The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa says the Chieftaincy and Religious Affairs Minister, Kofi Dzamesi does not deserve to be in office and must resign
According to Ablakwa, almost four years in office, the Ministry has not been able to fulfil even one of the 20 promises the New Patriotic Party (NPP) made in its 2016 manifesto in relation to the chieftaincy sector.
“That’s a 0% Ministry…and the promises are not too hard — [the Ministry was] just to ensure the prompt payment of royalties due chiefs, Queen mothers and Traditional Councils. This is not a difficult one. [The Ministry was also expected to] Provide government support to the institution of Chieftancy in the performance of their duties, their evolution, and further modernization; they failed [this one too]. And what is even worrying is that after failing to deliver to the chiefs, it is [only] insults we hear their communicators raining on the chiefs and I think the Chieftancy Minister should be resigning by now,” he said.
Mr. Ablakwa made this call on Monday, June 15, 2020, when he led a press conference organised by the NDC to assess NPP’s 2016 manifesto.
The North Tongu legislator at the media engagement also argued that the Akufo-Addo government made 631 promises in its 2016 manifesto adding that only 83 of such promises have been delivered.
NDC thus rated the Akufo-Addo government 14% [Fail] for the 83 alleged promises fulfilled.
NDC’s assertion
The opposition National Democratic Congress on Monday assessed the NPP’s manifesto as against the promises achieved.
Ablakwa who led the presentation said the fulfilment of the NPP’s promises was woefully inadequate.
“You are given four good years of the destiny of the people and all you can do is 14 percent. And even this we have been so generous. You scored an F.”
He further accused the government of “mind-boggling” intellectual dishonesty because it was not being candid with citizens.
“You don’t even have the courage to apologize for it and try to see you make amends but you think you can lie your way through by understating the number of promises that you make.”
We made 388 promises not 631 as claimed by NDC – Government
Meanwhile, Information Minister Kojo Oppong Nkrumah rejected the claims by the National Democratic Congress (NDC) that the Akufo-Addo government made 631 promises in its 2016 manifesto.
Mr. Oppong Nkrumah insisted that the NPP made 388 promises.
“As we get to the 2020 national conversation period, one of the narratives they [NDC] seek to cap is a narrative of dishonesty and in order to give life to that narrative, they have to create scenarios that if indeed we made 388 promises, they will find ways of adding some 235 to make it 631 then say therefore that we have been dishonest. Part of the strategy of increasing our promises from 388 to 635 is to enable them lay a claim of dishonesty against this administration,” he said.