The Member of Parliament for Ketu North, Edem Agbana, has vocally defended President John Dramani Mahama’s performance during his first 120 days in office, characterizing it as an “over-delivery” on the social contract he committed to during his campaign.
According to Agbana, President Mahama not only met the key benchmarks of the social contract but also introduced additional policies and programs that were not part of the original pledges.
In an appearance on The Big Issues on Channel One TV on Saturday, May 10, 2025, Agbana emphasized that even members of the governing National Democratic Congress (NDC) were initially focused on ensuring the President fulfilled his promises within the specified timeframe to build public trust.
“Even for us as a party, we were interested in ensuring that the 120-day social contract was fulfilled to earn the trust of the Ghanaian people,” he stated. “Now that the timeline has elapsed, I can confidently say that we are very impressed with the performance of the government. To some of us, President Mahama has over-delivered. If you ask me to score him for the 120-day social contract, I would say he earned more than 100% because he delivered several things that were not promised, in addition to what was in the contract.”
Agbana’s remarks came in response to sharp criticism from the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), which held a press conference on Thursday, May 8, 2025, to contest the Mahama administration’s performance report.
NPP leader in Parliament, Alexander Afenyo-Markin, accused President Mahama of abandoning the bold reformist agenda he championed during his campaign, claiming that the administration had instead adopted a model of governance rooted in recycled failures.
“This is not just a speech; it is a call to remembrance and resistance,” Afenyo-Markin asserted. “It is a forensic audit of the presidency that campaigned with the urgency of a reformer but now governs with the indifference of a ruler long exhausted by ideas.”
The Effutu MP expressed concern that the initial promise of the administration had begun to wane, suggesting that President Mahama’s leadership is entering its “lame duck days.”
“Now that the 120 days are over, the promises have collapsed, the excuses have run dry, and the reckoning must begin,” he stated. “Let it be said plainly to every Ghanaian — you were not given a reset; you were sold a recycled failure.”
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