Mustapha Gbande, the Deputy General Secretary for the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), has dropped an explosive bombshell concerning the relationship between the John Mahama government and the NDC party.
According to Mustapha Gbande, the relationship between the NDC and the John Mahama government is not the best.
He disclosed that since the NDC won back power, the relationship between the party and the government has been strained.
Speaking on Channel 1 TV, Mustapha Gbande stated, “The last time I checked, the national chairman said he was doing his thank-you tour. My opinion has always been that we could have done it together, but the national chairman is doing it because everyone is busy doing something else.
As stakeholders, since we won elections, the relationship between the party and the government hasn’t been the best, and it is not about jobs. I am saying the relationship between the party and the government to ensure that we succeed together has not been the best”.
Mustapha Gbande acknowledged that the strained relationship may not be deliberate since the government had a lot to do after taking over power,
He, however, stressed that the danger is that they are leaving the party behind, and as the officer in charge of operations, “I am concerned that we have to go back into conclave and assess what we have done and what we have not done so that we move,” he said.
Mustapha Gbande stressed that some elders of the political party have decided to be silent, which is not a good thing for the party.
“We have elders of the party, and we need to run back to them because they have decided to keep quiet and that is dangerous for every political party. So should want to bring everybody back, sit as a party and government, move concurrently and make sure we succeed together,” he stated.
In related news, Eric Agyei, the CEO of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP), has criticised Mustapha Gbande.
Eric Agyei stressed that Gbande himself is also a government appointee and cannot distance himself from concerns about how appointees relate to the grassroots.
“He is also an appointee. We are all appointees, so which appointees is he referring to?” Agyei questioned.
“So, if appointees are not treating others well, then he is also part of it,” he said.
“Does he know what people are doing for the grassroots supporters? Does he know the relationships we have with them?” he asked.
The NEIP boss added, “He should stop pretending and acting like a saint. I do not like it when people speak that way. He is my senior, and I respect him, but he should not incite party members against appointees”.
“We should be measured in how we talk about our party publicly. No one is better than the other; everyone is doing their work,” he said.
“Not showing off does not mean we have abandoned the party to ransom. Is he expecting us to broadcast everything we do? That is not how things are done,” he added.