A leading member of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), Mr Seth Ofori Ohene, has admonished President John Evans Atta Mills to extend an olive branch to former President Jerry John Rawlings. That he said was absolutely crucial for the electoral success of the NDC. Mr Ofori was speaking on MultiTV’s talk show programme, pm: Express this week. “I think it will be in the interest of His Excellency President Mills, his government and the party to listen to the concerns being raised by the former president,” he stated. Mr Rawlings at this year’s June 4 commemoration enunciated his criticism of the Mills administration’s handling of national affairs. At the Revolution Square Monday, Mr Rawlings grudgingly lit the perpetual flame, stating that given the government’s aloofness, he had lost the zest and moral turpitude to light the flame. Prior to that, he had, whilst addressing a June 4 rally at Aflao, asked how the NDC could hope to win the 2012 elections "when you are rejecting the values of June 4. How can you win when you are afraid of values of June 4, freedom and justice?" Government spokespersons have tended to ignore Mr Rawlings or dismissed his concerns as mere rants. But Seth Ofori believes the concerns of the founder of the governing party are genuine and will be ignored at the peril of the NDC. The NDC is doing well, he said, but added a lot more needs to be done to assure the Ghanaian people that the NDC has not abandoned the ideals of June 4 - probity and accountability. For him, the NDC owed it a duty to investigate allegations of conflict of interest against the General Secretary of the party, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia – a board member of the Bui Dam project whose company is manufacturing and selling cement blocks to the contractors working on the project.