Setting the Record Straight: A Direct Rebuttal to Prof. Gyampo and Owusu

I have read the so-called “Strategic Recommendations for Countering Propaganda” by Yaw Gyampo and Evans Owusu, and I must say it is one of the most revealing documents to come out of the NDC camp in recent times. Not because it exposes any opposition propaganda, but because it lays bare the panic of a government that has run out of excuses and is now desperately searching for a script to hide behind.

Let me be blunt. You do not need a “Rapid Response Communication Team” to defend a government that is working. Performance defends itself. When prices are stable, when jobs are plenty, when the Cedi is strong, and when the lights stay on, the people do not need press releases to tell them they are better off—they feel it in their lives and pockets. The very fact that Gyampo and Owusu are drawing up battle plans to “counter narratives” tells you everything: this government is not losing the propaganda war, it is losing the reality war.

The authors complain that the NPP and the Minority describe their initiatives as “scams” and “shams” without evidence. With respect, this is breathtaking dishonesty. We do not call things scams out of malice. We call them what they are because the evidence is staring Ghanaians in the face every single day. Where are the jobs that were promised? Where is the relief from the punishing cost of living? Where is the prudent management of “scarce state resources” they so proudly boast about? You cannot insult the intelligence of Ghanaians and then turn around and accuse them of being misled by the opposition.

Gyampo and Owusu say they want “specifics and evidence.” Excellent. We accept the invitation, and we raise the stakes. Publish the audited figures. Publish the real contract sums. Publish the procurement details. Let us put your projects side by side with what the NPP delivered and let the Ghanaian people judge for themselves. We are not afraid of data—we live on it. It is the NDC that suddenly discovers a love for “independent verification” only when it is on the defensive. Do not lecture us about scorecards when you are terrified of your own report card.

And then comes the most telling recommendation of all—the threat of “legal remedies.” Let us call this what it is: intimidation. When a government starts threatening to drag its critics to court for the crime of holding it accountable, it has abandoned the pretense of democracy. Freedom of expression is not a privilege the NDC government grants at its convenience; it is a constitutional right of every Ghanaian. The moment you reach for the courts to silence the opposition, you confess that you cannot win the argument on merit. That is not strength. That is fear dressed up in legal robes.

So let me address my former Lecturer Prof. Gyampo and Mr. Owusu directly. Your memo is not a communication strategy—it is a confession. It confesses that the achievements you brag about cannot survive scrutiny without an army of spin doctors. It confesses that you fear facts more than you fear the opposition. And it confesses that the gap between your rhetoric and the reality on the ground has grown so wide that no amount of infographics and short videos can fill it.

The NPP will not be silenced, and we will not be intimidated. We will keep asking the hard questions. We will keep producing the evidence. And we will keep reminding Ghanaians that they deserve a government that delivers results, not one that delivers excuses. The Ghanaian people are not fools. They know the difference between propaganda and performance and on that score, this government has nothing to show but words and settings. Settings government.