| has gloss | eng: The Provincial National Defence Council (PNDC) was the name of the Ghanaian government after the Peoples National Partys elected government was overthrown by Jerry Rawlings, the former head of the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council. This was on December 31, 1981. It remained in power until January 7, 1993. In a statement explaining the coup détat, Rawlings explained that a "holy war" was necessary due to the PNPs failure to provide effective leadership and by the collapse of the national economy and state services. The PNDC was a government of participatory democracy comprising both the civilian population and the Ghana Armed Forces, however, the majority of Council members were civilians. The PNDC policies reflect a revolutionary government yet pragmatic in its approach. The economic objectives of the PNDC were to halt the economic decay, stabilise the economy and consequently stimulate economic growth. |