The National Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Johnson Asiedu Nketiah, says Akufo-Addo’s tenure has been characterised by hopelessness, corruption and leadership paralysis.
Delivering what the NDC described as the ‘True State of the Nation Address’, Mr Asiedu Nketia said every sector under President Akufo-Addo has declined leading to a high cost of living and punitive economic woes.
He added that claims by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo that he knew how to revive the economy and not dead people was all political talk.
In his opinion, the President has failed in all indications of restoring the country’s economy and therefore cannot claim to know how to revive the economy.
“The truth is that only an abysmal 1.6% of the total resource envelope of GH¢820 billion has been spent on roads by this government. Official Government of Ghana records show that a whopping 93% of the GHS 820 billion has been spent on consumption, including Akufo-Addo’s 20,000 Euros an hour luxurious private jet travels across the world, hired over several months at huge cost to the taxpayer.
He also accused the Akufo-Addo government of wasting over GH¢30 billion of Covid-19 funds on election-related expenses.
“Covid-19 brought the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government a windfall of about GH¢30bn to manage and mitigate the impact of the pandemic. Unfortunately, this was wasted in election-related expenses,” he said.
He added the President Akufo-Addo-led government has plunged the country’s economy into a ditch due to reckless spending and mismanagement.
Source: Citinewsroom.com
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