The New Patriotic Party (NPP) has come to the defense of the recently introduced Performance Tracker, a tool aimed at enhancing transparency and accountability in infrastructure projects across Ghana.
During the unveiling of the Performance Tracker on April 10, 2024, the government faced criticism over its necessity. However, Asiedu Kokuro, the Deputy National Communications Director of the NPP, refuted these claims during an interview on The Big Issue on Citi TV.
Mr. Kokuro argued that it is crucial for Ghana’s bilateral creditors, such as the World Bank and IMF, to be kept informed about the government’s project initiatives.
“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 told host of the show.
At the official launch of the tracker held at the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Minister of Works and Housing, revealed that the tracker covers more than 13,000 projects nationwide.
Mr. Oppong Nkrumah emphasized that the Performance Tracker aims to address concerns regarding the accuracy and reliability of project information, particularly in terms of using artist’s impressions to depict project outcomes.
Subsequent to the launch, the government acknowledged that there were 67 inaccuracies in the list of projects featured on the Performance Tracker.
