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Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the former minister of information, has criticized the government for what he claims is its inability to adequately define and explain important economic policies, especially the much-discussed 24-hour economy.
Oppong Nkrumah criticized the lack of clarity surrounding the 24-hour economy proposal during a speech on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, March 4, saying, “Till date, we don’t have a single definition for the 24-hour economy programme. Everybody you talk to has a different definition one programme, many definitions.”
“Propaganda will not create jobs, it will not put food on people’s tables, it will not put clothes on people’s backs,” he emphasized, urging the administration to prioritize governance over propaganda.
“Spend time doing less propaganda and more time bringing your governance programmes so that Parliament can assist you and work on them,” he stated.
The ruling government was also urged by the MP of Ofoase Ayirebi to put aside political hyperbole and offer practical solutions to urgent economic problems.
He questioned the government’s resolve to address the issues of growing transportation costs, excessive electricity costs, and food inflation, pointing out that the President has not shown any concrete measures to do so.
He claims that “all we heard was lamentation and blame on past leaders, just like in 2013,” rather than the government presenting answers to the problems he ran on.
“The real issues that you [NDC government] campaigned on—the things that the millions of young people who were singing ‘kwen kwen’ are waiting to hear you deliver on—get lost in the cracks. I want to remind you of the things you campaigned on and the expectations people had when the President mounted the podium”.
Source: Ghanatodayonline.com
