The Minority in Parliament has launched a blistering attack on the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC), accusing it of collapsing under the weight of its own promises and exposing what it described as a hollow record in government.
According to the Minority, the NDC mastered the art of criticism in opposition but has proven incapable of leadership in power, leaving Ghanaians with rhetoric instead of results and promises instead of policies.
Addressing the media in Accra on Monday, Minority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin said the gap between what the NDC promised and what it has delivered is no longer political – it is scandalous.
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“In opposition, the NDC spoke like revolutionaries. In government, they govern like spectators. They criticised everything, promised everything, and delivered almost nothing,” he declared.
The Minority leader accused the government of abandoning key sectors such as agriculture, fisheries, manufacturing, and job creation, arguing that the administration has failed to introduce any bold, transformative policies to stimulate growth.
They challenged the government to publicly present a single flagship reform in agriculture that has significantly improved farmers’ productivity or reduced food imports.
“Where are the policies? Where are the reforms? Where are the results? This government has perfected press conferences but forgotten governance,” the Minority said.
The Minority further accused the NDC of hypocrisy, noting that taxes and levies condemned while in opposition are now being expanded under its administration.
The Leader cited rising utility tariffs, new regulatory charges, and additional levies as evidence that the government has betrayed its own rhetoric.
“They told Ghanaians that taxes were wicked. Today, they are imposing more taxes than they ever criticised. This is not leadership; it is deception,” Afenyo-Markin charged.
On governance and democracy, the Minority alleged that the NDC has turned Parliament into a rubber stamp, abusing certificates of urgency to force laws through the House without scrutiny.
They warned that such practices threaten the foundations of parliamentary democracy and reduce legislative debate to a formality.
“Urgency has become their weapon. Scrutiny has become their enemy. Democracy has become their inconvenience,” the Minority leader stated.
He also accused the government of selective justice and political interference in state institutions, arguing that the rule of law is being replaced by the rule of political power.
“When the law bends to political interests, the state itself begins to rot. That is what we are witnessing,” he warned.
Hon. Afenyo-Markin vowed that the Minority will resist what it described as governance by propaganda and incompetence, promising to expose policy failures and hold every minister accountable.
“We will not clap while Ghana sinks. We will not keep quiet while institutions are weakened. We will fight, question, and confront every failure of this government,” he said.
The Caucus insisted that the NDC’s biggest failure is not just economic but moral — the failure to match words with action. “History will remember this government not for what it said, but for what it failed to do,” he said.