GOVT ON COURSE TO DELIVER ON PROMISES (PAGE 16, APRIL 14, 2010)

A Deputy Minister for Information, Mr Sam Okudjeto Ablakwa, has met cadres of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the Tema Metropolis and interacted with them on the Better Ghana Agenda set by the government .
He told them that the government was on course and would ensure that it delivered on its promises .
Mr Ablakwa said it was the duty of the cadres who formed the link between the party and the grass oots, to establish a communication channel to propagate the good work of the government .
He said the government had achieved a lot, but because of lack of information, many people did not know about those achievements .
Mr Ablakwa was not happy that even though documents on budgets, forums and policy statements were reproduced and the cadres were expected to pick and study them, that had not been done . He said the documents were educative and would keep them well informed.
Mr Ablakwa was of the view that the cadres would be helping to shape the nation if they had adequate information about the day-to-day occurrences in government circles .
He affirmed that the government had paid the chunk of the debt left by the previous government and said that was a clear sign that the NDC government was making headway.
On job creation , Mr Ablakwa said he still stood by the employment figures which were recently released and that these were credible, noting that these were figures produced by professional bodies. He said the figures were not concocted but collated from credible sources such as the Head of Civil Service and professional agencies involved in employment issues.
He announced that more jobs were in the pipeline, and added that the Ghana Investment Promotion Council (GIPC) had registered over 200 companies for the oil and gas industry.
Mr Ablakwa said that would create about 1,800 jobs by the year 2011 and explained that investors in areas such as the airline, hospitality and salt industries were interested in establishing industries that were oil and gas-related.
He said the country had huge potential in the area of job creation and assured the cadres that with their support, the government would be returned to power after the next general election .
The Tema United Cadre Front of the NDC has members drawn from Tema, Ashaiman, Prampram, Kpone, Katamanso and Ada .
A representative of the cadres, Nana Yaw Amanianpong, expressed the gratitude of the cadres and gave an assurance that they would carry the message to the grass roots.