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Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has asked Ghanaians to weigh the backgrounds of the presidential candidates of the New Patriotic Party (PNP) and the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) to choose the right manifesto.
He said Mahama and the NDC had previously raised doubts about the Free SHS policy invalidating its promise to cut the cost of tertiary education in half, as stated in the manifesto of the largest opposition party.
“From 2008 to 2012, the former president opposed the state providing free education to people at the upper secondary school level on a consistent basis.
“Today this same person is saying that they now believe in that and now they will make tertiary education 50% free, you have the opportunity to ask yourself whether or not that sounds like a credible promise to anyone.” he said.
Furthermore, he discredited the promise to provide subsidies to assembly members as promised in previous manifestos, insisting that the NDC’s inability to deliver on the promise and also offer them basic logistics shows that the promise is not credible.
“During his term, he hit the Ghanaian economy, went to the IMF for a bailout and as a result was unable to employ young people when they were graduating from school and today this person promises to create one million jobs. A credible promise? “, I ask.
Mr. Oppong Nkrumah, addressing the media in Kumasi, urged Ghanaians to list the redeemed promises of both candidates as presidents and to make distinctions.
He questioned the source of funding for such projects when, according to him, the NDC could not manage the economy effectively when in power.
“Mr. Mahama told us that they had chewed the meat to the bone. Having seen how you have handled the economy if you come back today and say that the first pillar of your manifesto is to restore the economy and cure poverty, does that sound like a credible manifesto? ”.
Regarding the legalization of the “Okada” business, he noted that the laws to prohibit the business were made under the leadership of the former president and he cannot be trusted to retract his decision.
Oppong Nkrumah said that despite laws making the business illegal, the current government has been lenient in its enforcement.
