Six presidential aspirants took component in the maiden version of the Minority Political Get-togethers and Impartial Candidates Election Discussion at the College of Professional Reports, Accra.
Hosted by JoyNews’ Head of Political Desk, Evans Mensah and anchor Emefa Apawu, the aspirants in a debate on August 13, answered questions and proferred their alternatives on various factors of the country’s governance.
The aspirants have been Kofi Koranteng, Samuel Ofori Ampofo, Marricke Kofi Gane, Carl Ebo Morgan, Dr Tom Asiseh and Onipayede Osson Teye.
After virtually two hours of coverage debate on nepotism, the electrical power sector, taxation, affirmative action, corruption amongst other people, each individual prospect experienced the option to existing an substitute method of governance to the nation.
When some offered excellent in their submissions, other individuals presented less spectacular arguments.
One particular of the far more impressive aspirants, Marricke Kofi Gane addressed steps to handle nepotism. Mr Gane asserted that Ghanaians must be presented a selection in the appointments created by the authorities in the jogging of the place.
He believes that it is crucial that professional institutions use a concerted approach to make sure that the most acceptable alternatives are manufactured in filling vacancies in the respective sectors of the economy.
The aspirant instructed a panel that an all-inclusive type in would control the problem of nepotism in the selection of leaders in govt.
“One of the matters that I have decided that we will do is to set up committees that involve people today from all walks of daily life the professional sectors, the judiciary and other aspects of our society, to place out names to the president from Ghanaians house and overseas to make certain that we breakdown that component of the president having to select everyone that he knows,” he spelled out.
The topic of corruption was a major point of discussion at the discussion.
Onipayede Osson Teye admitted its prevalence in the nation’s governance but emphasized on its outcome throughout the election campaign period, arguing for the Condition to sponsor the political strategies of functions. This, he believes, is the finest way to control corruption at the political amount.
The Junior Superior Faculty dropout additional that as president, he will be certain that every celebration gets a sum of ¢160,000 from the condition coffers as its funds likely into elections.
When requested how he intended to deal with the concern of corruption linked with procurement in the country, Mr Osson Teye was of the view that corruption was not minimal to procurement.
“Corruption goes further than procurement and what I intend to do when I want to battle corruption is to redefine corruption…At minimum if you redefine corruption you’ll discover out that even as a general public servant if a person misleads you it is aspect of corruption,” he said.
Addressing the accumulating on the exact subject, Kofi Koranteng, yet another aspirant who stood out for the duration of the discussion, indicated that the fight against corruption is at the coronary heart of his marketing campaign.
He stated that the development of an Workplace of Supervisory Jurisdiction will facilitate the adjudication of corruption-related situations in a dispassionate method.
“We’re likely to have an office environment established up referred to as the Place of work of Supervisory Jurisdiction functioning in tandem with the director of general public prosecutions on a zero-tolerance tactic to corruption. So if you tumble out of line, you are out of here,” he explained.
About the strength sector Presidential aspirant, Samuel Ofori Ampofo had a special technique in the direction of properly streamlining income from the market.
Mr Ofori Ampofo attributed the stunted progress of the energy sector to the superior concentrations of corruption within the country’s structural system.
On the other hand, Mr Koranteng argued for the place to refine its possess petroleum solutions and institute productive distribution traces.
“As extensive as we stick to the position quo of not punishing corrupt men and women we will not go anywhere… “The method is damaged, NDC and NPP will have to just be fired simply because we need to have capable people at the helm of governance,” he stated.
Submissions on girls empowerment and affirmative motion introduced out exciting viewpoints of some of the aspirants.
Dr Tom Asiseh, Mr Koranteng and Marricke Gane shared the opinion that rising the participation of women in political and management roles in governing administration was the way forward.
The some others had a distinct look at.
Carl Ebo Morgan lamented what he explained as “reverse discrimination in opposition to boys”.
Even though acknowledging the want for ladies to be additional associated in governance he was of the belief that the scales must be balanced for both of those genders.
“We need to also seem at it holistically. We are talking about empowering the female, what about the boys? They also equally ought to be empowered.
On the exact same topic Onipayede Ossom Teye contended that “majority of ladies are obviously powerful and clever. So if you take electricity to them, you double the energy they have and then it turns into something else,” he described.
For that make any difference, he maintains that “it’s time to consider the energy to the men… some will be offered to the women but in conditions of bulk, enable us give it to the men”.
On instruction, however, all aspirants in the podium agreed that the sector essential key transformational reforms.
Carl Ebo Morgan, nonetheless, expressed his reservations about the implementation of the Totally free SHS programme and blamed the problems on the state of mind of the small children.
Citing the recent experiences of assaults on invigilators through the ongoing WASSCE, he lamented on the simple fact that the “children have been pampered to consider that they are particular. But when it arrived to truth, seem at what happened. They were insulting even the President. So it is our mindset”.
On nepotism, Mr Morgan proffered his remedy to conclusion what he described as the ‘family and friends’ form of authorities.
If elected into office environment, Carl would like to evaluate the structure to restrict the energy of the president.
“I am of the watch that the 1992 structure has provided so a great deal electricity to the president. He appoints tons of persons. And by natural means, when you have this kind of electric power, you will like to deliver your closest family”.
At last, on the situation of taxation, Mr Samuel Ofori Amofo argued that the cash invested into the Country Builders’ Corps (NABCO) would be best invested in setting up industries that would employ these same youth. Taxes would then be deducted from their salaries, which would provide as their contribution to the nation’s coffers.
The discussion was organised by JoyNews’ in partnership with IMANI Ghana.
