Presidential staffer Kojo Adu Asare says the NPP must learn to appreciate processes that go into the setting up of a business and the role the investor and stop the mischief.
According to him, government’s role is to facilitate establishment of such initiatives but day to day operations and running of administrations strictly lie with the Board and management.
Mr Adu Asare who was speaking on Accra based Asempa FM’s, Ekosi Sen program on Monday, said the NPP’s attempt to pitch the public against government as if it had committed a heinous crime is amounts to a lack of appreciation of corporate governance procedure.
He was reacting to comments by the NPP that government should explain why it hurriedly commissioned a project when indeed it knew it wasn’t ready to start full operations. The party had earlier tried to ridicule government at a news conference that the factory had been closed down barely 48hours after a funfair to commission it.
But the presidential staffer said if the NPP appreciates basic management concept it wouldn’t be asking such questions from the investor, in this case the government.
“I am surprised the NPP wants government to decide on how the factory should be run when that is not its core mandate. Government has played its part by making sure it’s gone out there to source for capital for establishing the factory, appointed a board, drafted the sugar policy for approval and should now leave it and management to run the show. It can then keep an oversight responsibility. Anything that has to do with the management and how it scheduled the factory’s operations is purely administrative than political so they must go and lean corporate governance” he argued.
He said the NPP finds it convenient to direct their frustration at government for cheap political propaganda.
“The NPP should have rather taken it upon themselves to go and see for themselves what really is taking place at the factory. But well I am not surprised because when you have an opposition party that lacks alternative policies to counter that of government, you can understand why they rush to condemn anything intended to better the lot of the people” he emphasized
Mr Adu Asare’s comments come on the heels of what a section of the public have described as a deliberate attempt by the opposition NPP and its surrogates to paint a gloomy picture about the sugar project and to water down the excitement among residents who waited for over four decades for their dreams to come true.
Political analysts say NPPs desperation is borne out of fear of losing the KEEA seat which traditionally is an NDC stronghold. In the 2012 elections, NPP candidate, Dr Ato Arthur secured 22,151 votes representing 38.16percent and managed to pick the seat. NDC’s Dr Ato Quarshie who stood as an Independent candidate had 15,561 votes or 26.1 % while Dr J S Annan who stood on the party’s ticket won 13,962 representing 24.05 percent.
The new Komenda Sugar Factory is fully state owned but government says it is considering offering shares to private investors including Ghanaians to ensure efficient management and the sustainability of the project.
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