The Ghana Anti-Corruption Coalition (GACC) has launched its ‘Assessment of Key Commitments and Propositions of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) at a ceremony today [Friday].
According to the Executive Secretary, Beauty Emefa Nertey, the purpose of this is to identify key commitments and policy propositions of the NPP government to create awareness on these commitments and mobilise citizens to demand greater accountability in the management of public resources.
Speaking in an interview, she disclosed that according to the key 8 promises of the NPP government, it has failed in delivering on its promises.
GACC used what it described as 'desktop approach' as most of the data were secondary in nature.
The data according to them was gathered from official reports, such as the 2016 NPP Manifesto, the 2017 and 2018 State of the Nation Addresses (SONA) by President Akufo-Addo, the 2017 and 2018 budget and economic policy statements and other NPP government policy statements related to their performance in office.
Information GACC said was obtained from key offices and institutions responsible for delivering their promises on transparency and fiscal accountability such as Ministry of Finance and Ghana Audit Service although there was no formal administration of a survey or questionnaire, the report said.
The review also focuses on the promises made, those initiated, fulfilled and/or ongoing within the government’s first one and half years (January 2017-June 2018) in office.
The assessment of the feasibility of the propositions also looks at whether or not they are realistic and can be done within their four (4) year term or not. Some of the findings by GACC stated that no bill has been brought before Parliament for consideration with regards to the passage of the Fiscal Responsibility Law, to bring comprehensive accountability, transparency and stability to the budget process.
Another was the law that was promised by the NPP to establish Financial Stability Council and yet “no bill has been brought before Parliament for consideration,” the report said.
The NPP also promised to shift the focus of economic management from taxation to production by reducing some taxes and abolish some others but “several taxes labelled as nuisance taxes have been abolished. However, the promise to reduce the corporate tax rate from 25% to 20% has not yet been implemented,” the report noted.
The report also touched on the promise to elect MMDCEs, the promise to put measures to fight corruption among others.
Portions of the conclusions and way forward of the review read: “the government has two and half years to end its first term in office and it is important that CSOs monitor the fulfilment of these promises and hold the government accountable to deliver on them the promises…It is hoped that the NPP government will accept the report in good faith and work to honour all its promises as it prepares towards an election in 2020.”
The report underscored the need for politicians to be held accountable and be made to honour their campaign promises, which won them political power.
“The NPP while in opposition, made several promises in its 2016 manifesto and on coming into office in January 2017, the government repeated most of these promises and assured Ghanaians of its commitment to execute them. In general, a number of promises have been delivered while others have either been delivered or not touched at all… The fight against corruption is not satisfactory so far. However, it is clear that some of the promises have been executed, the most prominent ones being the establishment of the Office of Special Prosecutor and the reduction of taxes.”
Source: rainbowradio.com
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***barred word*** report from this so called GACC. You blame the government after 18 months? Are you really serious or you are just doing the biddings of John Mahama and the NDC? Can you ask yourselves how long it could take to do the things you complained about? Are you aware of the inheritance? Or to you Ghana government can conjure money at anytime to do whatever it wants to do? You are an unintelligent and illiterate bunch.
MRS EMEFA IT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER YOU DID NOT BRING THIS REPORT YOU HAVE DISGRACED YOUR SELFTOO MUCH GETTING TO THE TAIL END OF YOUE REPORT SEE HAW YOU GOOFED. NPPS TWO YEARS IN OFFICE IF YOU WILL BE TRUTHFUL TO YOUR SELF MORE THAN HALF OF THEIR MAJOR PROMISES HAVE BEEN FUFILLED. THERE YOU ARE HIDDING PARTY. UNDER NDC
The headline doesn't match the content. This is what I found in the content "In general, a number of promises have been delivered". So why this headline when the govt still has 27 months to complete its term?
NDC has a deficit and has still not understood the policy terrain in terms of planning and prioritizing within the range of the limited mandatory circle of 4 years. The Dubai interchange type of policy to get votes is silly and did not pass the recent test of 2016 elections, the repercussions are very fresh in our minds. NPP is using the first term to sanitize the system, ie both micro- and macroeconomic branches and of very recent times clearing the rots in the Banking system. All these interventions take time to mature so as to reflect in the pockets of the electorates. In the absence of that, it is only prudent to undertake social interventions like free SHS, Planting for food, and the youth brigade and what have you. These are direct interventions when properly executed, are immediately going to reflect in the pockets of the electorates to create the political space for the second term. Propaganda and paying the press and institutions to report in your favor is cheap politics and you can only tell that to the marines.
@Amefa: Don’t worry. What these so called coalitions know best is TALKING theories. Give them any practical governmental role and they will redefine their own lifestyle that befits the status of the new office.Remember Oye Litter, she talked copiously on human right abuses across global lecture platform. When she became the minister for Women, Children and Social Protection under the NDC, she failed woefully, and even abused her own female colleagues at her office and acquired assets beyond the shores of Ghana.
GACC, do you think it will take less than 2yrs to establish the necessary documentations for MMDCE's to be elected? Your report is full of malice and personal hatred for the party. The term for the present govt has not expired yet and you are accusing them of not fulfilling most of their promises. Some of the tax promises have been fulfilled. It surprises me that you have taken out the reduction in electricity bills, the free shs, anihilation of dumsor, restoration of training allowances of nurses and teachers. These were all major promises made by the NPP. You have set your own questions, answered them and marked them. Do you want us to take you as a serious organisation? Your current report makes it more imperative for the introduction of the free shs, that is, we will have a more enlighten population who cannot be deceived.
This is the language of NDC. Not surprise that it is coming from you. How can You use less than two years administration to assess ttheir performance. At the end of 4 years ghana will see the good in NPP.