President of IMANI Africa, Franklin Cudjoe, has issued a cautionary note to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) as the party gears up for the 2024 general elections.

Mr Cudjoe emphasized that the NDC should not assume victory is guaranteed and urged the party to present well-defined and quantifiable plans to address Ghana’s economic challenges.

In a recent Facebook post, Mr Cudjoe underscored the necessity for the NDC to outline clear strategies to reduce the nation's dependence on borrowing and to avoid another International Monetary Fund (IMF) intervention by 2026.

He highlighted the importance of detailed economic plans to gain voter confidence and ensure sustainable growth.

"The major opposition party, the NDC, should not assume 2024 is a done deal. Some of us are yet to see properly quantified interventions that will reduce our reliance on borrowing, and crucially how we may avoid another IMF programme in 2026," Mr Cudjoe stated.

With Ghanaians set to vote on December 7 to elect a new president and members of parliament, both the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) and the NDC have launched their campaigns.

Mr Cudjoe also stressed the importance of coordinating job creation promises with measurable impacts on GDP. "There is a need for the NDC to coordinate and relate the many promises of creating employment and ascertain by an estimated figure the qualitative addition to GDP," he added.

IMANI Africa, known for its objective analysis, plans to present brief assessments of the major political parties' proposals.

Cudjoe noted that these analyses would help the public and media understand the potential impact of the parties' plans on the country, irrespective of the partisan debates that are expected to intensify in the coming weeks.