Lies about the economy won’t get you elected in 2024 – NPP slams NDC

The ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) has asked the opposition party National Democratic Congress (NDC) to be truthful in its evaluations of Ghana’s economic situation.

Despite its good management of the Ghanaian economy, the NDC, in the NPP’s opinion, has become accustomed to hiding the government’s economic advantages by dishonest means, something which the NPP wants the NDC to discontinue.

The NDC’s thirst for power cannot be quenched by lies, according to Stephen Ntim, national chairman of the NPP, in a speech on Tuesday.

“The NDC must desist from the habit and strategy of deceit in its quest for power. Such methods are often short-term but have long-term ramifications for democracy, public confidence, and, not least, the global perception and embrace of our dear country, Ghana”, he said.

According to the NPP, the NDC’s deception won’t convince the government to give up trying to improve its economic performance.

“Let me end by passing this piece of advice through you to the NDC. As a political party, the NDC has a sacred responsibility, to be honest, and upfront with Ghanaians in all things”, he further added.

Stephen Ntim thus urged party members to assist in spreading the NPP’s goodwill.

“I call on the rank and file of the NPP to arise and mobilize behind our government to defeat the onslaught of the NDC propaganda. This means that all of us in the NPP, from polling stations upward, must become canvassers and communicators to help disabuse the minds of our fellow Ghanaians from the misinformation that the NDC is feeding the nation.”

The NPP has praised the Akufo-Addo-Bawumia administration for carefully overseeing Ghana’s economy despite it implementing the historic Debt Exchange Programme and applying for a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

According to Stephen Ntim, the current, crushing economic crisis is not caused by the incompetence of the economic management team, as the opposition, National Democratic Congress has claimed, but rather by the impacts of COVID-19 and the Russia-Ukraine War.

“The plain truth is that this government has managed the economy diligently and well. The hardships we are experiencing in Ghana are being experienced everywhere because of the Covid-19 pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine War. Workers in some of the world’s biggest economies are demanding salary increases due to historic global inflation.”