The NDC Member of Parliament (MP) for North Tongu Constituency, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has insisted that it is shameful for President Nana Akufo-Addo not to accept responsibility for the current economic mess in the country in his address to the nation.
In an interview with NEAT FM’s morning show 'Ghana Montie', the outspoken lawmaker said that the President’s address on the economy was "wasteful" because he refused to sack some incompetent managers of his administration.
"Going into the speech, the President should have fired his Finance Minister,” he told host Akwesi Aboagye.
The North Tongu lawmaker further shared that Ghana’s messy economy now more than ever requires a lean government.
“I am disappointed President Akufo-Addo didn't take responsibility and apologised to the people for taking them through excruciating pain.
“Countries with good leadership and sound policies are having a resilient economy in these times.
“We need a lean government in these times. 40% of appointees in this government can go,” Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa added.
Source: King Edward Ambrose Washman Addo/peacefmonline.com/ghana
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Okudzeto Ablakwa I do not blame you and your NDC, are our problem. Just ***barred word***
Ghanaian economy can withstand the challenges. Therefore, we have to be candid and attribute the present hardship mainly to COVID and the Ukraine war as the last forces that broke the camel's back. Even the advanced economies have their problems, which take diverse forms depending on the structures underlying their economies. Indeed, most of the governments of the Fourth Republic, especially those of the NDC, have failed awfully to do the least to transform the Guggisburg colonial raw material-based economic structures. It is instructive to realize that the present NPP government has policies that target to reform the structures of the economy, namely, one district, one factory, railway infrastructure, FHS, and Ghana beyond the aid agenda, to name a few. By the way, it is no less a feat that Ghanaian tourism has experienced a remarkable boost under the Akufo-Addo administration. The Kuffuor administration also did marvelous work to lay the trail. It is equally instructive to note that the same cannot be said of any NDC administration. Hence, I agree with Kabila when he says we should cut the president some slack.