Ladi Nylander, chairman of CPP
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14th October, 2010
CPP : Our Political Alternatives Are To Help The Country To Re-Focus On Priorities
Mr. William Doworkpor, Communications Director of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), has stated that while the policy alternatives of the party are to help the country to re-focus on priorities, they also serve as party positions and messages to be propagated by party “Cadres and Comrades” engaged in the house -to - house, door- to-door and street-to-street mobilization of supporters.
Speaking to the Times in an interview in Accra yesterday, he said the party believes that the nation should be built on a set of values that would ensure the birth of a citizenry which places the interest of the nation above self and a community that is fair for all.
He said the CPP is committed to ensuring the transformation of the social behaviour of its citizens through deepening patriotism and instilling discipline, factors that would also bring about a complete social transformation.
He urged members and sympathizers of the party to support the efforts by studying the CPP policy positions and propagate them at the grass roots level.
They should also be encouraged to work in collaboration with other Nkrumahists parties through joint political activities in a united and purposeful manner at the polling stations, wards and constituencies.
Mr. Doworkpor deplored the absence of the sense of community which has led to the lack of balance of economic growth and national growth, adding that the nation’s ability to develop and reduce poverty is directly linked with the state of health of the environment.
He, however, commended the government for taking a hard look at the existing National Environment Policy with the view to amending it to reflect new developments in line with global environmental concerns.
At its second in the series “How CPP will do it”, a media encounter organized by CPP to spell out to the public its policies, vision and strategies for the future, Mr. Eric Kwamena Benyarko, the party’s Shadow Minister for the Environment pointed out that there were no ‘quick fixes or silver bullets’ in dealing with the challenges of environmental degradation.
“The CPP will like to commend government for this move, especially in view of the role oil may play in the fortunes of this nation and the dangers it could possibly bring should we be complacent about the governing laws and guidelines in the industry”, he said.
Mr. Benyarko said in addition, various ministries, including those responsible for Environment, Science and Technology, Local Government and Health have put together guidelines and standards, all designed to guide especially the district assemblies who are charged with various implementation aspects of environmental protection.
“This complex maze of regulatory policies is a representative of complexities of the issue of the environment. However, we still feel we have not gone far enough.
The CPP believes all the districts also need to identify their own issues and formulate the necessary policies to guide their actions in combating the degradation of the environment”, he stated.
According to Mr. Benyarko, six months after a CPP government assumes office, it would condense the various policy documents into a single page policy statement.
“It will contain all the ingredients of how we want to manage the environment in a language simple enough to be understood by the average citizen and handy as a teaching tool”, he stated, adding that it would be used as a vehicle to trickle down awareness to communities.
He said the CPP’s approach to managing the environment would be a commitment to raise the awareness of the effects of human activity on the environment backed by the adoption of bold, policy-oriented programmes to develop human resources and build up capacities to support the planning and implementation of environmentally sustainable development.
Speaking to the Times in an interview in Accra yesterday, he said the party believes that the nation should be built on a set of values that would ensure the birth of a citizenry which places the interest of the nation above self and a community that is fair for all.
He said the CPP is committed to ensuring the transformation of the social behaviour of its citizens through deepening patriotism and instilling discipline, factors that would also bring about a complete social transformation.
He urged members and sympathizers of the party to support the efforts by studying the CPP policy positions and propagate them at the grass roots level.
They should also be encouraged to work in collaboration with other Nkrumahists parties through joint political activities in a united and purposeful manner at the polling stations, wards and constituencies.
Mr. Doworkpor deplored the absence of the sense of community which has led to the lack of balance of economic growth and national growth, adding that the nation’s ability to develop and reduce poverty is directly linked with the state of health of the environment.
He, however, commended the government for taking a hard look at the existing National Environment Policy with the view to amending it to reflect new developments in line with global environmental concerns.
At its second in the series “How CPP will do it”, a media encounter organized by CPP to spell out to the public its policies, vision and strategies for the future, Mr. Eric Kwamena Benyarko, the party’s Shadow Minister for the Environment pointed out that there were no ‘quick fixes or silver bullets’ in dealing with the challenges of environmental degradation.
“The CPP will like to commend government for this move, especially in view of the role oil may play in the fortunes of this nation and the dangers it could possibly bring should we be complacent about the governing laws and guidelines in the industry”, he said.
Mr. Benyarko said in addition, various ministries, including those responsible for Environment, Science and Technology, Local Government and Health have put together guidelines and standards, all designed to guide especially the district assemblies who are charged with various implementation aspects of environmental protection.
“This complex maze of regulatory policies is a representative of complexities of the issue of the environment. However, we still feel we have not gone far enough.
The CPP believes all the districts also need to identify their own issues and formulate the necessary policies to guide their actions in combating the degradation of the environment”, he stated.
According to Mr. Benyarko, six months after a CPP government assumes office, it would condense the various policy documents into a single page policy statement.
“It will contain all the ingredients of how we want to manage the environment in a language simple enough to be understood by the average citizen and handy as a teaching tool”, he stated, adding that it would be used as a vehicle to trickle down awareness to communities.
He said the CPP’s approach to managing the environment would be a commitment to raise the awareness of the effects of human activity on the environment backed by the adoption of bold, policy-oriented programmes to develop human resources and build up capacities to support the planning and implementation of environmentally sustainable development.
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