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Minority Leader Alexander Afenyo-Markin has stated that the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has made significant strides in developing Ghana’s human resource capacity, while accusing the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) of failing to introduce any major social intervention policy since 1992. Speaking on JoyNews, Afenyo-Markin said, “Our focus has been on creating a platform to build the human resource capacity of Ghanaians — and we have done that successfully.” He further challenged the Majority Leader in Parliament to mention a single effective social intervention policy that was initiated and implemented by the NDC. “Recently in Parliament, I challenged the Majority Leader to name a single social intervention policy the NDC has initiated and implemented successfully since 1992,” he explained. When listing his own party’s achievements, Afenyo-Markin stressed; “They have zero,” pointing to NPP-led initiatives such as Free Senior High School (Free SHS), One District-One Factory (1D1F), the school feeding programme, health insurance, and the mass transport system as legacy projects of his party. On a personal note, he reflected: “But for that bursary, I would have dropped out,” in reference to policies like Free SHS giving hope to thousands of young Ghanaians. He also encouraged his party and supporters to celebrate their achievements. “In spite of all these disappointments, we should still let the Ghanaian people know the good things we did,” he said. “We shouldn’t shy away from our success stories.” Credit: Mynewsgh.com
