Hassan Ayariga, founder of the All People’s Congress (APC) has proposed the need to have a national manifesto which will be a guide for all political parties and independent candidates in Ghana.
In an interview on Thursday, January 4, 2024, Ayariga noted that political parties’ manifestos are only written to lure people to vote them into power but once they are voted for the narrative changes.
“Because those we’ve given leadership were off the road,the promises they make with their manifestos were facts used promises,they use that to lure Ghanaian people into believing their manifestos and they are voted. And then when they are voted into power they change their ways, ” he said.
He suggested the need to have a national manifesto which will contain the concerns of everyone including political actors, experts, academia etc as a national developmental plan.
“We will craft this national development plan which will last for eight years. It should not be more than eight years but maybe a maximum of ten years because things keep changing over the period,” he said.
Mr. Ayariga in his delivery believe that this will encourage a well planned governance system and that the plan will be followed by all even when there is a change of political party or government.