Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, the Member of Parliament for Ofoase-Ayirebi, has criticized President John Dramani Mahama for what he describes as excessive lamentation over the state of the economy.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament, he argued that it has become a recurring pattern for newly elected presidents to blame their predecessors instead of focusing on governance.
“There’s a similarity between what the president did in 2013 and what he did here in Parliament. You know what that similarity is? Lamentations,” he stated.
According to him, instead of rolling out concrete plans to address the challenges affecting Ghanaians, the president devoted a significant portion of his address to blaming past administrations.
“You are in power today. Your job is to fix it,” he stressed.
Oppong Nkrumah questioned why the president did not use the opportunity to outline practical solutions for issues such as the rising cost of living, transportation fares, electricity tariffs, and food inflation—problems he heavily campaigned on.
“He campaigned on high transport fares and promised to roll out a program to tackle it. Did anybody hear him explain how he was going to address it? Instead, he spent all the time lamenting and blaming the past,” he remarked.
The Ofoase-Ayirebi MP further criticized the decision to discontinue programs such as the Gold for Oil initiative, which he argued had played a crucial role in stabilizing the currency.
“There were good and bad policies in the past. The focus should be on building on the good ones, not dismantling them,” he noted.
Oppong Nkrumah concluded by urging the government to shift focus from propaganda and rather concentrate on governance.
“Propaganda won’t create jobs, put food on the table, or put clothes on people’s backs. Bring your governance programs, and let Parliament assist you in working on them,” he charged.
-MyNewsGH
