President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo says despite inheriting huge debts from the past administration, his government has put in place many measures to create jobs and drive development within the last six months.
Addressing a durbar of chiefs and residents of Tarkwa in the Western Region Tuesday, the President said critics of his government speak as though he has been in power for more than five years. “We’ve been here for six months…we didn’t meet money in the coffers. We met debt and debts,” the President said. But he is not the type of leader to cower in the face of challenges, President Akufo-Addo told the people.
I am not afraid of debt [because] if you have good plans and the men, debts can become opportunities for money making, he said in Twi. The President has made public the debts former President John Mahama’s government left behind since he was sworn in in January. President Akufo-Addo told lawmakers in February 2017, the previous administration left behind an estimated GHS122 billion debt.
“As of the beginning of 2009, Ghana’s total debt stock was GHS9.5 billion [but] by the end of 2016, the debt had ballooned to GHS122 billion,” he said. Although the debt situation could derail his government’s many “ambitious projects” to develop the country, the President said he is committed to his 2016 campaign promises. President Akufo-Addo said the free senior high school program will start in September 2017 as scheduled.
He said he was insulted when he talked about the free SHS with critics suggesting it was for votes. He was quick to add that God is not asleep,’ the President said, adding his promises were made from a clean heart.
I know what I am coming to do,’ he said.
On galamsey activities:
President Akufo-Addo also used the opportunity to explain to the residents his government efforts to clamp down on illegal mining in the country. He said his government is not against mining but is against the illegal manner it is done which ends up polluting the country’s waterbodies.
“The minerals are our property and so are the lands, waterbodies and forest reserves,” he said, adding he will protect them from destruction.
Source: myjoyonline.com
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You look too fat and uninspiring Nana. Why not go for medicals. By end year no body listen to your lies again
Nana dwarf you are now a dead goatoo bcos you are old very soon you will join ur ancestors who plan the downfall of gh by overthrow Nnkrumah and ur stuuuuuupid speaker of parliament claiming he is not the founder of Gh. u know there is a saying that wht goes around comes around. mahama is sleeping, enjoying himself with our tax payers money and u oldman and ur stuuuuupid samira claim he is incompetent he has to fix the economy so oldman fix it now . so you are afraid of criticism . u dnt want to be criticize? really itaught u will change gh in 2 week and you are complaining old man then die and let too known bawumia take over.
Nana you think u are untouchable bcos of ur invisible force? you people has turn gh as terrorism country in which invincible force are fooling around the country and u said we shouldn't talk abt it. do u know something is not ur fault bcos u ve lied to us to get our vote. fix it and stop lieying, bragging and false promises as u told mahama so dwarf fix it.
Every government meets debt so this shouldn't be an excuse. Have u forgotten what u did to Atta and Mahama. There's karma ooh.
Eiiii saaaaaaa so you are nipa than Mahama after the insult you, Bawumia and Samira gave to Mahama and now u dnt want us to criticize you really? Ghanaians have you seen wise up. than sit well we will talk and talk till thy kingdom come
BUT NANA ADDO PROMISED TO PAY CONTRACTORS WITHIN 100 DAYS IN OFFICE. HAS HE PAID THEM. SO, YOU DECEIVE PEOPLE, THEY BUY INTO YOUR LIES AND VOTED FOR YOU ONLY FOR YOU TO TURN AROUND AND GIVING EXCUSES AND WHINING. BE SERIOUS. NPP LEFT A BUDGET DEFICIT OF 12% IN 2009. NO GOVT INCLUDING YOUR WILL STOCK MONEY IN BANK ACCOUNTS FOR THE NEXT GOVT TO COME AND USE. WHY THEN DID YOU PREPARE YOUR BUDGET OUTLINING YOUR SOURCES AND APPLICATION OF FUNDS?.
He is clever, wiser, educated, richer, intelligent than all your family and village put together OFUO.
You met debts and yet you were able to pay salaries of public and civil servants from January, February through to July? Who are you kidding? Stop whining and fix the economy.