{"id":8035,"date":"2024-09-03T08:43:21","date_gmt":"2024-09-03T08:43:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=8035"},"modified":"2024-09-03T08:43:24","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T08:43:24","slug":"2024-elections-ndc-npp-promising-heaven-on-earth-john-kwakye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fishfmonline.com\/?p=8035","title":{"rendered":"2024 Elections: NDC, NPP promising heaven on earth \u2013 John Kwakye."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2F3news.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2F2024-elections-ndc-npp-promising-heaven-on-earth-john-kwakye%2F\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=2024+Elections%3A+NDC%2C+NPP+promising+heaven+on+earth+%E2%80%93+John+Kwakye&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2F3news.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2F2024-elections-ndc-npp-promising-heaven-on-earth-john-kwakye%2F&amp;via=\"><\/a><a href=\"\/\/send?text=2024+Elections%3A+NDC%2C+NPP+promising+heaven+on+earth+%E2%80%93+John+Kwakye%20%E2%98%9E%20https%3A%2F%2F3news.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2F2024-elections-ndc-npp-promising-heaven-on-earth-john-kwakye%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2F3news.com%2Fnews%2Fpolitics%2F2024-elections-ndc-npp-promising-heaven-on-earth-john-kwakye%2F&amp;title=2024+Elections%3A+NDC%2C+NPP+promising+heaven+on+earth+%E2%80%93+John+Kwakye\"><\/a><a href=\"mailto:?subject=2024%20Elections:%20NDC,%20NPP%20promising%20heaven%20on%20earth%20%E2%80%93%20John%20Kwakye%20BODY=I%20found%20this%20article%20interesting%20and%20thought%20of%20sharing%20it%20with%20you.%20Check%20it%20out:%20https:\/\/3news.com\/news\/politics\/2024-elections-ndc-npp-promising-heaven-on-earth-john-kwakye\/\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/news\/politics\/2024-elections-ndc-npp-promising-heaven-on-earth-john-kwakye\/#\"><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/news\/politics\/2024-elections-ndc-npp-promising-heaven-on-earth-john-kwakye\/#\"><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>The Director of Research at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Dr John Kwakye is questioning the kind of promises that are being made by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the elections this year.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Kwakye is wondering whether these promises are realistic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In his view, the two main parties are promising heaven on earth ahead of the 2024 general elections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">No party should have more than one hundred key promises, he intimated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBetween them, NPP and NDC have over 1,000 promises in their manifestos! It\u2019s like promising heaven on earth! Is this really realistic? Realistically, no party should have more than 100 key promises,\u201d Dr Kwakye wrote on his X page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cPolitical candidates who can not promise full ownership of our natural resources to alleviate the people\u2019s poverty must be rejected by the electorate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ahead of the elections, the Flagbearer of the NDC Former President John Dramani Mahama said he has a track record of implementing policies to develop the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To that end, he says Ghanains should trust his police proposals ahead of the elections this year and vote for him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYes, the NDC and I have a track record, and we will do much more! We built roads, interchanges, and schools; the new Terminal 3 at the Kotoka International Airport, transformed the Tamale and Kumasi Airports into international airports and to operate at night; secured funds to build new terminals for both the Tamale and Kumasi airport,\u201d he wrote on his X platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Mahama has promised Ghanaians to have a few ministers if he is voted for to become president again.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He also promised to reduce government spending and use the savings to improve the lives of the people.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cI promise you a leaner government. We\u2019ll have fewer ministers and cut government expenditure, and any savings that we make will be used to better the lives of our teachers and other national workers,\u201d he said in an address on Sunday, June 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mr Mahama also reiterated that his 24-hour economy idea is what will develop the economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"ose-youtube ose-uid-a4e0518d7ab7900e140274231cb0a537 ose-embedpress-responsive\" style=\"width:400px; height:400px; max-height:400px; max-width:100%; display:inline-block;\" data-embed-type=\"Youtube\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Mc89oVi0ZyA?feature=oembed&color=red&rel=0&controls=1&start=&end=&fs=0&iv_load_policy=0&autoplay=0&mute=0&modestbranding=0&cc_load_policy=1&playsinline=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; encrypted-media;accelerometer;autoplay;clipboard-write;gyroscope;picture-in-picture clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen referrerpolicy=\"origin\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 24-hour initiative is the answer for now and in the future, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said, \u201cIt will create an enabling environment with deliberate policies for businesses, companies, and government institutions to operate 24\/7 in a three-eight-hour shift system.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">His counterpart in the New Patriotic Party (NPP), Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia promised that if he is elected president in this year\u2019s elections, his administration will ensure that the import duties in Ghana are not above those of&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/featured\/import-duties-in-ghana-will-be-the-same-in-lome-or-even-lower-dr-bawumia-promises\/#\">&nbsp;Lome<\/a>, Togo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He observed that&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/featured\/import-duties-in-ghana-will-be-the-same-in-lome-or-even-lower-dr-bawumia-promises\/#\">&nbsp;Lome<\/a>&nbsp;port is a major competitor for Ghana. People usually import goods through the Lome port and smuggle them into Ghana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To stop the smuggling, he said, Ghana will charge the same import duties as Lome or even lower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTema port will be fully automated. We are bringing a new policy for import duty, we are going to align the import duty at Tema port with the import duty at the Lome Port. The ports in Ghana will not charge higher duties than the ports in Lome, this is our policy, we will not charge higher duties because they are our competitors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIf you are higher all the containers will go to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/featured\/import-duties-in-ghana-will-be-the-same-in-lome-or-even-lower-dr-bawumia-promises\/#\">&nbsp;Lome<\/a>&nbsp;and they will smuggle them into Ghana and you will lose the revenue so we are going to make sure that under a new policy, we will be either lower or the same as&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/3news.com\/featured\/import-duties-in-ghana-will-be-the-same-in-lome-or-even-lower-dr-bawumia-promises\/#\">&nbsp;Lome<\/a>. That is the policy and that will help our business people, no need for smuggling,\u201d Dr Bawumia said in a breakfast meeting with NPP regional leaders ahead of his start of the campaign activities, on Monday, April 29.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Touting his achievements, for the first time in the history of Ghana, consumers of electricity can sit in the comfort of their homes or wherever they find themselves and buy electric power without having to join any line at the offices of the Electricity Company of Ghana (ECG).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This, he said, is among the list of innovative measures introduced by the Akufo-Addo administration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cFor the first time in our history, people can buy electricity units on their mobile phones, we take it for granted now but a few years ago you had to go and queue at the ECG payment center to buy electricity,\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Director of Research at the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) Dr John Kwakye is questioning the kind of promises that are being made by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the elections this year. Dr Kwakye is wondering whether these promises are realistic. 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