The Member of Parliament for Kwabre East, Akwasi Gyamfi Onyina-Acheampong, has accused the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) of failing to fulfil several key promises it made during the 2024 general election campaign.
According to the lawmaker, the NDC capitalised on the economic difficulties and unpopular policy decisions of the previous New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration to win votes but has since failed to implement many of the commitments it made to Ghanaians.
“Based on these circumstances that we found ourselves in and we took some of these drastic decisions that Ghanaians were not happy about, the NDC government in 2024 used this as major campaign tools,” he said.
Mr Onyina-Acheampong singled out the government’s flagship 24-hour economy policy, arguing that its implementation has fallen short of expectations.
He said the NDC promised to create jobs through a “one-three-three” model, under which one job would operate in three shifts employing three different people.
“They said the economy was not going, we’re not creating jobs so they will do 24-hour economy formula one-three-three. One job, three shifts, three people,” he stated.
According to him, the policy would have required the recruitment of additional personnel into the police service and other security agencies, but he claimed no such large-scale recruitment has taken place.
“Now they’ve backtracked. Twenty-four-hour economy, no one is seeing it. It’s not happening,” he added.
The MP also accused the government of failing cocoa and cashew farmers despite campaign promises to improve producer prices.
He claimed cocoa farmers had been promised higher prices but were instead facing reductions, while cashew farmers were struggling to find buyers for their produce.
On healthcare, Mr Onyina-Acheampong alleged that the NDC had failed to fulfil its promise to complete and operationalise the Agenda 111 hospital projects.
“They said they will complete all the Agenda 111 hospitals… Even the ones that were 98 per cent completed, they just had to operationalise them. That one too they have left it, and the buildings are deteriorating,” he said.
The Kwabre East MP further criticised the government’s handling of teacher and nurse recruitment, claiming its pledge to provide automatic postings for graduates has not materialised.
He contrasted the situation with what he described as the NPP’s record of recruiting more than 22,000 nurses and teachers annually between 2019 and 2024.
Mr Onyina-Acheampong also alleged that recruitment into the security services had stalled despite significant public interest and further accused the government of failing to honour its promise to reimburse customers affected by the financial sector clean-up.
“They said the depositors who had lost money in the financial sector clean-up were going to be paid within one year of coming into office. What is happening in this country?” he questioned.
His comments come amid continuing political debate over the implementation of the NDC government’s campaign promises and the pace of its policy rollout.
