Salaga (Northern Region) -

The First Lady and President of the 31st December Women's Movement, Nana Konadu Agyeman Rawlings, has criticised past governments for failing to live up to their duties.

"Their failure has plunged the country into the economic crisis that the NDC government is working hard to reverse."

Speaking at the inauguration of the Veranda Boys and Girls Club at Salaga on Monday, Nana Konadu noted however that the only government that ensured appreciable level of development was that of Dr Kwame Nkurumah.

She said during that period when Ghana was earning hard foreign exchange for her exports and had a relatively low population to cater for, those governments failed to make use of existing opportunities for the country's developments

It is for this reason that all Ghanaians should rally behind the present government since it has ensured development in several spheres of life ranging from the construction of good roads to the extension of electricity to communities.

She said the NDC has been able to achieve this because of the fact that it has "a workable programme and always ensures that monies allocated to specific projects are used for those projects.

"We NDC members never contracted loans and shared it amongst ourselves".

Nana Konadu said the party has made Ghana popular abroad, which enables the country to easily acquire loans to fund development projects.

She asked the people of Salaga not to vote for any party, which would have to start a new process of trying to build credibility for the country.

Miss Faustina Nelson, National Vice Chairperson of NDC, said that the Veranda Boys and Girls Club is the youth wing of the party and asked those who have defected from other parties to return all items that identify them with those parties as a sign of loyalty to NDC.

Dr Obed Asamoah, Attorney General and Minister of Justice, praised members of the organisation for their courage and the sacrifice.

He said that NDC believes in dedication and hard work and urged them to ensure that all those "in the political wilderness" are brought into the party".

Alhaji Huudu Yahaya, NDC General Secretary, appealed to members of the party to promote peace and stability and not to fan quarrels and division.

They should "preach the good works of the NDC" to convince more people to join.

Seven former NPP members pledged their support for the NDC at the ceremony, which was attended by Alhaji Seidu Iddi, Northern Regional Minister, Dr Mohamed Ibn Chambas, Deputy Minister of Education, and Mr San Masama Asabigi, Deputy Northern Regional Minister.

Others were Hajia Fati Jawala, Member of the Council of State and Mr Jerry Dramani Jackson, Salaga District Chief Executive.