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Communications Director of the New Patriotic Party, (NPP), Yaw Buaben Asamoa says he believes the advice by the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference (GCBC) on issues of governance is difficult to sustain.

According to him, people have suffered hardships since time immemorial and will continue with or without any political party.

Buaben Asamoa, reacting to the statement on Okay FM's "Ade Akye Abia", stated that government is continually working to improve the economic condition of Ghanaians.

He stressed that the country was generally being steered in the right direction.

"We respect our Bishop but you cannot say we are not protecting public purse and that is why prostitution is in Ghana...Has prostitution not existed long before this government?'', he asked.

"We don’t believe that we have achieved everything, far from it and we don’t believe that everything we are managing is complete, far from it. But we believe that we are working very hard towards the public good, we believe we are widening (the) social net and we believe we are moving the economy in the right direction.”, he added.

What the GCBC President Said 

President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops Conference, Most Rev. Philip Naameh, addressing a gathering in Wa in the Upper West Region, spoke in critical terms about issues of governance in the country.

One of the most stinging points was about how the President's pledge to protect the public purse is nothing but an illusion.

“Though poverty stares us in the face, it appears lost to those with power. The expressed commitment of the president of the republic to protect the public purse, a promise that citizens welcomed, seems to be an illusion now.

"Are those managing the public purse not concerned about waste and misapplication of resources that belong to all Ghanaians? Can this be referred to as irresponsible use of power or the lack of compassion and empathy?”, he queried.

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