Professor Stephen Adei, a former rector of GIMPA and a Ghanaian economist, has urged the New Patriotic Party (NPP) leadership to offer an apology to Ghanaians.
He asserts that the government owes Ghanaians a genuine apology for the country’s current fiscal troubles, regardless of the cause.
Speaking on the Asaase Radio TownHall Talk, monitored by 1Family Radio, he claimed that even if the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government’s control over Ghana’s economy may have been limited, it is still important to apologize for the nation’s deteriorating economic situation.
“We have a problem with governance in this country…people in government, whether the National Democratic Congress (NDC) or the New Patriotic Party (NPP), do not admit fault. I think it is a bad practice,” he said.
“I haven’t heard an explicit statement from the President or Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta, that ‘we are sorry for what has happened to Ghana,’ even whether things went beyond our capacity, whether it was the Russia-Ukraine war or Covid-19 pandemic.”
He furthered, “I would have expected the government to say, Things are hard in Ghana; we have tried to steady the boat, but we want to apologize for the infliction, not by us but even by some economic circumstances.’’
He proceeded by cautioning Ghanaians to fasten their seatbelts as the country would undoubtedly experience more hardships following the national elections in 2024.
In the next three years, whether it’s Mahama or any of the NPP candidates, things will be extremely difficult for Ghanaians, and it requires mobilizing Ghanaians to accept certain realities,’’ he noted.
Source: 1Familyradio