President Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo cannot be blamed for Ghana’s plummeting economy, Dr. Jonathan Asante Otchere, a political science lecturer at the University of Cape Coast, has stated.
He says President Akufo-Addo explained to Ghanaians that he brought Dr. Bawumia on his ticket to handle the economy due to his economic prowess, and anything that goes foul with it should be blamed on the Vice President.
Dr. Asante Otchere, who was commenting on the possible reasons that contributed to the NPP’s humiliating defeat in the just ended elections said in as much as most of the blame should be given to the President for his conduct, part of it should be given to the Vice President, especially for his performance on the economy.
“Generally, you can talk about the economy and this is where Dr. Bawumia comes into the picture. There is no way you’ll have to blame the president when it comes to the economy because the President gave an excuse, explanation, a caveat, why he picked Dr. Bawumia in the first place so if the economy is in shambles, what do you say? Bawumia must take the blame. He himself did not in any way led the party in the way that they should,” he said on Ghana Tonight Monday, December 23, 2024, on TV3.
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Dr. Asante Otchere’s comments follow the NPP’s announcement that it is going to set up a committee to investigate the factors that led to the party’s defeat in the just ended elections, handing the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) a two-thirds majority in parliament and a huge gap in the presidential race.
National Chairman of the party, Stephen Ayesu Ntim, revealed this in a press briefing on Monday, December 23, 2024.
He said the proposed Election Review Committee will engage party stakeholders and the general public to fish out the factors that contributed to the defeat. This, Mr. Ntim noted, will inform the party’s reforms to strengthen it for the future.
“The party will in January 2025 set up an effective and objective Election Review Committee to undertake a postmortem into the outcome of the election. The committee will engage all party stakeholders and the general public on the factors and circumstances leading to our defeat,” he stated.
The party Chairman added that one critical area the committee will examine would be whether to have a constitutional amendment to restructure the party’s internal decision-making, including the mode of electing presidential and parliamentary candidates, as well as party executives.
