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The opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) may have decided to delay the launch of its manifesto until the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) has outdoored theirs, but the party’s running mate, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia seems to have provided Ghanaians a glimpse of what the party's manifesto will entail.

The 2016 general elections is yet to witness a political discussion based on clearly spelt out plans and programs. And with barely 20 weeks away from a crucial general elections, it is surprising that none of the political parties has outdoored its policies and programmes.

Both the NPP and NDC claim their various manifestoes are ready - but the opposition party says they’re not launching theirs any time soon.

Campaign Manager, Peter Mac Manu, quite recently, told NPP activists made up of student groups in Takoradi, the Western regional capital, that the party has picked up lessons from the 2012 election and is in no rush to publish its manifesto.

The elephant fraternity believe the ruling party will definitely ‘shoplift’ some of their ideologies if it is outdoored before the NDCs.

"This year’s election is not about the NPP message but the eight-year rule of the NDC. The ruling party should tell Ghanaians what they have done to improve the people’s living conditions for the past eight years,” he said.

However, speaking in an interview with Accra-based Citi FM, Dr Bawumia emphatically stated that – his party’s main priority if voted into power will be “Job creation”.

“The hardship Ghanaians are going through shouldn’t be the case. We have plans to transform this economy and to build a very people friendly and business friendly economy.”

“Our number one priority is job creation. You go around the country and the issue of unemployment is really a problem for the youth. Our economy is not growing and that has been the problem. If the economy is not growing you cannot create jobs. We must get jobs for our people,” he said.

The former Deputy Governor of the Bank of Ghana however indicated that – “It is not the fundamental duty of the government to create jobs but rather the private sectors. So what we [NPP] will do is to build an economy that has the incentive structure for the private sector to create jobs and this is where we want to head.”