The Deputy Spokesperson for Dr Mahamudu Bawumia’s campaign team, Dr Ekua Amoakoh, has fired shots at the John Mahama-led government.
According to Dr Ekua Amoakoh, the Mahama government has not shown enough commitment to delivering its key policies.
She highlighted that the much-talked-about 24-hour economy and the “one job, three shifts” policy by the NDC Ghanaians have not seen any progress with it.
“I do not see enough of a commitment to that. We are in the second year now — the 24-hour economy, one job, three shifts — we don’t see any progress with that,” she said.
“If by the end of your first year in office, a lot of the key policy initiatives that you campaigned on, we are not seeing any push of it, then we might as well raise our hands and give up now,” she cautioned.
“We were just talking about 70,000 teachers and how they are having a hard time paying them. These are people already in the employment sector, and you just have to find money to pay them,” she said.
“When they were moving up and down the country talking about it, we told them it wasn’t the most practical thing. Demand must precede what you’re going to produce,” she added.
“As time goes on, the Ghanaian people are going to begin to hold them accountable for the specific promises that they made,” Dr Amoakoh said.
Meanwhile, Mussa Dankwah, the Global InfoAnalytics Executive Director, has disclosed that Ghana’s economy is no longer the number one issue for voters.
According to Mussa Dankwah, Jobs have replace economy as voters’ top concern when he speaks to voters.
He noted that before the 2024 election, the three things that bothered voters were the economy, jobs, and education, adding that voters’ priorities have shifted.
Mussa Dankwah further stressed that he expects the NDC government to create jobs.
Speaking on the JoyNews AM Show on January 6, Mussa Dankwah disclosed, “I expect them to create jobs; if you speak to voters today, the economy is no longer a threat to them. The economy is no longer the number one issue for them. It suggests that they are okay with the economy.”
“The issue is job creation. If you look at the last election, before the election, the three top issues that bothered voters were the economy, jobs, and education.”
He added, “On points one and three, which were the top three issues, they are having success in doing that. But the problem they have is job creation, which is the biggest threat. We’ve been told that it’s a national security threat for many years. It still remains. A chunk of the youth have no job.”
“Whatever the government needs to take to create jobs, the environment that will create jobs, they have to. There’s no excuse for them. The people will be disappointed, but in the second year, if nothing happens, I can tell them for a fact.”
Mussa Dankwah added, “So if they have any focus that they have to pay attention to, that should be job creation. And as to how they do it, I’ve been hearing them talking about mechanised agriculture and stuff. I don’t care what it means to get the jobs. The jobs must be there.”
They can’t resolve unemployment, no. They must be seen to have made substantial improvement or gains in reducing the rate of unemployment. If they don’t, that will be the biggest hurdle they have to confront next election.”