The spokesperson of the National Democratic Congress, Sammy Gyamfi, has blamed the country’s economic misfortunes on the leadership of the Vice President, Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia.
According to him, the Veep is the ‘chief architect of Ghana’s economic woes’.
Sammy Gyamfi said this in reaction to excerpts from a video which shows the senior minister, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, praising Dr. Bawumia for his leadership as the head of the country’s Economic Management Team (EMT).
He said it is Bawumia “whose poor leadership has plunged the country into the unprecedented and catastrophic economic mess we presently find ourselves”.
“He is the chief architect of our present economic woes”, he tweeted.
Fellow countrymen, I present to you the Chairman of the Economic Management Team @MBawumia whose poor leadership has plunged the country into the unprecedented and catastrophic economic mess we presently find ourselves.
He is the chief architect of our present economic woes.
The critics say the government’s reckless borrowing is to blame for the present state of affairs.
The most recent public critic is the former Chief Justice of Ghana, Sophia Akuffo; who described the government’s debt exchange programme as ‘wicked, disrespectful and totally wrong”.
Madam Sophia Akuffo said she is worried about the fate of pensioners who are crying out against their inclusion in the ongoing debt restructuring.
The stateswoman finds it unfair that her colleagues will be subjected to the ordeal through the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme being undertaken by the Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta.
Debt exchange is wicked, disrespectful, unlawful, totally wrong – Sophia Akuffo joins pensioners’ protest
According to her, as long as the situation has to do with the contractual rights of pensioners, she cannot sit unconcerned.
Meanwhile, President Akufo-Addo has assured Ghanaians of the Government’s commitment to resolving successfully, the difficulties confronting the nation.
Speaking at the 18th Consultative Council Meeting of the Anglican Church on Sunday, 12th February 2023, President Akufo-Addo indicated that he is aware that these are difficult times for Ghana, just as they are for most people in the world.
‘We will confront successfully the difficulties facing Ghana’ – Akufo-Addo
“However, with the help of Almighty God, and backed by a sense of determination, hard work, and collective sacrifices on our part, I am confident that we will successfully confront the difficulties, bring relief to the Ghanaian people, and return the economy back to the high rates of growth that characterised the management of our economy in the three (3) years preceding the COVID outbreak in 2020 and the Russian invasion of Ukraine”, the President said.