Former President John Dramani Mahama has blasted the Akufo-Addo administration over what he termed as mismanagement of the country’s economy.
The leader of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) claims that the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia team has demonstrated its economic management incompetence.
Mr. Mahama made these remarks about the state of the economy while speaking about it at the inaugural launch of a policy think tank called Think Progress Ghana. He was speaking on the topic of the economy in the context of the launch of the organization. "It is apparent that even as the ship of state is being buffeted by the choppy waters of economic disaster, President Akufo-Addo and his head of the economic management team and his Finance Minister have no clue as to what direction to lead this country," he
In addition to this, he asked President Akufo-Addo to make significant changes to his government, one of which should be the dismissal of the country's present Finance Minister.
According to Mahama, this decision will provide the president with the opportunity to hire some of the most talented people in the country.design a comprehensive recovery plan for the economy.
“He [Akufo-Addo] should perform a big shakeup of his government to remove all the many dead woods that have turned the ministries into their kingdoms. Finally, he should gather with the brightest brains of this country to devise a comprehensive recovery strategy for our economy,” he concluded.
The former president added that it was apparent the present administration has “no realistic or credible plan of action to lift us out of the current economic doldrums into which they have plunged us”.
He urged President Akufo-Addo to quickly address the nation on the situation of the economy to gather the support of the masses.
