Manifestos are ideas and policies that help electorates have an overview of how political parties intend to govern the country.
In 2016, the NPP manifesto
was titled Change, an Agenda for Jobs
whereas NDC’s manifesto was pivoted on Changing
Lives, Transforming Ghana.
The year 2020 birthed the NDC
Manifesto themed Jobs, prosperity and
more The People’s Manifesto , and the NPP held onto Leadership of Service: Protecting our Progress, Transforming Ghana for
All.
Both parties seek power to
create an environment to foster growth; they carry similar ambitions which are
titled differently and a few ideas dividing them.
The Sustainable Development
Goal 13, Combat Climate Change, and Agenda 2060 focus on either developing an adaptation or mitigation plan to
help Ghana move beyond the perils of climate change.
Climate Change is simply the
human activities which lead to a change in the weather conditions.
NDC compatriots and sympathizers
clothed in the red, white and green color with the umbrella locked over their
heads on 2020 Manifesto launch, chanted, “Ejor bordorrr!” with the media houses
capturing each moment for posterity.
National Democratic Congress
is in opposition and currently locked in the minority side of the parliament.
Manifestos play a critical role in the governing of the country. The 40-year
development plan by the National Development Commission is only a waste as the government forsakes its content in pursuit of its manifesto.
The manifesto mentioned
climate change five times in its booklet.
Under the Environment,
Science and Innovation, listing its to-do-list, it stated that it will “reintroduce ZOIL to involve
the youth in planting coconut for coastal protection against climate change and
job creation.”
In the Forestry section, it says it will “create a Youth in Climate Change and Afforestation Programme (YiCCAP) in partnership with the private sector for afforestation and job creation.”
Under the 10BN big push for
infrastructural development for economic transformation, it stated that it to
improve water and sanitation it will “develop Ghana’s water & sanitation
sector to improve all citizens’ health, optimize agricultural and industrial
production to create employment, and build national climate change resilience.”
In their bid to strengthen
the local system governance, it will “establish a Waste Management Fund by
amending the Customs and Excise (Duties and Other Taxes) (Amendment) Act, 2013
(Act 863), to garner the resources needed to address waste management and
create green jobs as part of our response to the global climate change Agenda.”
On international relations and foreign policy, the NDC says it will increase collaboration within the United Nations, the Commonwealth, and other multilateral organizations to fight existing and emerging threats to global peace, security, and sustainable development including climate change and global warming, international terrorism, cybercrime, piracy, money laundering, narcotics trade, human trafficking and pandemics
This is a highlight of what the NDC intends to do when it wins the 2020 elections.
