Akufo-Addo’s injury time reshuffle cannot fix 7-year mess – Minority
The Minority in Parliament has condemned President Akufo-Addo’s recent ministerial reshuffle, labelling it as insipid and uninspiring.
The Minority Leader, Dr Cassiel Ato Forson, in a statement, expressed scepticism about the ability of the newly appointed officials to make a meaningful impact in the remaining nine months of the current administration, citing the economic challenges and alleged mismanagement by Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia and his economic team.
“It is also a little too late, coming barely nine (9) months so the exit of the government. Neither will it solve the suffering and hardships confronting the people of Ghana as a result of the bad governance and massive uncontrolled corruption of the Akufo-Addo and Alhaji Bawumia’s government.”
Dr Forson emphasised that the reshuffle would not alleviate the suffering and hardships faced by the people of Ghana due to what he described as the bad governance and massive uncontrolled corruption of the Akufo-Addo and Dr Bawumia’s government.
“The tenure of this government has been characterised by excessive borrowing, unsustainable debt, an economic crisis, high appetite for taxes, poor governance, reckless wasteful expenditures, siphoning of state resources into private pockets of government appointees, as well as state capture by family and friends of the President and his Vice,” He noted.
He characterised the reshuffle as a “mere remix of the Akufo-Addo and Alhaji Bawumia’s failed government.”
“For the records, President Akufo-Addo has at all material times remained obstinate and defiant when the subject of reshuffle came up for discussion. For example, he rebuffed nearly 100 NPP Members of Parliament who demanded the immediate resignation of outgoing Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta,” he stated.
He added, “The NDC Minority believes that the best way to end the suffering and hardships of Ghanaians would have been for both President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Alhaji Bawumia to resign”.