NPP's campaign promises biggest swindle in political history – Ofosu Kwakye

Former Deputy Minister of Communications, Felix Ofosu Kwakye, has described the 2016 campaign promises by the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) as the biggest swindle in the history of Ghanaian politics.

According to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) communicator, the Akufo-Addo-led government has been unable to implement most of the policies promised Ghanaians in the run up to the 2016 presidential and parliamentary elections.

He stated that one such promise was the establishment of a factory in each of the 216 districts across the country.

The NPP, ahead of the 2016 polls, promised to, among other things, establish factories under the One Distirct-One Factory programme to provide jobs for Ghanaians.

However, the programme is yet to start after almost a year and a half into the administration of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.

Various timelines have been given for the commencement of the project.

Commenting on this development on his Facebook page, Mr Kwakye Ofosu noted that the inability of the government to meet the timelines it set for the start of the project is an indication the government cannot fulfil that promise.

“Folks, I present to you, the various timelines given for the implementation of the 1District-1Factory slogan. The 2016 campaign of the NPP has to go down as the biggest swindle in Ghanaian electoral history,” he wrote.