Members of the Minority Caucus on the Appointments Committee of Parliament have served notice that they will not participate in today’s vetting of the President’s nominee for the post of Deputy Minister for Trade and Industry.
A statement issued by Minority Leader Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson said they will not participate in the exercise because the Minority is affronted by the already large size of the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government and its poor economic performance.
It said they will support this because Ghana is still going through difficult periods due to corruption, insecurity, reckless borrowing, and wasteful expenditure by the government.
“We are again unable to support this nomination by President Akufo-Addo at this time because our country has gone through (and continues to go through) very difficult periods, including crippling economic crisis, food insecurity, debt default as a result of excessive borrowing, corruption in government and wasteful and reckless expenditures.
With ordinary Ghanaians going through excuciating hardships and businesses relocating from Ghana as a result of the high tax regime created by the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government, one would have expected the President to downsize his already large government. This would have sent a signal to the people that President was mindful of the economic realities and was willing to do things differently to restore the needed confidence in the economy.”
The Minority further stated that the President remains unconcerned about the economic challenges Ghanaians are going through.
“That the President continues to nominate additional ministers to his already large sized government at this injury time demonstrates a lack of appreciation of the economic mess that his government has unleashed on Ghanaians as a result of its bad economic policies.
Consistent with our position announced on 17th May, 2024, the NDC Minority Caucus cannot out of good conscience support the approval of this injury time deputy minister-nominee, especially when this Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government has been reckless, wasteful and insensitive about the plight of the ordinary Ghanaian.”
By: Rainbowradioonline.com/Ghana
