Twenty-four hours after the President delivered his second sessional address, reactions are still coming in about his vision for the country. The President indicated that the Ghanaian economy is now being put on a path to growth while the National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration hopes to instil public confidence. Though many from the NDC praised him, many members of the opposition were unimpressed. The PNC’s General Secretary, Bernard Monah, said though the speech sounded positive in some areas, he was disappointed about some plans announced. “I was amazed that the President could be talking about constituency development fund for MPs... And to even be talking about constituency offices for the MPs, I think that was a bit misplaced. I didn’t hear issues of expanding infrastructure at tertiary level of our education. I think that it’s a major blow. If you are talking about real manpower that is relevant is to slap tertiary education in its face,” he said. However, General Secretary of the Convention People’s Party (CPP), Ivor Greenstreet, says the speech was the President’s own assessment of the state of the nation. “I think it’s a general statement of what he perceives the current situation to be and also a general statement of the direction in which they propose to go. And so we believe in terms of the aspects that I just mentioned and also some issues with respect to governance and then agricultural investment fund many other aspects that he mentioned that he’s able to carry those out with some discipline [and] attention to detail,” he said. The President delivered a speech that touched on many aspect of the nation’s development. The speech has however been criticised as saying very little on corruption, a situation that seems to have provided fodder for some opposition members to hit hard at him. President Mills promised to prosecute former and present officials who have offended the constitution. He also promised to strengthen the anti-corruption agencies of the state to make them more effective. Some MPs who spoke to the media after the President’s speech said his resolve to fight corruption must move from rhetoric to action. Others criticised it as passing for a repetition of his first sessional address to Parliament. Source: Myjoyonline.com/Ghana