The Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration “lacks integrity, transparency, and accountability”, John Dramani Mahama, flag bearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has stated.
This, John Mahama says, is because the government “will not accept responsibility for the hardships it has foisted on our society.”
He says the government is refusing to take responsibility for the very damages they have caused the nation. “It still believes and insists it is not responsible for the damage to our economy.”
Speaking at the ‘I Speak Governance’ forum at the GNAT Hall in Accra Thursday, October 31, 2024, said Akufo-Addo and Bawumia have more than triple of the loans all the Presidents had taken since independence and yet has nothing to show for.
He reminded the government of the hardship it has brought on Ghanaians due to the excessive borrowings and indiscriminate printing of currencies by the Bank of Ghana (BoG).
“It maintains we cannot hold it accountable for skyrocketing the national debt from GH¢120 billion in 2016 to GH¢767 billion in 2024, with very little to show. They will not accept that compelling the Central Bank to print more than GH¢70 billion increased inflation to about 54%, leading to the Bank of Ghana posting a loss of over GH¢60 billion,” he stated.
John Mahama advised the citizenry that the state of the nation as spearheaded by the NPP leaves them with no other option than to reset the country due to high poverty levels people have been subjected into.
“In the last few years, the World Bank reports that 870,000 of our people have slipped below the poverty line. Our own Ghana Statistical Service (GSS) says 1.7 million Ghanaians are multi-dimensionally poor under the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia administration.
“My dear brothers and sisters, at this crossroads, we have no option but to unite—as one people who put our nation first—to give us a chance to succeed. For Ghana to be successful again, there is an urgent need to reset our governance and democratic systems. This can only happen if this current NPP government is rejected at the polls on 7th December,” stated John Mahama at the event on the theme; ‘Resetting Ghana for Good Governance and Accountability’.
‘Yɛte sika so’ comment: Where is the money? – Mahama quizzes Akufo-Addo
