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National Democratic Congress (NDC) has described the New Patriotic Party (NPP)
government’s management of the nation’s affairs as a failure.
Their style of governance and consistent failure will soon send them to
opposition, the NDC insists.
According to the opposition party, close to two years after being voted into
power, the government, led by President Akufo-Addo, has failed to deliver to
Ghanaians the transformation it promised.
The party listed a number of projects including the “one district, one
factory” and “one village, one dam” as part of the failed promises
of the NPP.
Speaking at their maiden edition of the “Moment of Truth” series,
the National Communications Officer of the NDC, Sammy Gyamfi said the NPP was
running a government based on deceit.
But he assured that the NDC will continue to hold the government in check.
“The President and his Vice, who are busily enjoying the largess of
power, have lost touch with the reality of dire economic straits that their
mis-governance and maladministration has brought to this country.
“Today, the Ghanaian people are seeking answers, and the harder they
seek, the more the President and his Vice continue to beat their own drum and
dance to the tune.
“However, while the President and his Vice are busy at what they do
best, which is to employ the worst kind of sophistry and guile to explain away
their failure, we in the NDC will not sit aloof and watch them throw dust into
the eyes of the Ghanaian people…..
“…The NPP has and will always have a DNA of lies, double talk and
hypocrisy.
“However, no pillar built on lies can stand the test of the moment of
truth. We shall continue to expose the abysmal performance of this impotent,
inert, nepotistic and dishonest government,” he said.
Sammy Gyamfi also reiterated the criticism of the size of the Akufo-Addo
administration.
“Don’t you agree that the NPP government has delivered on higher
productivity by putting seven (7) Ministers in charge of the Transport Sector
which was hitherto managed by just two (2) Ministers of State under the
erstwhile Mahama Administration,” he said.
The Communications Director of the NDC stated that the Vice President, Dr
Bawumia, who is “supposed to be head of the economic management team”
has lost his module and now “seeking refuge in technology. No wonder
the cedi continues to depreciate“.
Read Below A Copy Of The Statement:
EXPOSING THE FAILED PROMISES OF THE AKUFO-ADDO/BAWUMIA GOVERNMENT
Good morning distinguished ladies and
gentlemen of the press. On behalf of the National Democratic Congress, I
welcome you all to the maiden edition of our press series christened “Moment of
Truth”, which will mostly focus on the performance of the Akufo-Addo-led
government.
On behalf of the NDC, I wish to thank you for honouring this invitation at a
very short notice. Indeed, this is a display of your unwavering commitment and
dedication to nation-building and the democracy we are all nurturing.
Friends from the media, our gathering here this morning has been occasioned by
claims by the Vice President, Dr. Bawumia that the government of His Excellency
President Akufo-Addo has delivered on many of the promises they made to the
Ghanaian people. A news story published by citinewsroom.com
on 10th December, 2018, with the title “we’ve delivered on many of our
promises- Bawumia”, quoted the Vice President as saying, “there is a lot of
evidence of the work government has done to ensure economic transformation for
all Ghanaians”.
Ladies and gentlemen of the press, President Akufo-Addo himself has not
hesitated on several recent occasions, to speak of how his government remains
on track to deliver on its mandate. It would appear to us that the
Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government is still oblivious of what the times are in
Ghana.
The President and his Vice, who are busily enjoying the largess of power, have
lost touch with the reality of dire economic straits that their mis-governance
and maladministration has brought to this country.
Today, the Ghanaian people are seeking answers, and the harder they seek, the
more the President and his Vice continue to beat their own drum and dance to
the tune.
However, while the President and his Vice are busy at what they do best, which
is to employ the worst kind of sophistry and guile to explain away their
failure, we in the NDC will not sit aloof and watch them throw dust into the
eyes of the Ghanaian people.
Ladies and gentlemen, indeed the Moment of Truth (MOT) has arrived and we shall
through this initiative, expose the veritable temple of broken promises and
deceptions of the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia Government.
Obviously, the NPP government must be living in their own world. A world far
removed from the Real World of the suffering people of Ghana.
In their delusion, they claim to have delivered on many of their promises.
Obviously they have! Let’s clap for Bawumia and his boss for the so-called
delivery they have made in respect of their gratuitous election promises.
Oh Yes, they have delivered on their promises;
* They have delivered on their promise to pay all contractors within the first
100 days of their administration, such that today, GETFUND contractors are
threatening demonstrations and closures of the schools they built.
* Indeed, they have for the past two years delivered $1million to each of the
275 Constituencies in Ghana, such that today, all 275 Constituencies have
received $2 million each, for the construction of KVIP toilets.
* Yes, they have delivered on their promise to provide a congenial atmosphere
for the growth of the financial sector, by supervising the contraction of the
sector from a positive growth of 22.3% (as at last quarter of 2016) to a
negative growth of 13.1%.
* Again, they have delivered on their promise of a lean government by
appointing 111 Ministers and employing over 1,600 persons at the Off
* They have delivered on the promise to fight corruption by setting up an Office
of Special Prosecutor whose office has been starved of needed funding and
logistics, thereby making him helpless and hapless.
In fact, they have delivered by redefining corruption and turning the
Presidency into a clearing-house for whitewashing corrupt government officials
as we saw in the BOST-gate, Cash for Seats and the Australian Visa Fraud
scandals. Indeed, they have delivered in paying lip service to the fight
against corruption.
