Executive Director of the Centre for Public Awareness and Opinion (CenPOA), Michael Donyina Mensah, says Ghana’s election is riddled with excessive promises, which are sometimes unrealistic.

He asserted that the presidential candidates of the various political parties go around the country during their campaigning activities, making promises that they are unable to deliver.

He said the most important thing Ghana needs at the moment is good and transformational leadership that will propel the country towards progress.

"Achieving this, he argued, will help change lives, create better opportunities for the people, and change their poor economic situation.

"Our politicians and candidates are going around the country making unrealistic promises that they are unable to keep. They make unrealistic promises, and when they gain power, they are unable to fulfil them. When campaigning, they make a lot of promises just to get elected.

"What we need right now is exceptional leadership that is focused on making realistic promises to transform the economy, improve people’s lives, and create more opportunities for us. If we get better opportunities and long-term jobs, we can all help to improve the economy.” he said.

Using the United States of America as an example, he stated that the private sector is the engine of growth.

”The government’s role is to pass laws that make it easier to run a business. The laws are so effective that the business climate is adaptable. In America, it is much easier to obtain loans for business expansion, and the interest rate is not higher than 6%.

"This structure will undoubtedly assist your company in growing and hiring more employees. I’d like to take this opportunity to remind voters who make demands of politicians that this is robbing Peter to pay Paul, and if they win political power, they will undoubtedly find ways to recoup what they spent on the elections.

"Those in power will use our scarce development resources to meet our monetary demands, rather than focussing on initiatives that will benefit the entire country,” he posited.