PNC MUST EMBARK ON RESTRUCTURING (PAGE 16, JAN 25, 2010)

THE Upper East Regional Secretary of the People’s National Convention, (PNC), Mr Henry Fatchu, has called on the leadership of the party to embark on a restructuring and organisation of the party to capture political power come 2012.
This is the only way the party can work to implement the unfinished agenda of Dr Kwame Nkrumah and Dr Hilla Limann’s.
According to Mr Fatchu, this had become necessary because Ghanaians were not impressed with the unfulfilled promises of both the NDC and the NPP.
In a statement issued in Bolgatanga to commemorate the 12th anniversary of the death of Dr Hilla Limann, President of the Third Republic of Ghana, which fell on January 23, 2010, Mr Fatchu noted, “No matter how short Dr Hilla Limann’s administration was, he has his footprint in the sands of Ghana’s politics which has served as a benchmark for non-partisan, objective and civilized politics so as to truly reconcile a traumatised, impoverish and a divided nation after eight years of military dictatorship which should be the goal of all democrats.”
The Regional Secretary of the PNC said significantly, Dr Limann’s legacy of freedom from corruption in the Ghanaian society which he demonstrated by personally writing letters to all his appointees reminding them of the code of conduct, as well as the need to shun ostentatious lifestyles and lead clean lives, were worth noting.
Mr Fatchu said another achievement of Dr Limann worth reflecting on was in the area of agriculture. According to him, although the late President announced a two year crash programme for agriculture, between 1980 and 1981, those brilliant ideas where not implemented.
“Thirty years on, the question to ask is what is the situation of hunger, poverty and disease in the country if the right people are at the helm of affairs, Ghana would be a prosperous nation,” Mr Fatchu said.
Again, Mr Fatchu said, the late President’s acceptance of the rule of law and the verdict of democracy which was characterised by transparency which had hitherto unsurpassed records of human rights and democratic governance, was remarkable.
“With the advent of multiparty constitutionalism in 1992, he founded the PNC after various attempts to unite the Nkrumaists family under one political party failed”, he said, adding that today, the PNC was the second largest opposition party in parliament.