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Edward Mahama AN Evening Encounter with IEA Ghana THE INSTITUTE OF ECONOMIC EDWARD MAHAMA AFFAIRS July 2008 A Public Policy Institute The Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA), Ghana, was founded in October 1989 as an independent, public policy institute dedicated to the establishment and strengthening of a market economy and a democratic, free and open society. It considers improvements in the legal, social and political institutions as necessary conditions for sustainable economic growth and human development. The IEA supports research and promotes and publishes studies on important economic, socio-political and legal issues in order to enhance the understanding of public policy. Further information may be obtained from the Publication Officer: The Institute of Economic Affairs P.O.Box OS 1936, Osu Accra, Ghana Tel: +233-302244716 / 0307010714 Fax: +233 302- 222313 Email: [email protected] ISBN: 988-584-61-x ISSN: 0855-3238 ©2010 Copyright by The Institute of Economic Affairs Printed in Ghana. All rights reserved. No part of this work may be published, used or reproduced in any manner without written permission of the publisher except in the case of brief quotations in critical articles and reviews. Publication of this work signifies that The IEA regards it as a competent treatment worthy of public consideration. The findings, interpretations and conclusions of this paper are entirely those of the authors, and should not be attributed to The IEA or any organisations that support it. The first series of Evening Encounters took place on the following PREFACE dates: May 14th, 2008 Evening Encounter with Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom, CPP he Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Ghana, seeks to th June 18 , 2008 Evening Encounter with Nana Akufo-Addo, NPP promote the consolidation of democracy and good th June 26 , 2008 Evening Encounter with Prof. J.E.A. Mills, NDC governance in Ghana and West Africa. The IEA works at rd thisT through national and sub-regional programmes of advocacy July 3 , 2008 Evening Encounter with Dr. Edward N. Mahama, PNC for democracy in economic and political governance. Over a period of twenty (20) years, The IEA has initiated far-reaching These Encounters offered the four Presidential candidates, whose processes of multi party democracy in Ghana, and carried out political parties had representation in Parliament, an evening each events of national cohesion and political accommodation and of interaction with a cross section of interest groups. accountability. Associations and institutions represented in the 2008 Encounters Since the year 2000, The IEA has organised Presidential Election included The Ghana Medical Association, The Association of Debates ahead of each of the nation's Presidential Elections. In Ghana Industries, The National Union of Ghana Students, The each election year, these debates have provided Presidential Ghana Employer's Association, The Trades Union Congress, The candidates a platform on which to dialogue with each other on the Ghana Federation for the Disabled, The Ghana National policies and programmes they believe will best serve the national Association of Teachers, The Network for Women’s Rights in interest. The Presidential Election Debates are gradually instilling Ghana, The Ghana Union of Traders Association and The an issues-driven approach to presidential campaigns. The debates Pharmaceutical Society of Ghana. offer the electorate the information on the policy direction of each Presidential candidate's manifesto, with which to make informed It is our firm belief and optimism that with your collaboration, the choices. They further serve as a backdrop against which to demand Evening Encounters will indeed serve the purpose for which they accountability from their leaders. have been initiated. We count on you, the electorate, presidential aspirants, political parties, policy-makers and civil society, to play The IEA has created yet another platform to enhance the the role that only you can, which is to follow, participate in and development of an issues-driven approach to national elections thus, strengthen each step in the process of democratisation of our and the establishment of accountable leadership in Ghana. This is dear nation. the Evening Encounter Series, which was initiated in 2008. The following provides a transcript of events at the Evening The Evening Encounters concept differs from that of the Encounter with Dr. Edward Mahama. Presidential Debates, in that while the focus of the Debates is the interaction between Presidential candidates, the focus of the We hope you find this publication useful. Encounters is the interaction between candidates and the electorate. Thank you. Jean Mensa Executive Director as IFES, NIMDs and many more that time will not permit me to mention. I would not be standing here if not for this experiment of democratic governance. Beloved Ghanaians, our campaign theme is “REAL CHANGE, REAL HOPE”. We have