New Patriotic Party (NPP) National Communications Director hopeful, Dennis “Miracles” Aboagye, has accused the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) of being disconnected from the concerns of Ghanaians.
According to him, the NDC government has failed to deliver on several promises made to voters and is instead defending its record rather than acknowledging areas where it has fallen short.
“The NDC people are in a huge bubble. They hear nothing; all they hear is that they are in power,” Mr Aboagye said.
Speaking in an interview on Asempa FM’s Ekosii Sen, he questioned the government’s progress on some of its campaign promises, including the no-fees stress policy and a pledge to provide boreholes for every cocoa farm.
“The no-fees stress policy that they promised, where is that now? And the NDC people will always defend. They promised a borehole for every cocoa farm. How far with that also?” he asked.
Mr Aboagye argued that the government made several promises that he believes are difficult or impossible to fulfil, but said the bigger concern was its reluctance to openly explain to Ghanaians why some of those commitments had not been delivered.
He further accused the government and its supporters of claiming to have fulfilled promises despite what he described as a lack of tangible evidence.
“There are a lot of impossible things that the NDC promised that they cannot do. But the fact is, even after that, are you humble enough to go to the people and explain to them why you can’t fulfil some of the things you promised them?”
“Even though they know they haven’t done it, they are still defending that they have done it,” he stated.
Mr Aboagye also criticised the NDC government’s performance, claiming that it had not undertaken any monumental achievement since assuming office.
“We are in their second year and there is nothing monumental that the NDC government has done,” he said.
He, however, acknowledged that roads and other infrastructure projects are undertaken by successive governments and therefore should not be the sole basis for assessing a government’s performance.
“Roads and infrastructure are not what you use to measure a government because every government also does it. It’s about what they have promised versus what they are delivering,” he explained.
According to Mr Aboagye, the NPP intends to use what he described as gaps within the governing party to strengthen its own political message ahead of the 2028 elections.
“This is what power does to you, and we are taking advantage of their cracks,” he said.
He said the NPP’s responsibility as the opposition was to present Ghanaians with an alternative perspective and provide voters with the information needed to assess the government’s performance.
“We want to give the Ghanaian people the opportunity to hear the other side of the conversation, so that when they are going to vote, they will make a very informed choice between what will deliver value and rhetoric,” Mr Aboagye added.
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