2020 Elections: Judge our manifesto promises with our track records - Oppong Nkrumah

Information Minister, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has urged Ghanaians to judge manifesto promises of the NPP and NDC, with each party’s track record whilst in power.

According to him, the Akufo-Addo led government has shown competence to execute their campaign promises when given the electoral mandate.

“We have somebody who from 2008 said he will do Free SHS and has done it. He now says he will give student loan options for students to have tertiary education literally on credit and pay for it when they get a job. Does that sound like a credible promise? I dare say yes because he has done the first part, so he is credible. The first part of your manifesto is the credibility of your track record.”

Mr. Oppong Nkrumah was speaking at a press briefing in Kumasi, on Tuesday, September 8, 2020, per reports from ‘citinewsroom’.

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The Minister said, Mahama’s ‘poor’ track record in managing Ghana’s economy indicates that, he cannot be trusted to solve the country’s economic issues.

“Having seen how he [John Mahama] managed the economy previously, and he coming back to say that the first pillar of his manifesto is to restore the economy and cure poverty, we have seen how he did it in the last four years, and cannot be trusted to turn the economy around”.

He said, the debate on each party’s manifesto should revolve around their track records not just number of promises.

Minister of Inner City and Zongo Development, Dr Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, had made earlier remarks that, the NPP had superior track records in fulfilling campaign manifesto promises as against the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Party.

He said, over the years, the NPP had been faithful with Ghanaians by fulfilling most of its promises and, thus, urged voters in the December polls to endeavour to judge the two political parties based on their achievements.

"The 2020 presidential polls is unique in the sense that this is the first time the two main candidates -President Akufo-Addo and former President John Mahama have been Presidents before.

"Therefore, voters should judge the two candidates based on their track records when they had the opportunity to serve the country," Dr Hamid emphasised.

Dr Abdul-Hamid, also the Deputy Campaign Manager of NPP, made these remarks at a news conference in Accra, on Monday.