Dr. Sekou Nkrumah, the son of Ghana's first president, says that the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) lacks the organizational ability to accelerate Ghana’s development. He elaborated that in recent years, the party has proven that is has the campaign machinery to effectively win elections, but has performed abysmally when it comes to governance. Mr Nkrumah was commenting on government’s inability to address the wage distortions affecting doctors following their migration onto the single spine salary structure. The striking doctors were attending to emergency and inpatient cases but had, at the time of the interview, suspended all outpatient services and threatened to withdraw services across the board if government did not provide a lasting solution to their grievances. They have since put their strike on hold following a promising ruling from the National Labour Commission that ordered the Fair Wages and Salaries Commission to hammer out a plan with doctors to pay them the money they are owed. The strike brought about many inconveniences, particularly for patients turned away from government health facilities. On Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen programme Tuesday, Mr Nkrumah said he is not surprised at the government’s inability to solve the problem. According to him, “the NDC’s organizational ability is good but when it comes to governance, they are poor.” He insisted that a solution to this wage problem is long overdue and that government should proactively seek to resolve these kinds of disputes. He called on President John Mahama to intervene, describing the matter as a sensitive one that could lead to loss of life. The political maverick stated unequivocally that there is no justification for government’s failure to address the issue, especially since doctors have been agitating for the past four years. Mr Nkrumah blamed government for the strike and urged them to quickly find an amicable solution to the looming crisis. Managing Editor of the Al-Hajj newspaper Alhaji Bature Iddrisu disagreed, arguing that the doctors’ decision to go on strike was unreasonable and insensitive given that the current administration has not yet been in power for three months. The NDC sympathizer explained that because President Mahama has yet to assemble his cabinet, the strike is unwarranted and unnecessary. “Will the doctors have gone on strike if Nana Akufo-Addo had won the elections?” he asked. He claimed that the doctors are doing the nation a great disservice and called on them to end their strike.