Akufo-Addo Eased Lockdown Restrictions to Aid NPP Agenda – NDC
“It is very clear, that the easing of restrictions was motivated by the President’s parochial political interest and not the interest of the nation,” the NDC said
Jonas Danquah 
The opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) has accused the Akufo-Addo Government of easing the covid-19 induced restrictions to suit “parochial political interests”.
“It is very clear, that the easing of restrictions was motivated by the President’s parochial political interest and not the interest of the nation,” National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi said.
Sammy Gyamfi made these assertions at the maiden edition of the NDC’s weekly press briefing in Accra today, Monday, June 1, 2020.
Sammy Gyamfi alleged that the President’s decision to ease the restrictions “is mainly intended to pave way for the Jean Mensa-led Electoral Commission (EC) to carry out its rigging agenda through the needless and wasteful new voter registration agenda.”
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He said “the fact that church and mosque gatherings are not supposed to have more than 100 people in attendance, and are supposed to last for just an hour but the National Identification Authority (NIA) and EC have been given the freedom to register an unlimited number of people from 7:00 am to 5:00 pm, that’s for a period of 10 hours, shows clearly that the so-called partial reopening of schools, churches and mosques was only a ruse to the President’s main agenda”.
The President, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo announcing the lifting of the Coronavirus-induced restrictions on the country yesterday, Sunday [May 31, 2020].
He said churches and mosques could hold activities but with about 100 persons in attendance.
Akufo-Addo gave the greenlight for Schools to reopen to final year students only.
The President also urged the Electoral Commission and the National Identification Authority to conduct their registration activities but adhere to the COVID-19 safety protocols, however, political rallies were banned.
Mr Gyamfi in response warned that the “NDC shall employ every legitimate means to stop the EC’s attempt to foist on Ghanaians a needless and wasteful voter register that is intended to disenfranchise millions of eligible voters, mostly in NDC strongholds.”
