A detailed analysis of former President Mahama’s 2012 Manifesto reveals a startling percentage of unfulfilled promises by the end of his term as President in January 2017.
Mahama narrowly won the 2012 elections, which were later challenged at the Supreme Court by the New Patriotic Party.
He became the National Democratic Congress’ flagbearer for the 2012 election after completing the full term of the late Ex-President Evans Atta Mills.
As flagbearer, Mahama ran a lavish campaign full of juicy promises under the theme “Advancing the Better Ghana Agenda,” with the tagline “e dey beee kɛkɛ” (to wit “it is too sweet”).
After winning the elections, expectations of Ghanaians were unsurprisingly high following the promises made.
However, Mahama’s administration was plagued by a myriad of problems, including a serious economic downturn, youth unemployment, and an unprecedented 4-year energy crisis, which brought about the infamous word “dumsor,” a situation that crippled the growth of businesses.
As a result, Mahama and the NDC lost the 2016 elections to the New Patriotic Party led by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
President Akufo-Addo beat Mahama by the biggest margin under the 4th Republic, with many Ghanaians describing Mahama as “incompetent” and full of deceptive promises.
However, former President Mahama has made a comeback into the presidential race, bringing heat upon himself and his party.
Mahama has come under intense scrutiny regarding his integrity to fulfill his promises since he and the NDC failed abysmally between 2012 and 2017, especially as he comes up with new promises following the launch of his 2024 Campaign on Saturday, July 27, at Tamale Jubilee Park.
With many people doubting Mahama’s integrity, data available and shared with the public strikingly reveals how the economy cannot be entrusted into his hands again. According to the verifiable data, Mahama fulfilled only 28% of his major promises in the 2012 NDC Manifesto.
The data shows Mahama made as many as 280 promises, out of which only 77 were delivered, representing a paltry 28%. This means that Mahama, after being elected into office in 2012, did not fulfill a whopping 203 promises he made to Ghanaians, representing 68% of the unfulfilled promises.
Out of the 203, 46 of those promises were major promises that dominated the 2012 elections in areas such as management of the economy, infrastructure, education, social intervention, industrialization, northern development, taxation, youth employment, among others.
Interestingly, many of these promises were also repeated at the 2012 IEA presidential debate.
Source: ghanaweb.com
