The Organizer of the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) branch of the student wing of the National Democratic Congress (TEIN-KNUST), Nana Bawuah Richmond, has criticized President Akufo-Addo and his government for the current economic hardships being faced by Ghanaians.
According to him, ‘President Akufo-Addo has done very few to promote the living standard of Ghanaians since the National Democratic Congress (NDC) left office in 2016’.
His comment follows the statement by President Akufo- Addo who described the period in office of his predecessor, John Dramani Mahama, as an unmitigated disaster, describing his economic track record whilst in office, from 2013 to 2016, as abysmal.
Speaking to Thriller News GH, Nana Bawuah said;
“Akufo-Addo and the New Patriotic Party (NPP) should rather be blamed for Ghana’s economic retrogression. During the tenure of the NDC and John Mahama, Ghana witnessed economic growth coupled with manageable debt levels. The President has no moral right to boast of better economic management”.
“Even when the President’s horrible management of the economy is exposing him, he will not listen. This is a person who doesn’t pay attention to details. The President is always talking about COVID-19 as an excuse to squander money given him. He has a huge debt to cover, and he doesn’t have money to pay his debts. He doesn’t have anything else to run this country”, he added.
Speaking on the economic growth, the TEIN Organizer described the Akufo-Addo government as having the ‘worst track record’ in history, hence, Ghanaians must blame him for the recent economic hardships.
“I disagree with Akufo-Addo for saying that Mahama has bad record of economic growth, the President’s handling of the economy is rather the worst in the country, at least in the last four decades. I don’t know where he gets the ‘Vim’ to say that John Mahama cannot speak about the economy. This catastrophic management he has superintended cannot be the reason why President Mahama cannot speak about the economy. The economy Mr. Mahama left is much better than what we have now. This is the worst economic management we have had in the last 50 years, and it cannot be disputed, the president must be blamed for all the recent economic hardships on the Ghanaian populace”.