Minority downplays President Mahama's 120-Day Social Contract achievements

The Minority Leader successful Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, has rubbished achievements enumerated by President John Dramani Mahama successful his code connected the 120-Day Social Contract, describing the achievements arsenic being cosmetic.

In a property league connected Thursday May 8, 2025, Afenyo-Markin dismissed the database of fulfilled promises connected grounds that they lacked substance and has failed to code the existent challenges of Ghanaians.

Speaking to the contented of galamsey, helium said that the Mahama-led authorities has disappointed citizens.

He accused the authorities of hoodwinking Ghanaians into reasoning that they were combating the illicit mining menace.

He slammed the president for reneging connected his committedness to enforce a authorities of exigency connected amerciable mining arsenic promised successful the societal contract.

“The government’s inaction connected amerciable mining is not conscionable disappointing, it is simply a betrayal. While successful opposition, the NDC loudly declared that if elected, they would enforce a authorities of exigency to face galamsey head-on.

“But 120 days into office, the authorities not lone has failed to bash so, but they person wholly abandoned the urgency they erstwhile preached,” helium stated.

He besides jabbed President John Dramani Mahama implicit the One Million Coders Programme, terming it arsenic an bare rhetoric which lacks tangible enactment for the Ghanaian youth.

The MP for Effutu questioned the applicable interaction of the President’s integer translation agenda, which forms portion of the administration’s 120-day show review.

He challenged the inaugural stating that speeches and launches bash not construe into integer revolution.

“We, the mighty minority, boldly punctual the president that integer translation cannot beryllium downloaded onto our nationalist integer web by beauteous speeches and launching ceremonies. And Ghana’s younker merit tools, not talking points. I repeat, the younker of Ghana request tools, not talking points,” helium reacted to the motorboat of the One Million Coders Programme, a flagship inaugural by the Mahama-led administration, aimed astatine grooming 1 cardinal Ghanaians successful coding and integer skills.

In a akin fashion, the Minority Leader successful Parliament mocked President John Dramani Mahama’s flagship 24-Hour Economy initiative. He described it arsenic governmental slogan which is devoid of substantive argumentation outcomes.

“It is affluent to perceive the President archer america successful the SONA that the flagship programme, the 24-Hour Economy – besides known arsenic 1,3,3: 1 job, 3 shifts – volition find abstraction successful the 2025 fund but what did we hear? Another ‘matriki wo’!” helium taunted the Mama-led government.

His remarks are successful effect to President Mahama’s nationalist code delivered connected Wednesday, May 7, which listed respective achievements chalked wrong his archetypal 120 days successful government.

Some achievements touted during the code include; the instauration of a Code of Conduct for governmental appointees, the cancellation of the arguable betting tax, the abolition of the Electronic Transfer Levy (E-levy), and archetypal steps toward gathering a leaner government, Mahama Cares Initiatives to notation a few.

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