President Akufo-Addo
NOT LESS than 57 per cent of Ghanaians are very satisfied with the performance of President Akufo-Addo and his New Patriotic Party (NPP) administration, a new poll commissioned by the Institute of Economic Affairs (IEA) has indicated.
The poll, which began on Friday, October 16, 2020 on the IEA’s Twitter handle, asked the simple question of “how satisfied are you with the performance of the current government over the past four years? #IEAGhanaPolls#2020DecemberElections”
Participants were given the option to indicate whether they were “satisfied, dissatisfied or very dissatisfied” with the Akufo-Addo administration, and by the close of polls on Monday, October 19, 2020, a total of 5,626 people had voted with the final results out.
There were 132 retweets with 46 quotes and 181 likes of the poll, and in all, 57 per cent of the voters indicated they were “very satisfied” with the government’s performance for the four-year period.
Another six per cent said they were “satisfied”, while seven per cent said they were “dissatisfied” and 29 per cent ticked “very dissatisfied”.
Some people have attributed the results of the polls to the key policies and programmes, including the Free Senior High School, One Village One Dam, Planting for Food & Jobs, One District One Factory, One Constituency One Ambulance, the improved National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) and many other initiatives introduced by the government since taking office in 2017.
Others have also lauded the Akufo-Addo administration for its handling of the economy, which has been able to withstand the shocks of the coronavirus pandemic and the quick recovery it had begun to make.
With the general election around the corner, some Ghanaians have started comparing the Akufo-Addo administration to the previous Mahama administration.
According to the analysts, there have been provision of stimulus packages to businesses and free water and electricity to every Ghanaian home under the present administration, while Ghanaians experienced intermittent power supply during the Mahama era.
Interestingly, ex-President Mahama, who was heavily defeated in the 2016 election, is staging a comeback and engaging in a plethora of promises, including the legalisation of Okada – an operation he banned while in office.
By Charles Takyi-Boadu