done to ensure that the dream for delivering a better Ghana would be realised.
Relatedly, GNA reports that, Alhaji Sumani Zakari, the Northern Regional Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has appealed to the rank and file of the party to unite and stop the internal bickering.
He said party members should rather rally behind President John Evans Atta Mills and help him to deliver on his campaign promises.
He said recent criticisms and attacks on the President by members of the party on the perceived slowness of his administration in running the affairs of the country was not a healthy development.
Alhaji Zakari, who made the appeal at a press conference in Tamale, said such public criticisms could distract the President from his core agenda of working hard to ensure a better Ghana.
He, therefore, called on all NDC members, including former President Rawlings to "cease fire" and rather support President Mills in his efforts to make Ghana a better place for all.
Alhaji Zakari used the occasion to thank delegates of the party who re-elected him as regional chairman at the recent party congress to elect new party executives.
The Eastern Regional Branch of the NDC has also expressed surprise and displeasure at the way some members of the party were openly criticising the government.
A press release issued by the Regional Secretariat of the party in Koforidua said the criticisms were contrary to the good performance of President John Evans Atta Mills government within the 11 months in office.
It said Ghanaians voted for the NDC on the basis of the pledges the party made in its manifesto.
The release said it was, therefore, fair to use the promises made in the document as the basis to judge the performance of the government.
The release expressed faith in the government of President Mills and called on all Ghanaians, especially members of the NDC, to support the government and desist from criticisms that only distract the Executive from its course.
The regional branch expressed confidence in the 2010 budget, which the members said catered for all segments of the Ghanaian society.
The release explained that the government inherited a budget deficit of 20 per cent with shocking revelations of mismanagement and misapplication of huge sums of money by the previous administration.
It said members of the party should not be echoing tunes of the opposition who are less informed about the party's programmes.
The release said the party clearly stated what it would be doing for the first 100 days in office, the first year, the second year and at the end of its first term.
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