Ghana's Image Is Sinking

The national chairman of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) Mr. Jake Otanka Obestebi-Lamptey has stated that the good image created by former President J.A. Kuffour and his NPP Government is under threat and that the image Ghana had previously is sinking in the deep sea. Mr. Obestebi-Lamptey said if we don’t say it we are going to have a situation whereby we would not have chance to correct it. “Ghana’s image is singing every where. Government is a relay race; one government takes over from the other so the Mill Mahama NDC Government takes over from J.A. Koffour- Mahama NPP Government, at the time that they took over Ghana was riding extremely high in the internal circle. Our President (Kuffour) has for the first time be the chairman of African Union(AU), he has been the chairman of ECOWAS for at least twice, he was invited to G8 and G20 meetings by then Ghana’s voice was heard in the corridors of the world, Ghana’s advice was sought, we were seen as being champion of democracy within Africa and the real hope for Africa.” He said it was on that base that the newly elected President of America B. Obama made to the land of twelve (12) others was to first come and visit Ghana. Instead of President Mills and Mahama to take over from where they inherited and build on it and even take it to a higher height, they rather do things to tarnish that image. Mr. Obestebi-Lamptey said even the image Ghana had in ECOWAS is undermined because they no more feel that Ghana is part and parcel of maintaining peace and unity of ECOWAS. Even in sports, FIFA threatened to throw us out, as if we did not learn any lesson from it not quite long when IOC went ahead to suspend us. Things of such nature tarnish the reputation of our country. Jake emphasized that Ghanaians should not forget that it was on this reputation that helped Ghana to access funds like the HIPC, Millennium challenge account of $547 million to develop places that was previously left behind. Therefore, Ghanaians should keep a vigil eye on NDC Government to retain the good image of Ghana.