NPP Must Admit It Has Failed Ghanaians - John Jinapor

A former deputy Minister for Power, John Jinapor says the governing NPP has “failed abysmally” in delivering on its campaign promises. He says party’s manifesto promises in the run-up to both the 2016 and the 2020 general elections have not been realised. Comments by the Yapei-Kusawgu Member of Parliament come on the

heels of Vice President Bawumia’s release of a list of 70 issues the Akufo Addo led-government has addressed since assuming office, following public outcry over the economic situation in the country. This year alone, the government has introduced nine different taxes and yet it talks about reducing taxes. Fuel prices have gone up

by more than 30 percent since the January and in that document, they claim fuel prices have been the lowest? The party has failed. If you want to see the epitome of failure, just look at the Zongo Development Fund. They talk about the 1D1F, but they haven’t been able to do at least 10 percent of it in four years, Mr Jinapor said on

Thursday night. John Jinapor further argued that this is a government that also promised to make the Accra the cleanest city. This is a monumental and abysmal failure, and yet he has the audacity to talk about infrastructural development in the health sector. This government has not even constructed one hospital in the whole of the

4 years and yet the Vice President has the audacity to release this list and the legislator also further said the government should channel its energy into improving the lives of Ghanaians rather than claiming non-existent successes. Beyond the economic theories that the vice President has been talking about, he has completely

lost it. He is simply out of touch. He should get out of the comfort of his office and go out on the streets and monitor the pulse of the nation. He is hitting his chest [and saying] that Ghana’s problems have been solved and done in an unprecedented manner. Things are very difficult in this country and I think that the earlier Dr.

Bawumia wakes up from his slumber and begins to act, the better. This hooting of horns, blowing of trumpets, and writing down those 70 achievements that are non-existent is a fallacy of hasty conclusion. What he is saying is far-fetched and different from what is on the ground, John Jinapor criticized.