* Yes, they have fulfilled their promise to protect the public purse by
spending a whooping GHS10 million on the fraudulent and useless GhanaPost GPS
app.
* They have delivered on their promise to support the cocoa sector by selling
“Not for Sale” fertilizers to our cocoa farmers. We also know how they
have deliberately refused to increase the producer price of cocoa for two
consecutive years, whilst spending lavishly on administrative expenses at the
Headquarters of Cocobod.
Indeed, they have demonstrated their love for our farmers by halting all cocoa
road projects commenced by the Mahama Adminstration. Let’s clap for them!
* Whereas his predecessor allocated about GHS1.8 billion to the Office of
Government Machinery in four years, the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government has
delivered on their promise of cutting down expenditure at the Presidency, by
allocating a whooping GHS3.4 billion to the same outfit in only two years.
* They claim to be delivering in agriculture. They really must be delivering-
no wonder that under their watch, they have increased annual rice importation
from about $450 million (as at December 2016) to over $1 billion currently.
Indeed, they have delivered in agriculture by supervising a 7.2% decline in
Ghana’s national cocoa output.
* They promised massive development in the districts. We need to clap for their
massive delivery seeing how they have brought development in the Districts to a
halt by virtually strangulating the District Assembly Common Fund. Today, very
little money is available for the MMDAs to pursue any serious development.
* Yes we know that they have delivered on the promise not to run a family and
friends government by practicing nepotism on an unparalleled scale, thereby
becoming the most nepotistic government ever in the history of Ghana.
Ladies and Gentlemen,
* Don’t you agree that the NPP government has delivered on higher productivity
by putting seven (7) Ministers in charge of the Transport Sector which was
hitherto managed by just two (2) Ministers of State under the erstwhile Mahama
Administration.
* Certainly, they have fulfilled their promise to improve the livelihoods of
Taxi and Trotro drivers by increasing the price of fuel from about GHS14.00 per
gallon to GHS23.00 in only two years.
* Of course one of the greatest areas of their delivery is the domain of
protecting the public purse. Have we so soon forgotten how they protected the
public purse by approving a whooping GHS800,000 for amere website development?
* Have they not truly delivered by expanding rural electrification by only 1%
in 2 years? Two long yearsyet all they have to show is an insignificant 1%.
* They claim to have delivered right? Obviously, they have delivered by
reducing capital expenditure as a percentage of GDP from 4.5% in 2016, down to
about half of that in 2018. The same group that in opposition kept making noise
about how 4.5 percent GDP growth was too low.
* Yes, they have delivered in the health sector, that is why neonatal mortality
has increased exponentially from 3.8/1000 live births to 8.4/1000 live births.
* Yes we know that this government has made a historic achievement by approving
an outrageous and ridiculously-bloated amount of $400,000 for photography under
the dubious Sinohydro deal. We need to clap for them for this unbelievable
delivery.
* Without doubt, the NPP government has delivered on its promise to fisher
folks by promoting the constant diversion of premix fuel by NPP functionaries.
* Do we all recall the promise by Dr Bawumia that every Ghanaian will have a
bank account by the close of 2018? We need to applaud them since every Ghanaian
has a bank account today. Our friends from the NPP are just incredible when it
comes to sounding sweet rhetorics and making empty promises.
* How many of you remember their great promise of making Accra the cleanest
city in Africa? After appointing a whole Sanitation Minister who has delivered
nothing but rather supervised the phenomenal increase of filth in the last two
years, should we not applaud Nana Addo for delivering another great promise?
Ladies and gentlemen, we are not surprised that the NPP continues to delude
themselves that they have delivered. We recall vividly their last time in
government, and how amidst singing and dancing, they “delivered” on
the promise of turning all slums in Ghana into modern apartments with modern
facilities, the promise to build railway lines from Accra through Paga to
Burkina Faso, the promise of zero tolerance for corruption that saw the
Presidency become a kickback collection center, the promise of a golden age of
business which saw the collapse of virtually all productive sectors such as
local fishing, local poultry, local textile, local rice production, among
others. Just as they deluded themselves in the past, they believe in their
minds today that they have delivered on their promise to transform Ghana within
18 months. NPP will never cease to disappoint.
Friends from the media, it is clear from the above-enumerated points which are
but a few of the many failed promises of the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government,
that the NPP has totally lost touch with the suffering masses and is certainly
not attuned to the excruciating economic realities in our country today.
The reality however is that, the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government has so far been
a monumental failure.
Having betrayed the trust of the Ghanaian people, they have again resorted to
lies in a desperate attempt to save their fast sinking image.
Friends from the media, the NPP have, and will always have a DNA of lies,
double talk and hypocrisy.
However, no pillar built on lies can stand the test of truth. Through the
Moment of Truth (MOT) series, we shall continuously expose the grand deceptions
and abysmal performance of this impotent, inept, nepotistic and dishonest
government. We know without a shudder of doubt that, this temple built of wicked
lies will surely come crumbling in the fullness of time.
Long live Ghana!
Long live the NDC!!
Thank you for coming.
Signed.
SAMMY GYAMFI
NATIONAL COMMUNICATION OFFICER, NDC.
