A Journalist with Accra-based Citi FM and Citi TV, Umar Sanda Amadu has challenged president Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to man up for interrogation by him and his colleague journalist at Multimedia on his track record as president.
According to Umar Sanda Amadu, Nana Akufo-Addo, who was presidential candidate of the then opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) availed himself, 5 days into the 2016 Elections, for a joint-interview by him and his colleague at Multimedia, Evans Mensah.
He, therefore, expects the president to make himself available for a similar interview for the assessment of his record in government particularly with regards to pledges he made in the said interview.
“Dear Nana Akufo Addo, you were bold to face these two journalists (himself and Evans Mensah) 5 days to election 2016. We asked our questions and you answered frankly. I need you to exhibit your boldness again, now that you’re in defence so we see what you’re made of.
Evans Mensah and I are more than ready to open you up for the electorates ahead of Monday’s election,” he said a post on social.
Prior to the 2016 Elections, leader of the then opposition NPP, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and his party pledged among others to fiercely tackle corruption, provide developmental projects worth US$ million per constituency, implement an industrialization policy dubbed One District, One Factory (1D1F), construct dams in villages in northern Ghana to boost the agricultural sector and implement a Free High School Policy.
These promises, some political watchers say, contributed to the victory of Nana Akufo-Addo and his party in the 2016 Elections.
About 4 years into the Akufo-Addo’s administration, the president and his government claimed they have fulfilled 80 percent of these promises.
However, a section of the public particularly Civil Society Organizations and the main opposition NDC disagrees.
While some of the government’s policies such as the Free Senior High School policy, One Village, One Dam (1V1D) have been criticized for poor implementation, the government have been accused of reneging on its pledge to fight corruption and as well as protect the national purse.
