By Albert Futukpor
Tamale, Nov. 23, GNA – Four political parties have shared their vision with selected youth and students in the Northern Region with each arguing why it is the best choice for the electorate in next month’s general election.
The parties namely, New Patriotic Party (NPP), National Democratic Congress (NDC), Convention People’s Party (CPP), and Movement for Change, shared their vision at the Voters’ Compass Policy Dialogue, held in Tamale.
The event dubbed: “Do Manifestos Matter? was organised in Tamale by Penplusbytes in partnership with the VoteSwiper and funded by the German Federal Foreign Office.
It was attended by representatives of political parties, youth groups, students, among others.
Mr Abdul Rahman Karim, Lecturer at the University for Development Studies and Member of the NPP, who spoke on behalf of the party during the event, said the party had fulfilled its promises to the citizenry, hence, need to renew its mandate to continue its development interventions.
Dr Ahmed Yakubu Alhassan, former Deputy Minister for Food and Agriculture, who spoke on behalf of the NDC, said it was obvious that the ruling NPP had failed and must be replaced by the NDC to help reset the country on the path to prosperity, growth, and sustainable development.
Mr Haruna Kasankomi, Northern Regional Secretary, CPP said since the overthrow of Dr Kwame Nkrumah and the CPP in 1966, the country had not had a visionary political party that could turn around the fortunes of the country adding it was time to bring back the CPP to ensure massive socio-economic and infrastructural development.
Dr Abubakari Sadiq Mohammed, Northern Belt Coordinator of Youth Activities of Movement for Change, said the NPP and the NDC had ruled the country interchangeably for over three decades without any meaningful socio-economic development, hence, need to vote for the Movement for Change to pave way for sustainable national development.
Mr Jerry Sam, Executive Director, Penplusbytes said the event was to enhance public understanding of political parties’ manifestos as part of efforts to strengthen accountability mechanisms in the country’s political space.
He said it was also to promote open, constructive discussion between political parties, civil society organisations and members of the public to enable them to make well informed choices during the elections.
GNA