The National Democratic Congress (NDC) has been accused of stealing policies by Salam Mustapha, the National Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP).
Responding to the NDC’s promise, if elected to power, to pay for all first-year university tuition, Mr. Mustapha asserted that the opposition party is only implementing concepts that the NPP first put forth.
“They are taking from some of our policies and adding them to theirs. Bawumia said something in the past, and now they are also saying the same thing. I don’t have a problem if it’s going to help Ghana, which is what we are looking for,” he said.
In a Tuesday interview with Dwaso Nsem, the morning show on Adom FM, Mr. Mustapha also voiced his worries about the NDC’s capacity to carry out these policies successfully.
He made the argument that the NDC’s pledge is not novel nor inventive by pointing out that there are already established programs like the Ghana Student Loan Trust.
Beyond calling the NDC’s idea a “vote-buying gimmick,” the NPP youth organizer questioned the sincerity of their goals.
“If you didn’t initiate something yourself, it is very difficult to implement it, and that is the problem with the NDC. If they are giving a loan to students to pay their fees, then everyone can go for a loan to pay their fees.
“There is the Ghana Student Loan Trust, so it is not a new thing. This seems like a vote-buying gimmick because they don’t have any genuine intention. There is no integrity in the things that they say,” he added.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
