The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has criticised what he describes as growing indiscipline in Ghana, arguing that some of the country’s current challenges would not have been tolerated during the era of the Provisional National Defence Council.
Speaking at the NDC’s 34th anniversary flag-raising ceremony on June 10, 2026, Kwetey pointed to flooding, illegal land sales, construction on waterways, and poor sanitation as evidence of weak enforcement of laws.
He argued that such issues persist because political leaders are often reluctant to take firm decisions for fear of losing political power.
“If we were in the days of PNDC, all this nonsense going on in terms of floods, people selling lands wrongly, people building on waterways, people misbehaving, throwing filth everywhere, it would not happen. It would not,” he said.
Kwetey suggested that governance has become overly focused on electoral success rather than national development.
“But why is it happening? It’s happening because the moment you want to put your foot down, you lose power. If you do this, you lose power. So we become obsessed with keeping power while seeing our country go down because all that matters now is winning against NPP,” he stated.
He further argued that the NDC has drifted from its founding vision of transforming Ghana and pursuing national development.
“And it’s supposed to be a movement born for Ghana. A movement to ensure that this country moves forward. But what have we done? We’ve reduced this movement to a movement of mediocrity. So now, as soon as we beat NPP, agbenaa. It is finished,” he noted.
Kwetey called for a new approach to leadership within the party, urging the selection of leaders who are prepared to make difficult decisions regardless of the political consequences.
“We need to come back to what this movement was meant to be. It means also that in terms of the way we go forward, we need to start looking for leaders who have the strength of character to do what they’ve got to do, regardless of consequences.
“Not leaders who are constantly looking over their shoulder. If I do this, I’ll lose power. No!” he added.
