The Member of Parliament for North Tongu, Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has outlined 15 things President Akufo-Addo should have addressed in his address on the current state of Ghana’s economy.
To him, the President should have accepted responsibility for his incompetence and poor leadership.
The lawmaker asserted that President Akufo-Addo should have announced the dismissal of Ofori-Atta as Finance Minister and his Deputy Charles Adu Boahen.
He among other things said the President should have declared that ”I am instituting regular meetings with Ghana’s only 2 surviving former Presidents: President Kufuor and President Mahama to share their rich experiences and insights with me as we navigate this crisis”.
”[I have dissolved the Economic Management Team and would be reconstituting a new one to feature prominent Ghanaians regardless of how critical they have been of my leadership. I shall reach out to Kwame Pianim, Sam Jonah, Dr. Kwesi Botchwey, Prof. Godfred Bokpin, and a host of others.”
Read his full statement below
Just imagine how President Akufo-Addo would have been celebrated by Ghanaians tonight if he said the following:
1. I am sorry for the economic difficulties I have imposed on you;
2. I have with immediate effect fired Ken Ofori-Atta and Charles Adu Boahen;
3. I am reducing the size of my government by 40%;
4. I am slashing taxes on petroleum products;
5. I am instituting regular meetings with Ghana’s only 2 surviving former Presidents: President Kufuor and President Mahama to share their rich experiences and insights with me as we navigate this crisis;
6. I publicly commit not to charter a €20,000 an hour luxury jet for the rest of my term;
7. I suspend all ex-gratia payments and would be reviewing Article 71 together with comprehensive constitutional amendments;
8. My Cathedral Project is hereby suspended;
9. I am establishing a special task force to assist the Auditor-General in retrieving the billions of Ghana Cedis misappropriated by public officials;
10. I will revive TOR within the next 6 months so we can refine our own crude, attain better fuel prices on the domestic market and create more jobs;
11. I am initiating steps to build our own gold refinery;
12. I have requested all retirees to go home in order to create hundreds of jobs for the youth;
13. I am initiating steps to renegotiate all existing contracts in the extractive sector;
14. I have dissolved the Economic Management Team and would be reconstituting a new one to feature prominent Ghanaians regardless of how critical they have been of my leadership. I shall reach out to Kwame Pianim, Sam Jonah, Dr. Kwesi Botchwey, Prof. Godfred Bokpin, and a host of others;
15. I shall comply with Article 36(5) of the 1992 Constitution and present my vision and coordinated programme to Parliament this week.
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
