News:
March 15, 2021
As we all return to the very serious business of building our Nation Ghana after the Yuletide the Majority Caucus in Parliament would like to say a hearty Akwaaba to all.
We would like to begin by paying glowing tribute first to you our country men and women for choosing to always stand up for Mother Ghana. In spite of our teething challenges the Good Lord in His infinite wisdom and largesse has again gifted us with a brand new year; a year pregnant with promise. For this, we give thanks and praise to his Holy Name!
Nation building is like the agony of a woman in labour. The process may seem excruciatingly painful, but the baby that is sure to come is always worth the trouble. If as a people, we truly do some honest soul searching at this special time of the year, we will see glimmers of hope at the end of our collective national tunnel. The many ongoing infrastructure projects in sectors such as Health, Education, Water, Roads and Transport, Energy and Ports are there for all to see.
Indeed, the Majority Caucus in Parliament share the same frustrations as expressed by our President and Leader of our Great Party when he said recently: “petty partisanship is the bane of our democracy, and the wish to acquire power becomes so insatiable that we put on politically coloured lenses and make it difficult for us to see what the reality is.” This is not to say that we as the Governing Party, abhor criticism. On the contrary, much as we are geared up and re-energised to work harder than ever before in the interest of Mother Ghana, we expect our countrymen and women to continue to crack the whip in any area that you sincerely believe we may be underperforming.
The Majority Caucus an integral wing of the NDC Party which recently held its hugely successful National Delegates Conference in Kumasi is inspired and motivated to better do our work. As forcefully stated by President Jerry John Rawlings and Founder of our Party during the Delegates Conference, “The strength of our Party is derived from the will of the people. The raw undiluted free will of the people to decide what they want for their Party, their communities and their country”
And so, to our teeming NDC Party supporters in every Branch, every Constituency and in every nook and cranny of Ghana, who worked so hard to return the NDC to power in 2012, we want to say thank you most sincerely for your support over the years. The icing on the cake for the New Year are our hard working National Party Delegates for recently signalling their high sense of urgency, renewal and of purpose by electing a good mix of officers to spearhead the affairs of our Great Party and by implication the Nation at large.
Most importantly, the peaceful, incidence-free and successful outcomes of this Conference should tell its own story to the rest of our country men and women – The NDC Party has been freshened up and is on solid ground to work harder in our remaining two years in the Governance of our Nation, the only reason for which the good people of Ghana would give us another mandate beyond 2016!
We want to finally reassure the good people of our country that we are not oblivious of some of the major challenges that confront our nation today. Our New Year message to you is not to despair and not to give up hope. As symbolised by our hugely successful National Delegates Conference in Kumasi, we in the words of our Founder are “focussed and ready to fight for the core values of what the NDC truly stands for: truth, transparency, integrity and a people-centred movement.”
Under the able leadership of our President we have indeed been working, are working, and will be working even harder in the coming year and beyond to guarantee the basic needs of our people across the length and breadth of our country. We can only do this if we bond together as one family. We are one! Let us commit to working together in the years ahead and make our country greater and stronger.
Afi oo Afi, Afehyiapa and Happy New Year to you all!
NDC Majority Caucus in Parliament
Majority Leader
Hon. Alban S. K. Bagbin
Signed