The vice chairman of the New Patriotic Party’s (NPP) Manifesto Committee, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, declared with audacity that the Akufo-Addo administration had fulfilled 70% of the pledges made in its 2020 manifesto.
Notable economic advancements were emphasized by the former Minister of Information, who pointed to lower inflation and a more stable cedi as major markers of development.
In an interview with Bernard Avle for The Point of View on Channel One TV, Oppong Nkrumah emphasized that significant economic progress has resulted from government policy measures aimed at addressing initial obstacles.
He brushed off accusations that the NPP has fallen short of what it had promised, urging people to check the information they could find.
Oppong Nkrumah added that if the NPP is re-elected, the Manifesto Committee will put its planned policies into effect, which are meant to address the country’s persistent problems.
“We are of the view that we have done north of 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 north of 70%.”
“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.”
The Minister of Works and Housing stressed that the government has accepted responsibility for its unfulfilled promises, recognized the effects of Ghanaians’ growing cost of living, and admitted to being imperfect.
“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 advised voters in Ghana to make well-informed choices by closely examining the past performances of the two front-runners for the presidency, National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer John Dramani Mahama and New Patriotic Party (NPP) flagbearer Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
