By Daily Democrat News Desk
Zacheous Naamwinkumah, a member of the NDC Communication Team, has launched a blistering broadside against the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), accusing it of deliberately distorting facts in a desperate bid to compare today’s fuel price reductions with those of 2022.
According to him, the NPP’s narrative is not just misleading but an insult to the intelligence of Ghanaians who lived through eight years of relentless fuel price hikes, economic strain, and policy confusion. “Ghanaians deserve honesty, context, and truth not selective memory and propaganda,” he declared, as the fuel price debate once again ignited the political landscape.
Setting the record straight, Naamwinkumah insisted that any honest discussion must begin with the baseline. When the NPP assumed office in 2016, fuel prices averaged GH¢15 per gallon. What followed, he stressed, was not prudent economic management but a sustained pattern of increases that pushed fuel prices to abnormally high and painful levels.
“For eight years, NPP presided over a fuel regime that bled households dry, crushed businesses, and turned daily commuting into a nightmare,” he said. “Now the same NPP wants to celebrate marginal reductions they engineered only after inflicting unprecedented hikes, as though relief after pain is a virtue. Common sense dictates otherwise.”
Naamwinkumah drew a sharp distinction between those past episodes and what is happening under the current National Democratic Congress (NDC) administration led by H.E. John Dramani Mahama (JDM). He emphasized that today’s reductions are not cosmetic rollbacks or short-lived stunts designed to manage public anger.
“What the NDC-led government is doing today is fundamentally different,” he said. “These are real, sustained reductions from a stable but high price level we inherited. This distinction matters because it shows discipline, planning, and a clear understanding of macroeconomic management, not trial-and-error governance.”
The figures, he argued, speak louder than political spin. In less than one year, fuel prices have been reduced seven times under the NDC administration. This, Naamwinkumah noted, stands in stark contrast to the NPP’s eight-year record, during which fuel prices rose cumulatively by nearly GH¢100 per gallon, with only one brief reduction that was quickly reversed.
“That pattern was not reform,” he charged. “It was deception.”
The ripple effects of the NPP’s fuel policies, Naamwinkumah recalled, were severe and touched every corner of the country. Transport fares surged by almost 200 percent, squeezing households and crippling small businesses. He cited a stark example familiar to many commuters, which was a journey from Wa to Kumasi that cost about GH¢50 in 2016 ballooned to nearly GH¢200 under the NPP.
“This was unacceptable,” he said. “Workers, traders, students, and families paid the price for policy failure. The hardship was unnecessary, and it was avoidable.”
Today, however, Naamwinkumah says the tide is turning and the mood on the streets reflects it. With fuel prices falling consistently, Ghanaians are now confidently calling for transport fare reductions, a development he described as a clear vote of confidence in the current administration.
“That confidence is anchored in leadership,” he stressed. “President John Dramani Mahama, supported by competent and responsive ministers, is restoring sanity to the energy and transport sectors.”
He also praised the National Petroleum Authority (NPA), saying its decisive leadership is finally proving that effective regulation can protect consumers rather than punish them. According to Naamwinkumah, the NPA’s actions demonstrate that results are possible when institutions are allowed to function with clarity of purpose and accountability.
“Let it be clear,” he added, “this government is not managing perceptions; it is managing outcomes. The direction is right, the trajectory is downward, and the legacy being set is one of predictable, sustained fuel price reductions that will continue to ease the cost of living.”
As the political debate intensifies, Naamwinkumah issued a firm call to the public to reject what he described as propaganda and historical revisionism. “Do not let anyone propagate lies or rewrite history,” he warned. “The records are clear, the results are evident, and the difference in leadership is undeniable.”
In the battle over fuel price narratives, one thing is certain: for millions of Ghanaians watching prices at the pump fall after years of pain, facts not fiction are finally speaking louder than spin.
The NPP’s sudden nostalgia is telling. A party that oversaw relentless increases now wants to cherry-pick moments, erase context, and rewrite history. “But records do not lie, and receipts do disappear. And suffering cannot be spun away with press statements,” declared, added, “This is a moment of reckoning. Ghanaians must reject propaganda and embrace facts. Don’t allow selective memory to insult your lived experience. ”
The fuel price truth wars are over. The facts have won. Ghana is finally moving forward.
