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April 14, 2025
The Member of Parliament for Amenfi West Eric Afful has appealed to Ghanaians to be measured in their expectations from the months old John Dramani Mahama led government.
According to the Chairman of the Committee on Economy and Development, the promises made by the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) in the 2024 presidential elections would be fulfilled in due time.
In an interview, he pointed out that, the government has just been given its maiden budget by parliament through the appropriation and this is the time that government is going to do a lot of expenditure within the Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) and the government has started to hit the ground running and “all we have said within the Manifesto, we are going to tackle it. The expectations people are having in this government with our promise, we are going to do it”.
He advised that the citizens should see this government as a young one and it cannot do everything it has promised at the same time within the short frame of time, adding that the situation is not different with the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) as their maiden common fund has not come in yet. “As we speak today, most of the Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) are not in place, “if funds are given to the various MMDAs who are going to expend these funds?” He queried.
Let us make sure the MMDCEs are sworn in first before the funds can be expended.
As to whether the expectations should be after a year, he noted that until all the Ministers and MMDCEs are fully in place, expectations should be well managed.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com