Sekou Nkrumah, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah’s last son, has slammed the New Patriotic Party (NPP) for saying that its infrastructure record was greater to his father’s.
The activist and writer noted that the NPP comes nowhere near even former President John Dramani Mahama in terms of infrastructure to make such claims.
When asked by Dr. Ren on Rainbow Radio 92.4FM in the United Kingdom via Zoom, his response to the claim by the NPP was, he said “I don’t think so.”
He argued that the construction of schools, roads, and other developmental projects were basic things every government ought to do.
In terms of infrastructure, he said there was a need for political leaders to invest in projects that would last a lifetime.
He then referenced the Akosombo Dam project constructed under his late father as an example of a legacy project that political leaders must invest in.
He then zoomed in on former President John Dramani Mahama, saying he did a lot when it came to that sector, and yet, Ghanaians kicked him out in 2016, emphasising his point that infrastructure alone does not develop a nation.
He stated that it takes more than the construction of schools and other basic projects to make a country progress.
He admonished political parties and their leaders to have a total vision and an agenda that affects every aspect of our lives as citizens and not just pick one aspect.
“That is what shows the difference between leadership and so on. Rawlings also did his best to expand electricity across the country.
There has been a lot of contribution on infrastructure from leadership,” from every government. “But that is not it. It is about the quality of life and the opportunity to grow and develop. You have to have a total vision and and an agenda that will affect every aspect of our lives and not just pick an aspect of it.”
He noted that when political parties are in opposition, they make all manner of promises, but when they win power, they are overwhelmed by the challenges and don’t know what to do.
Sekou Nkrumah stated that one challenge he had for the NDC government in 2008 was that, as a government that had been in power for several years before returning to power, they had failed to impose themselves in terms of vision and an agenda to develop the country.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
