THE General Secretary of the Christian Council of Ghana, Reverend Fred Deegbe has condemned the blatant display of affluence on the part of some political party presidential aspirants during their campaigns in the face of abject poverty among many Ghanains.
He said the wanton display of wealth among the aspirants was a mark of insensitivity on their part to the plight of many poor Ghanaians, adding that it was unacceptable in the face of poverty among the general public.
Rev. Deegbe said this in an interview in Accra today with the Daily Graphic where he said although he was not against people campaigning to win political positions, but the rate at which some presidential aspirants were spending lavishly was not sending good signals to the electorate.
He said the process could also make the election loose their essense of electing the choice of the people and make people vote according to how much they receiveed.
Wondering why one would want to “splash so much money on a primary election”, Rev. Deegbe then retorted that no one knows what else will happen when such aspirants win the elections.
He stated that the display of wealth by such politicians would also reinforce the perception that politicians were seeking to assume positions not to better the lives of the people but to enrich themselves.
Commenting on the display of gigantic bill boards mounted in front of the University of Ghana, Legon prior to the holding of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) congress which comes off on December 22, 2007, Rev. Deegbe said commuters along the road just look at the boards and chuckle in amazement.
The aspirants he said were not being modest in their campaign saying that the trend of the campaign prior to the primaries was rather disturbing and warned that the method adopted if not checked may backfire to the detriment of the party.
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