The minority in Parliament has launched a scathing assessment of President John Dramani Mahama’s 120-day performance update, accusing the administration of abandoning its bold reformist promises and instead repackaging old failures under a new mandate.
At a press conference on Thursday, May 8, Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin described the President’s national address as a “hollow display of self-congratulation” that fails to capture the economic and social hardships confronting ordinary Ghanaians.
“This is not just a speech; it is a call to remembrance and resistance,” Afenyo-Markin declared. “It is a forensic audit of the presidency that campaigned with the urgency of a reformer but now governs with the indifference of a ruler long exhausted by ideas.”
He accused the Mahama-led administration of already showing signs of fatigue, describing the government as entering its “lame duck days”, despite being only four months into office.
“Now the 120 days are over, the promises have collapsed, the excuses have run dry, and the reckoning must begin,” he said. “Let it be said plainly to every Ghanaian — you were not given a reset; you were sold a recycled failure.”
The minority leader also took aim at what he characterised as a betrayal of public trust, accusing the government of prioritising political expediency over meaningful transformation.
“They are trading the will of the people for political convenience,” Afenyo-Markin said, urging citizens to “rise up to defend the Republic.”
President Mahama’s recent national broadcast highlighted what he described as significant early gains, including the repeal of unpopular taxes, restructuring of key institutions, and improved legislative transparency.
But the minority dismissed these claims as “cosmetic”, arguing that they do not confront the country’s most urgent problems, such as economic hardship, youth unemployment, and governance inertia.
“The reforms are shallow. The people are suffering, and this government is pretending that optics will substitute for outcomes,” Afenyo-Markin asserted.
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