The Youth Wing of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Tertiary, Educational and Institutional Network (TEIN), Accra Polytechnic Chapter on Thursday said the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) government was fortunate to have an opposition that upheld peace and stability.

In a statement reacting to a letter the Minister of Information and Presidential Affairs, Mr Jake Obetsebi-Lamptey wrote accusing Professor John Evans Atta Mills, NDC presidential candidate for 2004 elections for propagating ethnicity.

The statement said the NDC also has an experience well vested leader to lead the party to rule the nation.

It said; "If Ghanaians are quiet does not mean they do not know what is good for them but, they would decide at the appropriate time."

It said Prof Mills would not bring ethnicity into the country, "adding that the speculation of flyers to the public was the practical demonstration that the NPP government had deceived Ghanaians resulting in the unbearable situation which students found themselves.

The statement said the Minister's letter was uncalled for and that his understanding of the leaflets depicted the style of politics, which would rather bring about ethnic division and would raise tension.

"The NPP has the history of destroying political parties that seem to be strong opposition to the party and even when they were in opposition they did worse things and demonstrated against the two and a half per cent increment in Value Added Tax which is the source of the GETFund that they were using."