The Convention People’s Party (CPP) has expressed doubt over the government’s ability to fulfill its agenda for 2015 due to its failures in 2014.
According to the Communications Director of the CPP, Nii Armah Akomfrah, the government’s inability to achieve most of its targets has reduced the confidence level in the President Mahama’s administration.
“Many people have lost confidence and many people have lost trust in the president. Given that in 2014, he said it was going to be a year of hope. He promised that there would be improvement in the energy and transport sector and actually we have seen the reverse. We’ve had a year of despair, and so why should anybody now have confidence in any other promises that we get from government or the presidency,” he told Citi News.
President Mahama, on New Year’s Eve, said that his government was committed to ending the erratic supply of power in the country and urged Ghanaians to be hopeful about 2015.
[contextly_sidebar id=”6g7P9S83NaPIkqry9EiRveD96WvvJqmv”]He told the congregation of the Perez Chapel during the 31 December watch night service: “Now this is the interesting part; it [2015] will be one in which we will banish darkness from our land and put an end to ‘dumsor’ forever.”
However, energy think-tank, African Center for energy Policy (ACEP) downplayed the president’s promise, calling it a wet dream.
An economist, Dr. Godfred Bokpin also played down President Mahama’s assurance that Ghana’s economy will be turned around in 2015.
And Nii Armah Akomfrah stated that the president’s promise to end the power problem’s in the country was not believable.
“Promises about ‘dumsor-dumsor’ have not materialised and further promises from the president about ending the energy crisis in 2015, frankly nobody believes it,” he stated.
The president, in his New Year address, encouraged Ghanaians to be hopeful about 2015 and stop the cynicism.
However, the CPP communications director has said that people are going to remain cynical until the government makes a greater effort to fulfill its promises
“Many people are cynical, It’s going to take a lot more activity and a lot more effort from government for people to to begin to give them the benefit of doubt again. I think people do not trust anything that government has to say,” he opined.
By: Edwin Kwakofi/citifmonline.com/Ghana