Former NPP National Chairman, Freddie Armah Blay, has blamed the party\u2019s political setbacks not on the performance of the Akufo-Addo-led regime but on the frustration and apathy of its grassroots base.<\/p>\n
Speaking on JoyNews\u2019\u00a0PM Express<\/em>\u00a0on Wednesday, July 16, he argued that the government delivered strongly on its mandate across key sectors but failed to effectively carry its support base along, leading to voter disengagement.<\/p>\n \u201cMaybe the only thing we failed to do was to carry along our membership, a greater portion of our members, and some got quite frustrated, and therefore refused to go and vote,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n He dismissed criticisms about the government\u2019s performance and strongly defended the record of the Akufo-Addo administration in economic management, institutional development, and job creation.<\/p>\n \u201cBut in terms of performance, and I\u2019m being very sincere with you, I think Nana Akufo-Addo\u2019s government did very well,\u201d Mr. Blay insisted.<\/p>\n He maintained that the administration made significant strides in building infrastructure, strengthening institutions, and improving sectors such as health, education, and security.<\/p>\n \u201cIn terms of handling the economy, building infrastructure, building institutions in this country, both political and security institutions, hospitals and education\u2014I think his government did very well,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Highlighting what he sees as one of the administration\u2019s most notable achievements, Mr. Blay added, \u201cIn terms of even providing employment in the history of this country, that government did extremely well.\u201d<\/p>\n Former NPP National Chairman, Freddie Armah Blay, has blamed the party\u2019s political setbacks not on the performance of the Akufo-Addo-led regime but on the frustration and apathy of its grassroots base. Speaking on JoyNews\u2019\u00a0PM Express\u00a0on Wednesday, July 16, he argued that the government delivered strongly on its mandate across key sectors but failed to effectively […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123457,"featured_media":11688,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[347,232],"class_list":["post-11687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-news","tag-akufo-addo","tag-npp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11687","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/123457"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=11687"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11687\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11689,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11687\/revisions\/11689"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/11688"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=11687"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=11687"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=11687"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Disclaimer: The content provided on Fish FM Online is for informational and entertainment purposes only. While we strive for accuracy, we do not guarantee the completeness, reliability, or timeliness of the information presented. Fish FM Online and its affiliates are not responsible for any errors or omissions, nor for any decisions made based on the content available on our platform.<\/em><\/h6>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"