With political parties not taking kindly to the assessment of their promises made thus far in hopes of winning the presidential seat or retaining it, IMANI Ghana president Franklin Cudjoe has explained his outfit’s work in ranking the pledges was not borne out of ill will.
“It was not intended to embarrass anybody at all. In fact we did state that the promises made so far. We were categorical that apart from the PPP that has issued a manifesto, most of the analysis was tracked between June and August and all the statements, audio files, speeches given, some were the IEA platform while others on campaign platforms.â€
Since the release on Thursday, detailing that only 18 out of the 247 promises collectively made by the various parties were quantifiable, the New Patriotic Party in particular has been up in arms.
“I think that Ghanaians must take IMANI’s analysis of the promises that political parties and their leaders are making with a pinch of salt because it is this same think tank that when we proposed the free SHS policy, they came out and disagreed entirely claiming it was an impossibility,†NPP’s Deputy Director of Communications, Anthony Karbo thundered.
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