Minority Leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has accused the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) of failing to deliver some of its major campaign promises ahead of the 2024 general election.

Speaking on JoyNews’ The Probe on Sunday, August 23, the Effutu MP said the government had yet to demonstrate tangible achievements on some of the commitments it made to Ghanaians.

“So far, the key promises they made to Ghanaians, there are no tangible achievements that you can see that these are the visible ones,” he said.

Mr Afenyo-Markin argued that the government’s performance should be assessed against the promises on which the NDC campaigned and secured victory in the 2024 election.

He cited the much-touted 24-Hour Economy policy and the Nkoko Nkitinkiti initiative, arguing that they had not materialised as promised during the campaign.

On the 24-Hour Economy, Mr Afenyo-Markin said the NDC presented the policy as a major intervention that would create jobs and expand economic activity through a three-shift system.

He, however, claimed that the government had failed to create the conditions necessary for the private sector to generate the jobs envisaged under the policy.

“You and I know that as we speak, the government has not created an opportunity for private sector growth, which will lead to one job, three shifts. The one job, three shifts, straight away failed,” he said.

Afenyo-Markin compares NDC promises to Free SHS

The Minority Leader contrasted the NDC’s record with the implementation of the Free Senior High School (Free SHS) policy under former President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

He said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) campaigned on Free SHS ahead of the 2016 general election and began implementing the policy in September 2017, months after assuming office.

According to him, the Akufo-Addo administration demonstrated its commitment to a major campaign pledge by beginning implementation within its first year in office.

“When Akufo-Addo came into office, he said Free SHS; immediately, immediately, one can see that he announced the policy, the Finance Minister came to Parliament, and Free SHS has started, and everybody could attest to it; however, the criticism has started.”

Mr Afenyo-Markin maintained that the same urgency had not been demonstrated by the Mahama administration in delivering some of the NDC’s flagship campaign promises.