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Dr. Jamal Mohammed, Executive Director of ADRRI
A report by the Africa Development and Resources Research Institute (ADRRI) has established that the 2020 manifestos of the two main political parties, the New Patriotic Party and the National Democratic Congress, lack broad consultation to meet the relevant needs of the citizens.
The report established that both the Democratic National Congress (NDC) and the New Patriotic Party (PNP) engaged with certain professional bodies in the drafting of their manifestos, yet they were unable to cover the average percentage of Ghanaians.
Presenting the report at Koforidua Technical University, ADRRI Executive Director Dr. Jamal Mohammed revealed that the result indicated that although the consultation was woefully inadequate, the NDC consulted more Ghanaians than the NPP with a percentage score of 39 and 13 respectively.
The report also found that 45 percent of Ghanaians believed that the NDC “had not consulted” and 16 percent said they were “unsafe”, while 77 percent and 11 percent said that the PNP “did not had queried “and” was not sure “of any queries, respectively. .
Speaking with the journalist in an interview, Dr. Mohammed urged political parties to be broader in their consultations to ensure that the needs of various districts and communities are reflected in their manifestos for inclusive governance and promoting development.
He called on the government to be very deliberate and involve citizens before locating projects in any community, as development projects “are demand driven.”
Education
Education and infrastructure, which have been at the center of both parties ‘social contracts, scored highly when measuring Ghanaians’ perceptions of certain key thematic areas in the respective manifestos.
A perception index in the report indicated that 71.6 percent of Ghanaians perceived that the NDC could deliver on its manifesto promises in the education sector with important policies such as “expansion of free SHS to include private schools; abolish the double track system; absorb 50 percent of fees for college students, provide free tertiary education for people living with disabilities, and expand access to education by giving many Ghanaians the opportunity to obtain legal education ”if elected.
Additionally, 55.58 percent of Ghanaians perceived that the PNP, if re-elected, could deliver on promises such as “increasing the human resources needed to improve the implementation of the free SHS, ensuring that no student is denied admission to a tertiary institution due to the inability to pay fees, the implementation of an account of US $ 216 million to improve the quality of education in 10,000 low-performing basic schools in 260 districts, and the implementation of a National Teacher Policy and a Project Integral Digital Literacy for Teachers ”.
Impact of infrastructure and climate change on agriculture
The survey results also revealed that “65.10 percent of Ghanaians had confidence in the NDC infrastructure promises. Whereas 50.72 per cent of Ghanaians had confidence in the PNP’s infrastructure promises before the elections ”.
On the promises made by the two sides on the fight against climate change and the impact on agriculture in the 2020 manifesto, the NDC had 77.85 percent and the PNP, on the other hand, 56.60 percent. of Ghanaians trusted his promises to improve agricultural growth and productivity.
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