Why This NDC Government Will Keep Failing At An Alarming Rate.

There comes a time when a government must look itself in the mirror and tell itself the truth. For this NDC government, that time has come, but they have refused to look.

Across markets, in homes, in schools, in hospitals, and on the streets, Ghanaians are asking the same question: Why is life becoming harder even when government says the economy is improving?

The answer is simple. This government is failing because it has lost touch with the people it was elected to serve.

1. Power Has Blinded Them
Power is a dangerous thing when it is not handled with humility. Since coming into office, this NDC government has started behaving as if Ghana belongs to them.

They forget that power is borrowed from the people. It is not owned. It is given for a season, and it can be taken back.

When a government begins to think the country is its personal property, it stops listening. It stops serving. It starts ruling. That is exactly what we are seeing today.

2. Too Proud To Admit When They Are Wrong
No government is perfect. Every government makes mistakes. The difference between a good government and a failing government is the courage to admit mistakes and correct them.

This government has no such courage.
When they are wrong, they defend the wrong. When policies fail, they blame others. When Ghanaians complain, they insult them instead of listening.

Pride has replaced leadership. And a proud government can never learn, can never grow, and can never succeed.

3. Arrogance Is Shortening Their Tenure
Arrogance does not build a nation. It destroys it.

The arrogance we see in the utterances, attitudes, and actions of this government is alarming. They speak to Ghanaians as if we owe them gratitude for doing their job. They treat criticism as an enemy, instead of treating it as a mirror.

History has taught us one clear lesson: arrogance shortens the lifespan of every government. Ghanaians are patient, but they are not fools. They are watching, and they are counting down.

4. Dishonest and Double Standards
One of the most painful things about this government is its dishonesty and double standards.

They promised one thing in opposition, and they are doing the opposite in government. They condemned things yesterday, and they are practising the same things today, only worse.

What was wrong under the previous government has suddenly become right under them. What was corruption yesterday has suddenly become wisdom today.

Ghanaians are not blind. We see the double standards. We see the lies. And we have lost trust.

5. They Pretend As If All Is Well
Perhaps the most insulting part of this government is the pretence.

While market women are crying over low sales, while businesses are collapsing, while parents cannot pay school fees, while young people cannot find jobs, government officials stand on platforms and on television and pretend all is well.

They talk about a paper economy that only exists in their speeches. But the real economy is in the market. The real economy is in the home. The real economy is in the pocket of the ordinary Ghanaian. And that real economy is suffering.

6. Squeezing Ghanaians To Maintain Low Inflation

This government is squeezing Ghanaians simply to maintain low inflation on paper, while suffering is the order of the day.

What is the value of low inflation if the ordinary Ghanaian cannot afford food? What is the value of good figures if market women are going home with empty baskets? What is the value of economic stability if families are going to bed hungry?

Inflation on paper cannot feed a family. Statistics cannot pay rent. Growth on paper cannot put food on the table.

A government that celebrates figures while its people suffer has lost its humanity.

7. They Have Lost Focus On Their Campaign Promises

Ghanaians voted for this government because of the promises they made. Promises of jobs. Promises of relief. Promises of a better life.

Today, those promises have been abandoned and replaced with needless equalization, excuses, and propaganda.

Instead of delivering on what they promised, they are busy explaining why they cannot deliver. Instead of working, they are busy blaming. Instead of fulfilling promises, they are busy equalizing.

A government that forgets its promises has forgotten its purpose.

Conclusion: Failure Is Inevitable
A government that is blinded by power, too proud to admit its mistakes, drunk with arrogance, dishonest in its dealings, pretending all is well while the people suffer, squeezing the poor to protect figures on paper, and abandoning its promises, cannot succeed.

It will fail. Not because its opponents wish it to fail, but because it has chosen the path of failure.

Ghanaians deserve better. Ghana deserves better. And until this government returns to humility, honesty, and service to the people, it will keep failing — and failing at an alarming rate.

Shalom!
By: Abdulai Abdul Razak
Columnist and Youth Activist
Tamale South Constituency
abdulrazakabdulai940@ gmail.com