The governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) has defended the newly launched Performance Tracker, which was unveiled by the government on Wednesday, April 10, 2024.
The tool is intended to enhance transparency and accountability in the implementation of infrastructure projects across the country.
Responding to criticisms suggesting that the Performance Tracker is not a priority, Asiedu Kokuro, the Deputy National Communications Director of the NPP, refuted these claims in an interview on The Big Issue on Citi TV.
He argued that it is essential to keep Ghana’s bilateral creditors, including the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF), informed about the projects the government is undertaking.
“You cannot use one or two errors to rubbish this powerful project. It’s not a misplaced priority, we need to account to the Ghanaian people. We are talking about accountability. We need to let the World Bank, IMF, World Health Organization our donor partners and other bilateral agencies who have been funding us know what we have done.
“People want to do political mischief, but if people want to do a proper critique of the project, based on critical analysis, not on conjectures or to score cheap political points, but stay focused and let us do a fair judgment analysis, I think this is a game changer for our democracy,” he said.
During the official launch of the tracker at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Works and Housing, announced that the tracker currently includes over 13,000 projects across the nation.
He emphasized that the tracker will address long-standing concerns about the accuracy and reliability of project presentations, particularly regarding the use of artist’s impressions to depict outcomes.
Subsequent to the launch of the Performance Tracker, the government admitted that 67 entries were mistakenly included in the list of projects featured on the tracker.
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