Mustapha Gbande, the Deputy Director of Operations at the Presidency, has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) is an evil political party.
According to Mustapha Gbande, Ghanaians under the NPP government suffered pain and torture.
Mustapha Gbande is quoted to have said, “NPP is an evil party. The NPP’s eight years have caused us so much pain. We understand you cry; there are people who need jobs, there are people who need employment, there are people who want to get some benefits. If we do not work to create the opportunities, will the opportunities come?
This is the first time the Government of Ghana is running its affairs with 60 Ministers, so you see it is not everyone who can get an appointment. Any single person who has been appointed by President Mahama, you don’t necessarily have to come from Odododiodio; Odododiodio is NDC…”
“The gold that we make from Ghana was not being benefited by the people of Ghana. Today, President Mahama, when he came, put together the GoldBod; are we not seeing the benefits of GoldBod?”
However, Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has bluntly told Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson that Ghanaians are not interested in the books but are rather interested in the economy in their pockets.
According to Afenyo-Markin, Ghanaians are suffering, and even the NDC MPs who were praising Ato Forson are also hungry.
Speaking in contributing to the debate on the 2026 Mid-Year Budget Review presented by Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson in Parliament, Afenyo-Markin stated, “And finally, you claim you want a third term, third term, third term. You are not performing. You said third term… eh, I’m Ato Forson. You are here presenting a budget, and beneath it is a third-term agenda where you are going to spend money.
For people to be calling for a third term, we are watching you with eagle eyes. You won’t get the third term today or tomorrow; focus on the 24-hour economy. You promise one job, three shifts. You promise industrialisation. Ghanaian businesses have lost confidence in you. You cancel the 1D1F, which was creating opportunity for the private sector.
In its place, no policy alternatives. Electricity tariffs have gone up over almost 30%. Then you get up, you say you are promoting a 24-hour economy. You have sacked public sector workers. Many of the Ghanaian youth lost their jobs. You sacked them”.
He added, “Today you are here instead of promising to restore them into their rightful places in the job market. You are not doing so. Then you come, you say we should praise you. Who is going to praise you if you don’t pay and you are holding the money, and then you are there tightening belts and only paying your party members, then we should praise you?
We are not interested in the books. We are interested in the economy in our pockets. People are suffering, Mister Speaker. People need jobs. Your youth, even your MPs, they are praising you here. A lot of them are hungry. Your backbenchers, they can’t go back home. Your backbenchers and you here, you say we should praise you. We will not praise you. It is the same old story. As I stand here now”.
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