'If NPP were thieves, then NDC are armed robbers' - Janet Nabla

Presidential candidate of the People's National Party (PNP), Janet Asana Nabla, has criticised the ruling government over what she described as its poor performance in managing the country.

According to her, the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), which strongly criticised the New Patriotic Party (NPP) while it was in office, has so far performed worse than its predecessor.

Speaking during a panel discussion on Joy Prime TV on April 14, 2026, Nabla argued that no member of the NDC has the moral right to accuse members of the NPP of corruption or theft.

She further claimed that Ghanaians voted the NPP out of office not because of corruption but due to non-performance.

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“Ghanaians voted out the NPP because they did not perform. You came into office and you are performing worse than the NPP…when we say it, you call them corrupt. I challenge you to call them corrupt. There is no NDC member who has the moral authority to call the NPP corrupt,” she said.

Nabla alleged that corruption under the current administration is worse than what existed under the previous government.

“If the NPP were thieves, then you are armed robbers. If they were armed robbers, then you are state bandits,” she stated.

She also questioned what she described as inflated contract sums, particularly in road maintenance and rehabilitation projects.

“How can a road that was constructed, and you are coming to do maintenance or rehabilitation on it, something that costs 10 million and you are charging 30 million cedis and yet you say the NPP were corrupt?” she asked.

She urged the government to focus on implementing its policies instead of blaming the previous administration.

“As we speak now, you have not been able to implement any of your policies. Stop talking about the NPP. We voted them out. You are in power now and you are performing worse,” she added.

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