Dennis Miracles Aboagye, Director of Communications for the 2024 Bawumia Campaign, has defended the New Patriotic Party (NPP)'s record in government, arguing that the party has introduced Ghana's most significant social intervention programmes since the start of the Fourth Republic.

In a video shared on his X page and sighted by GhanaWeb on July 18, 2026, Aboagye said the NPP's legacy should be measured by nationwide policies that directly improve the lives of Ghanaians rather than infrastructure projects such as roads, schools and markets, which he said every government undertakes.

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"Between the NPP and the NDC, the fact remains that the NPP is the only political party that has evidence of clear-cut monumental legacies for this country," he stated.

According to him, governments should be assessed on policies that benefit citizens nationwide, regardless of where they live.

"We are talking about a government that will bring development that every Ghanaian everywhere will benefit... the kind of development that if you are in Adieso, if you are in Yoko, if you are in Sisala or Pusiga, you will benefit," he said.

Aboagye argued that while governments cannot build every road in the country due to limited resources, nationwide social intervention programmes have a broader impact.

"But if the government brings the National Health Insurance Scheme, every Ghanaian everywhere will benefit. Whether you are in the Upper East or Upper West, you will benefit," he added.

He listed what he described as the NPP's landmark achievements, including the National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS), Free Senior High School (Free SHS), Metro Mass Transit, free maternal healthcare, the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) programme, the School Feeding Programme, the Capitation Grant, the Youth Employment Agency and the One Constituency, One Ambulance initiative.

In contrast, Aboagye said the National Democratic Congress (NDC) could point to initiatives such as distributing free sanitary pads to schoolgirls and the no-fee policy for first-year tertiary students.

"The NDC can talk of free sanitary pads for our girls and they can talk of a no-fee policy for Level 100 students. You can't take it away from them. But that's what they can do," he said.

He maintained that the NPP's social intervention policies remain unmatched and challenged comparisons between the governing NDC and the opposition party based on their respective records in office.

Aboagye also dismissed the government's emphasis on the recent appreciation of the cedi against the US dollar, arguing that macroeconomic gains are meaningless if they do not translate into improved livelihoods.

"They tell us that the dollar has come down. But if the dollar comes down and the market woman doesn't see it in her pocket, how does it benefit her?" he questioned.

The former presidential campaign spokesperson further urged Ghanaians to evaluate governments based on policies that have a lasting impact on citizens rather than campaign messages centred on infrastructure development.

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