A survey of 2,400 Ghanaians by the Centre for Democratic Development (CDD) Afro Barometer has revealed that government has performed very badly in providing public services.

A majority of respondents (75%) rated government negatively for failure to provide reliable electricity supply. 

Joy News' Dzifa Bampoh who was present at the 'outdooring' of the report said the survey was conducted between May and June 2014 and covered 291 towns in 177 districts of the country.

She said the survey was in two parts- opinions of respondents on access to public services and findings by field officers on the most common public services available in the various communities.

The survey indicated that 68 per cent of the respondents think government performed very badly in maintaining roads and bridges, with 66 per cent berating government for performing badly in providing water and sanitation services.

For education and basic health care services, 63 and 61 per cent of the respondents said government performed very badly respectively.

Most respondents cited education and health as priorities for additional public investment however, Afrobarometer Assistant Project Manager, Isaac Ofosu-Debrah explained that fewer than half of Ghanaians are willing to pay for additional increases in taxes and user fees for such investments.

"They want Government to prioritise them however they don't want to pay more taxes or more user fees for government to invest in these areas."

When questioned on bribery and corruption, thirty-two percent (32%) of respondents said they had never offered a bribe to obtain a public service, ie. accessing healthcare, obtaining drivers licenses, passports and other documents.

However, seven percent (7%) admitted that they had offered bribes for these services.

The second part of the survey had to do with the observation by field officers who reported that the most common public services available in the regions were cell phone net works, public schools, electricity grids and pipe water systems.

The least common however were sewage systems, health clinics, tarred roads, police stations and post offices.

Afrobarometer is an African-led, non-partisan research network that conducts public attitude surveys on democracy, governance, economic conditions, and related issues across more than 30 countries in Africa.