Kingsley Nyarko Commentary: Why The Center-Right Deserves Another Chance In Ghana's Government

This center-right campaign ad reads: "2012. Nana, our hope for victory"

In the 2008 presidential election, the center-right New Patriotic Party lost its bid to retain power by less than 1% of the vote. Does it deserve to win in this Friday's election? Mr. Nyarko, a Ghanaian center-rightist, argues yes: "During the reign of the NPP administration, they succeeded in rescuing the economy from virtual destruction. They ensured that the fundamentals of the economy were strengthened in order to provide the platform for rapid socio-economic development. Although, they met inflation at about 41%, they were able to reduce it to 9.8% in 2006 (single digit) and later 18% in 2008 (it went up partly because of the credit crunch that disoriented world economies). By the time they exited office, they had slashed down inflation by 23 percentage points. Interest rate was also reduced from 50% to 25% during the same period."