NDC General Secretary, Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, says Ghana’s reset cannot succeed if the party that promises it continues with “business as usual.”
Speaking on Joy News’ PM Express on Tuesday, he insisted that the NDC must be the first place where the culture of hypocrisy ends, even if it comes at a personal cost.
“You can’t simply be attacking your opponent when you were doing exactly the same thing as your opponent,” he said. “So that hypocrisy, for me, is not something that we should encourage.”
He told host Evans Mensah he is ready to face the consequences of pushing values and internal reforms, even if it threatens his political future.
“I know it may not be a very easy… path. But it’s a path some of us are willing to… fight for even at the cost of my political ambition,” he said.
Mr Kwetey said his message to party delegates is not foreign or elitist, but rooted in what the NDC already claims to stand for.
He noted that delegates proudly sing the party anthem at functions, and the lyrics emphasise placing Ghana first.
“That term simply talks about the need for us to always place our country as number one,” he said. “So what am I really doing? I’m simply telling the delegate this is what the party you belong to is all about.”
He argued that some members may not fully understand those values, but that cannot be an excuse to abandon them.
“The fact that you may not fully understand. It doesn’t mean that effort must not be made to help us all remember and be anchored on those values,” he said.
Mr Kwetey said the NDC’s promise of resetting the country comes with a burden to clean up its own house first.
“We have said we are resetting the country. And to reset the country means business as usual has to be over,” he said.
He rejected the idea that the reset is simply about contrasting the NDC with the governing NPP.
“You simply cannot expect that everything is done. NPP is bad, ndc is good. No, NPP is bad. But it doesn’t mean ndc is perfect,” he said.
Mr Kwetey said the NDC must improve internally to produce leaders capable of delivering the kind of governance Ghanaians expect.
“Our party must become better and better, because that’s the only way we can produce leaders who truly will be able to place this country where it ought to be,” he said.
He warned that “simply accusing” the NPP is not enough, adding that higher expectations come with greater responsibility.
“To whom a lot is given, a lot is expected,” he said, stressing that the NDC owes it to young people to set a different example.
“We owe it to… the young generation of Ghanaians, to make sure that the examples we are setting are different examples,” he said.
He said he does not see his stance as personal ambition, but as a commitment to national transformation.
“For me, it’s not an ambition. It’s about transforming our country,” he said.
He concluded by urging party members to focus on building foundations that will strengthen both the NDC and Ghana.
“Let’s make sure we are putting down foundations and putting principles that would make the party greater and stronger, and that will make the country greater and stronger,” he said.
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