Mahama fulfilled only 28% of 280 promises he made as President - 2012 NDC Manifesto reveals

A detailed analysis of former President Mahama's 2012 Manifesto makes a startling revelation of a significant percentage of unfulfilled promises at the end of his term as President in January 2017.

Mahama, narrowly won the 2012 elections, which was later challenged at the Supreme Court by the NPP, and he became the NDC's automatic Flagbearer for that election after completing the full term of President Mills, who died in office.

As Flagbearer, Mahama run a lavish campaign full of juicy promises under the theme "Advancing the Better Ghana Agenda," with the tagline "idey bii k3k3" (it is too sweet), driving the campaign.

After winning the elections, expectations of Ghanaians were unsurprisingly high, following the promises made.

However, Mahama's administration was plaqued by myriad of problems, including serious economic downturn, graduate and youth unemployment and an unprecedented 4-year energy crisis, which brought the name 'dumsor" - a situation which crippled the growth of businesses, both large, medium and small.

It was therefore, not a surprise, when Mahama and the NDC lost the 2016 elections by the biggest margin in the 4th Republic, as many accused the regime of incompetence and deceptive promises.

With former President Mahama staging a comeback to lead Ghana again, after the launch of his 2024 Campaign last week, his erstwhile regime, between 2012 and 2017, has come under intense scrutiny.

There has alao been so much focus on his new big promises, with many accusing him of failing to fulfil many promises he made to Ghanaians when he got the chance to be President.

As the debate rages on, available data have revealed that Mahama fulfilled only 28% of major promises he made in the 2012 NDC Manifesto, based on which he was elected President.

The data also reveal that Mahama made as many as 280 promises, and out of that, only 77 were delivered or fulfilled, representing a paltry 28%.

What this means is that the former President Mahama, after he was elected into office in 2012, did not fulfil a whopping 203 of promises he made in the manifesto, representing 68% of unfulfilled promises.

Out of the 203, or 68% unfulfilled promises by Mahama, 46 of those promises were major promises, which dominated the 2012 elections in areas such as prudent management of the economy, infrastructure, education, social intervention, industrilisation, northern development, taxation, youth employment, among others.

Interestingly, many of these promises were also repeated at the 2012 IEA Presidential debate.

Below is a table of all the 280 promises Mahama made in 2012 during his campaign and in his manifesto. The table also indicates the paltry 28% (77) which were fulfilled and the 68% (203), which were not fulfilled.