been consistent with this theme since 1996 and indeed we launched a book on it in November, 2000. This was before the elections in December, in which Ghanaians desired change at any cost. The book entitled the New Ghanaian; a Mandate for Change is in its 4th reprint as we speak. That change must come to give hope to our young people, risking all odds to cross the Sahara Desert to get to Europe. These young daring Ghanaians are needed right here to build Ghana and we must bring about the change that gives them hope to keep them here. Dr. Edward Mahama addressing the audience. Fellow Ghanaians, the PNC and I believe that the monster of under development facing Ghana as a Goliath can be defeated. But you need a David. Simply, this Goliath we now know is istinguished invited guests, fellow Ghanaians watching Corruption, Poverty, Ignorance and Disease. by television or listening by radio, ladies and gentlemen, Dgood evening. Corruption Thank you IEA, GBC and Radio Joy for the opportunity you have The fight against corruption has to be tackled on many fronts but I given me to share this platform with the honourable presidential will just mention the following that can be addressed immediately candidates of the political parties that have representation in by an elected President. At the personal level: A certain amount of Parliament. Upfront, I commend IEA for the role it is playing in corruption is a perception problem. The President himself this democratic dispensation in Ghana. I remember that IEA in therefore must be seen to abhor corruption. It will not be, do as I partnership with GBC and other media notably CNN organised say but not as I do, it will be, do as I say and do. That is leadership the first ever presidential debate in Ghana before the 2000 by example. elections. Seven presidential candidates participated in that debate. At the legislative level: The PNC Administration shall pass laws to deter would-be corrupt officials namely: Conflict of Interest I dare say that the building blocks and other materials required for Laws, Freedom of Information and Whistle Blower Protection a durable true representative government are gradually being put laws. together. I take time to recognise these institutions and others such 1 2 At the governance level: Separate the Minster of Justice from the farmers to make them constantly put Ghana among the top three Attorney-General or Director of Public Prosecutions position. producers of cocoa worldwide. We will find ways to subsidise our This enables the Prosecutor to be impartial and able to prosecute farmers and fishermen. The cocoa production example gives us not only others but people with ties with the Government. Let us the key to poverty reduction, that is, increased production. note that corruption does not exist only in the public sector but also in the private sector with over-invoicing and under-invoicing Therefore PNC will usher in a golden age of increased of purchase of goods and services. There are other subtle forms of productivity, as contrasted to the Golden Age of Business (buying corruption, with multi-factorial causes that we cannot discuss and selling of imported goods). Income earned should be here on account of time limitation. commensurate with levels of productivity. The more productive you are, the more income you should earn. We estimate that if corruption is reduced by about 50-60%, in addition to the direct cash savings to be realised, the efficiency in Agriculture the public sector will also improve, leading to greater national productivity. Increased productivity in agriculture will be achieved by rehabilitating the abandoned irrigation projects such as Tono and Poverty Aveyime and dredging the silted and poorly-maintained dams all over the country. We will revise and modernise the Operation The poverty levels estimated variously from 35-45% are Feed Yourself of Col Acheampong. Rainwater harvesting into unacceptable, considering the resources in human and material reservoirs and dams, irrigation, guaranteed farm gate prices, terms available to Ghana. There are the working-poor of Ghana: technical support to minimise post harvest losses and opening up farmers, fishermen, teachers, nurses and many other categories of farming areas by feeder road construction will help our people get people in the public sector, who are working, and yet poor. The themselves out of poverty. As the late James Brown, a pop singer second class are also the teeming unemployed youth of Ghana. of America said: “I don't want nobody to give me nothing: just Among both categories of the poor, the working and the open the door, I will get it myself”. unemployed, women predominate. Reduction of poverty has to start at the appropriate point to make the impact that we all desire. The point here is that equal opportunity is what every Ghanaian is Remember we have gone through myriads of programmes such as asking for. That is what the cocoa farmers, who do not even see PAMSCAD, Poverty Alleviation and now GPRS I & II.
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