Mahama govt fails to meet governance & accountability promises after 120-days - IERPP's Executive Director

Prof Isaac Boadi, Executive Director of the Institute for Energy, Resources and Public Policy (IERPP), has presented an in-depth investigation of President John Dramani Mahama’s administration’s show successful the cardinal areas of governance and accountability during its archetypal 120 days successful office.

His appraisal focused connected transparency, anti-corruption measures, and organization reforms, evaluating however good the authorities has fulfilled its commitments arsenic outlined successful the 2024 National Democratic Congress (NDC) manifesto.

Speaking astatine a property league held astatine the Ghana International Press Centre connected Wednesday, May 7, 2025, nether the taxable “The 120-Days Accountability Showdown: Are We Resetting oregon Repeating the Past,” Prof Boadi utilized a model based connected 8 large promises made by the Mahama administration, each pertaining to governance and accountability.

The promises evaluated were:

The timely information of furniture ministers

The constitution of a codification of behaviour for authorities officials

Forensic audits of funds specified arsenic the National Cathedral and Covid-19 alleviation funds

A prohibition connected appointees purchasing authorities assets

Reforms successful the assistance administration

Purging information agencies of militia elements

Reopening investigations into pre-election killings

Probing the Akosombo Dam spillage

The archetypal promise, which called for the information of furniture ministers wrong 14 days, was afloat achieved. The authorities met its people by nominating the implicit database of furniture ministers wrong the stipulated timeframe. As a result, Prof Boadi awarded the authorities a cleanable people of 100% for this promise.

However, the appraisal of the different promises told a antithetic story. Prof Boadi noted that portion a draught codification of behaviour for authorities officials had been prepared, enforcement mechanisms had not been established, starring to a people of 70%. He recommended that the authorities found an autarkic oversight assemblage to guarantee the implementation of the code.

The administration’s committedness to conducting forensic audits of funds specified arsenic the National Cathedral and Covid-19 alleviation programs was rated astatine 0%. Prof Boadi explained that nary factual steps had been taken successful this regard, advising the authorities to name autarkic auditors to initiate the process.

Similarly, the committedness to prohibition appointees from purchasing authorities assets was besides rated astatine 0%, arsenic nary enactment had been taken. Prof. Boadi urged the authorities to legislate this argumentation to forestall conflicts of interest.

The betterment of the assistance medication system, different cardinal promise, besides failed to marque progress. Despite an announcement by the Minister of Education successful April 2025 that a measure would beryllium presented to Parliament successful May 2025, nary enactment had been completed, resulting successful different people of 0%.

The government’s committedness to purging the information agencies of militia elements was besides deemed unfulfilled, earning a people of 0%. Prof Boadi recommended that the authorities collaborate with organizations specified arsenic the Commission connected Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) to code this issue.

The committedness to reopen investigations into pre-election killings and related matters received a people of 0%, with nary advancement made to date. Prof Boadi suggested that the Office of the Special Prosecutor could play a important relation successful moving this probe forward.

The last committedness evaluated was the probe into the Akosombo Dam spillage. While a five-member committee was acceptable up to analyse the incidental successful March 2025, Prof Boadi noted that compensatory measures for the victims remained inadequate. As a result, the authorities was awarded a people of conscionable 5%.

Summing up the results, Prof Boadi calculated an mean show people of 23.12% for the government’s efforts successful the governance and accountability sector. This score, helium noted, reflects important gaps successful fulfilling cardinal promises related to anti-corruption and organization reforms.

Prof Boadi further stated that these scores would beryllium incorporated into a broader evaluation, which would besides see societal and economical performance. He emphasized that portion immoderate promises were fulfilled, the wide governance and accountability show had been subpar, indicating a request for stronger enactment successful the coming months.

The valuation besides noted that these findings would beryllium included successful a last weighted verdict aft assessments of each applicable sectors person been completed.

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