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Former Minister for Information in the erstwhile Mahama administration has described as mere rhetoric, President Akufo-Addo’s Ghana beyond aid mantra.
According to him, it is a mere slogan “couched to hoodwink people into thinking that this government is unto something serious…”
President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo during Ghana’s 61st Independence Day celebration reiterated his commitment to building a Ghana Beyond Aid economy. According to President Akufo-Addo, to achieve a Ghana Beyond Aid we must effectively harness our own resources and creatively and efficiently deploy them for rapid economic and social transformation.
Clarifying this statement, Deputy Minister for Information, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah said ‘Ghana Beyond Aid agenda is not intended to reject support from donors, but rather depend on local resources for the execution of its planned programs.
Speaking to this during a panel discussion on Radio Gold’s Alhaji and Alhaji, Felix Ofosu Kwakye said since the “ingredients that go to make up that policy propositions is completely missing”, “it means that again it is not a properly thought through initiative” and for that matter “it is just sloganeering and empty rhetoric”
“Having been confronted by the reality, you would have thought that he would adjust quickly and move away from that kind of sloganeering into the delivery of practical good and services for the people; that has not been materialised; indeed the sloganeering has intensified. It has moved a notch higher and it’s assuming unbelievable proportions…today he says there’s going to be Ghana beyond aid. The ingredients that go to make up that policy propositions is completely missing…it means that again it is not a properly thought through initiative; it is just sloganeering; empty rhetoric. The president appears to be mongering hope…what we require now in this our country is not lofty rhetoric; what we need is the delivery of the commitment that politicians make to the people. We don’t need a Winston Churchill or a John F. Kennedy to wao us with lofty rhetoric…
So clearly, it is yet another slogan couched to hoodwink people into thinking that this government is unto something serious…I have absolutely no confidence in this latest slogan of Ghana beyond aid. I am sure we have not heard the last of them; another slogan will emerge presently depending on what mood they are in when they wake up”
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Not surprised that he says that. He belongs to the government that took Ghana back to the IMF after Pres Kuffour had successfully weaned us off a dependence on them. They had and have no vision. Do I believe Ghana beyond aid is possible during Akuffo Addo's tenure? Probably not. But the vision is a good one and should be backed by all political parties who should formulate their policies geared towards taking Ghana out of the spirit if dependence. Sitting on the sidelines and saying stuff like that doesn't help your cause
Can only talk and talk. Show us what you have achieved in your working life. We voted these NDC characters out to have our peace, and they are still finding a way back to continue to irritate us. Can't wait for 2020 to deliver this party a killer punch
It is very pathetic and sad to see how politics is played in our dear nation. Being in opposition doesn't mean you should bark against any move by the government.Since time immemorial, this has been the practice of our dear country and until someday, We all as Ghanaians begin to believe in our institutions and stay committed to our nation-building, this cycle of "nothing is good if it was not done by me" will never see our dear nation move forward.
WHY WOULD GHANA VOTE FOR NDC ATALL? LOOK AT WHAT OFOSU KWAKYE IS SAYING. SOME BODY IS DREAMING BIG AND YOU ARE SAYING WHAT? NDC CAME ONLY TO CHOP GHANAS MONEY NOTHING MORE. THIS SMALL BOYS WITH SHARP TEETH CANT DO SPIRIT HAS FILLED THEIR HEARTS WHAT GOOD THING CAN THEY DO FOR GHANA.THEY WILL TALK OF EVERY GOOD THING NANA IS BRINGING TO GHANA WHY?THEY WILL CONTINUE TO STAY IN OPP. FOR A LONG TIME GHANA IS AWAKE AND CAN NOW DISTINGUISH BETWEEN GOOD GOVERNANCE AND BAD ONE. JOHN MAHAMA FAILED WOEFULLY.HE IS GONE AND GONE FOREVER.WE SAY BYE BYE TO HIM AND HIS CORRUPT PARTY.
Predictable!!!!
@Kweku Yeboah, London, this has nothing to do with NPP people even if more of the comments may come from people who lean towards the NPP. The reaction of the NDC folks to this Ghana 🇬🇭 Beyond Aid thing smacks of two main things: either they’re afraid its success will ground the party or those coming up with these negative comments are amongst the numerous other of visionless people in that party. 2020 election will define what kind of leaders the people of GH desire leads them. Just saw a video where there American Ambassador to Ghana diplomatically discounted your revered JDM as not having the requisite vision to lead this dear country of ours. Look how corruption under his watch brought this amazing country to her knees. dem na London ho na etse nn otse aa nkye eda ho tse ho aa? ami dze, me se ka wo ano pam do wo hom.
please leave us alone to enjoy the decency in the airwaves now. no more babies with sharp teethes. enough of your insults and uncoof talk. we do understand Ghana beyond aid and well understand what it takes to get there. we don't need you to teach us.
Fosu Kwakye another epitome of a hen’s brain 🧠. Why are these people so mediocre and little-minded. May my former English Tutor rest in peace. Sir these NDC folks get me reminiscing your English Class when those who answered questions with little thinking are branded by you as having little brains like a hen. And you go like this: hen’s brain, hen’s brain, sit down with you hen’s brain and the whole class will be full of giggles. Folks have some giggling day over these folks with brains like that of the hen. Let me place an exception which these folks I am referring here cannot ever be. I saw a video of a hen that pretended dead to avoid being mounted by a cock and immediately the cock left it shook itself up and away bus it went free without being mounted (Charlie boys abre a hen nso abre). Have a giggle again. I rest my case. You little-minded ones make me miss my long gone into glory English Tutor tooooo moooooch.
I have watched keenly and noticed that gradually the NDC is falling on the wrong side of history, the same way the UGCC/UP fell on the wrong side of our Independence History and now no one takes them seriously when they try to alter the history by exalting Danquah and his colleagues. Nkrumah dictated the conversation and Danquah and his folk chased Nkrumah's conversation. Nkrumah brought "Self Government Now" and the UGCC opposed it had to create something to chase it. This is exactly what has been happening in our recent politics. Beginning with NHIS. NPP introduced it and visionless NDC walked out of parliament. Later when they realized Ghanaians loved it, they tried to say "One Time Premium" but that was a spectacular failure and they have forever been the antagonists when it comes to NHIS. Again, NPP started to talk about Free SHS, and visionless NDC opposed it. By the time they realized Ghanaians were for it, it was too late and now no one takes them seriously when Free SHS is mentioned. Today, NPP has started GHANA BEYOND AID, and once again these visionless folk are opposing it again. I am not a prophet by I can bet you that in the next 5years they will be out of the Ghana Beyond Aid conversation because they will only be seen as antagonists and not as Contributors. NDC must change its strategy. Rather than always attacking characters and opposing ideas, they should learn to offer constructive contribution.
Hello kweku Yeboah in London, What do you do for a living in London.Bath cadavers,brush horses' teeth,sweep the streets of London?I ask these questions because you don't sound as if you were smart.If the British had this mind set of 'It Can't be done 'would you have wanted to live in that country?The NDC is full of people who know nothing but opening of off- shore accounts.We will never sit down and allow that great kleptomaniac Mahama to come back to rob us some more.