Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, Vice Chairman of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Manifesto Committee, has boldly stated that the Akufo-Addo administration has achieved a 70% success rate in fulfilling its 2020 manifesto promises.
The former Information Minister highlighted significant economic improvements, citing a more stable cedi and reduced inflation as key indicators of progress.
Speaking during an interview with Bernard Avle on The Point of View on Channel One TV, Oppong Nkrumah stressed that the economy has seen considerable growth following the government’s policy interventions to address early challenges.
He dismissed claims that the NPP has failed to deliver on its promises, encouraging the public to verify the available data.
Oppong Nkrumah also mentioned that the NPP’s Manifesto Committee has developed policies aimed at resolving the nation’s ongoing challenges, which will be implemented if the party is re-elected.
“If you look at our economy, the big basket of our economy, various variables are going into it, growth, inflation, jobs, cost of living. If you take all of these parameters from 2016 to 2020, the story is clear, where the trends were going. From 2020 up till now, you can see from all of these indicators the key ones that had some major challenges.
“Inflation and currency depreciation have been perhaps the most significant, you have seen growth picking back after the turbulence that we went through. You have seen currency depreciation, though it’s significant, going down after many policies were introduced to arrest the situation. We have seen inflation trending downwards because some interventions were made.
“We are of the view that we have done 70% of the things we committed to in 2020. Other independent people can work it out and we can have a debate about it. We haven’t said we have done 100%, our data tells us that we have done 70%.”
The Minister for Works and Housing emphasized that the government has taken ownership of its unfulfilled actions, acknowledging the impact of the rising cost of living on Ghanaians and accepting responsibility for the shortcomings.
“Going into the 2024 elections, not only are we taking responsibility for some of the things that have not been dealt with. Because if we hadn’t taken responsibility for the cost of living and how it has impacted Ghanaians, despite the causes, why would we be outlining some of the interventions we say we can roll out?”
He urged Ghanaians to make informed decisions at the polls by carefully evaluating the track records of the two leading presidential candidates: Dr Mahamudu Bawumia, the flagbearer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), and John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC).
