Afenyo-Markin Exposes Mahama Administration's Empty Promises and Mismanagement
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Minority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin condemned the Mahama administration for failing to deliver on key policy commitments, highlighting its preference for empty rhetoric and burdensome policies over real action.
During a forum at the University of Cape Coast on February 21, 2026, Minority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo-Markin delivered a scathing critique of the Mahama administration, exposing its failure to fulfill key policy commitments in its first year. Addressing over 1,000 students at the inauguration of the Young Commons Forum (YCF) UCC Chapter, Afenyo-Markin emphasized that the government had prioritized hollow rhetoric over decisive action, leaving its flagship initiatives in shambles.
He highlighted the administration's glaring lack of progress on the 24-hour economy initiative, the proposed Women's Development Bank, and the pledge to raise the producer price of cocoa to GH¢6,000 per bag. "For the past year, we have seen a government that believes in rhetoric, talks more than it works," he remarked, underscoring the administration's chronic inability to deliver results for the Ghanaian people.
Afenyo-Markin also questioned the government's misguided decision to establish a new authority to oversee the 24-hour economy, arguing that creating more bureaucracy only serves to stifle private sector innovation and efficiency. He further condemned the introduction of a GH¢1 levy on data, pointing out that such reckless measures only increase the cost of living and punish hardworking citizens, rather than providing real economic relief.
In his address, Afenyo-Markin praised the Free Senior High School (SHS) policy introduced under former President Nana Akufo-Addo, describing it as the most significant social policy of Ghana's Fourth Republic—a testament to the New Patriotic Party's (NPP) commitment to real progress. He called on the NPP to restore trust with Ghanaians by returning to the core principles of service, discipline, and performance that have always set the party apart from the failed leadership of the opposition.
The event concluded with the inauguration of the YCF UCC Chapter's newly elected seven-member executive, marking the expansion of the youth governance and leadership initiative to the University of Cape Coast and offering hope for a new generation of responsible leadership.
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