The major political parties in the country have presented a mixed assessment of President Mills’ first 100 days in office. President Mills in an interaction with editors of major media houses in the country on Tuesday gave his performance so far an 80-percent rating. While the main opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) say economic conditions have worsened since the new administration assumed office in January, the People’s National Convention (PNC) and the Convention People’s Party (CPP) maintain some successes have been chalked. In an interview with Joy News on Wednesday, the NPP General Secretary, Nana Ohene Ntow, said the first 100 days of the NDC has rather been wasteful. He said the period which the manifesto of the ruling party touts as a strategic start of its reign has rather been punctuated with unnecessary political vendetta. Ohene Ntow maintains that the NDC “has not been able to design policies that will reduce taxes to bring relief to ordinary Ghanaians” in the long term. The general secretary also cited reports of car seizures by national security operatives, road accidents and armed robberies as conditions that paint a grim picture of the ruling party’s first few days in power. The leader of the GCPP, Dan Lartey maintains President Mills’ administration is yet to get its priorities right. “The 100 days in which they said they were going to do ABC, has not been set by the people of Ghana. They set their own way of doing things,” Mr Lartey said, insisting that the clear mandate of the people was for the NDC to resolve their economic challenges. Meanwhile the PNC which has some of its members in government says the new administration has done fairly well. The PNC’s Ahmed Rahmadan told Joy News the NDC was able to, at least, fulfill its promise of reducing taxes on fuel prices. He however noted that the government has a bigger task ahead which requires a stronger determination. The general secretary of the CPP, Ivor Greenstreet, believes the Mills administration has done fairly well. He would give the government's performance 70 percent. Mr Greenstreet stressed that although the Mills administration has some of the finest ministers, the impact of the global financial crisis means it has to brace itself for tougher challenges ahead. Prof Mills’ first 100 days ends Thursday April 16, 2009. Story by Fiifi Koomson/Myjoyonline.com