NPP LEADERSHIP COMMITS TO IMPROVING PARTY-GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP AS THEY HOLD REGULAR MEETINGS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT APPOINTEES AND PARTY EXECUTIVES ACROSS ALL LEVELS

NPP LEADERSHIP COMMITS TO IMPROVING PARTY-GOVERNMENT RELATIONSHIP AS THEY HOLD REGULAR MEETINGS BETWEEN GOVERNMENT APPOINTEES AND PARTY EXECUTIVES ACROSS ALL LEVELS

The National Executives of the NPP ably led by John Boadu and Freddy Blay, acting General Secretary and Chairman, have resolved to organize regular meetings between government appointees and party executives at the Regional and Constituency levels with the view to fostering cordial relationship between party and government at all times. Already, five of such meetings have been held in the Western, Central, Volta, Ashanti and Brong Ahafo regions on the 9th, 10th, 13th, 15th and 16th of August respectively.

These meetings which provide an opportune platform for the grassroot members of the party to interact with various government appointees, have had in attendance, some Ministers of State, MPs, MMDCEs and Chief Executive Officers (CEOs) of key State Institutions including the boss of the Youth Employment Agency (YEA), COCOBOD, NADMO, MASLOC, NEIP, NHIS, GIFECS, NPA, BOST, Ghana Gas, NSS, Free Zones Board among several others. The Office of the President, particularly the Operations Directorate led by the former National Organizer of the party, Lord Commey has been very instrumental in the organization of these meetings.

His Excellency the President himself, attended that of Western and Central Regions which coincided with his recent "thank you tour" in the two regions. The President used the occasion to account for his 7-month stewardship to the members of the party whilst assuring them that his government is very much on course to fulfilling all the 2016 manifesto promises of the NPP and delivering prosperity to the Ghanaian people including members of the NPP.

On appointments, the President, having acknowledged the fact that he couldn't have appointed everybody to serve in government, assured the people that as long as the NPP remains in power, they would all get work to do in view of the laudable policies and initiatives that are being implemented by the government; a lot of which seek to boost private sector growth and investments in consonance with the NPP's capitalist and centre-right philosophy.

On his part, the NPP General Secretary (Ag), John Boadu, who delivers the keynote address in all the regional party-government meetings, explains that the rationale for these engagements which have never happened in the history of the NPP, is to help foster a cordial relationship between government appointees and the officers of the party, thereby improving government-party relationship. According to him, this exercise is very crucial because research has consistently shown that parties in government easily lose elections anytime there exists a gap or breakdown in communication between the party and the government.

He also notes that these constant interactions would afford 'ordinary members' of the party, who are also Ghanaians to have direct contact with all the people that matter in government so that they would have adequate information on what the government is doing in various sectors and institutions in order to take advantage of any existing opportunity. Again, these regular meetings, according to John Boadu, has come to stay and would be held on quarterly basis. The remaining five regions shall have their turn after the party's national annual delegates conference scheduled for next week, August 25 to 27 in Cape Coast.

By Iddi Muhayu-Deen