Former President John Mahama asserts that none of the members of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) can evade responsibility for Ghana’s current economic difficulties.
He claims that those who played a role in creating the nation’s current predicament are now attempting to disassociate themselves from the situation.
Addressing attendees at a town hall meeting in Tamale as part of his “Building Ghana Tour” on Thursday, the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer noted that some individuals are now asserting they lacked the authority to enact solutions to the economic challenges.
“All of them they inside, Jack Toronto and all his small brothers are part of the mess that we are going through.
“None of them can escape responsibility, none of them because they have all been a part of this. They all sat in cabinet together, they all took those decisions together. Anytime they were going to borrow from the Eurobond market, they approved it in cabinet.
“They sat in cabinet and approved it. In six years, you went and borrowed 13.5 billion dollars and you did nothing with it so today, you can’t come and tell us you are not part of it,” he said.
Mr. Mahama emphasized that every member of the NPP bears responsibility for Ghana’s economic challenges, and the populace will hold them answerable for the adversity and debts accumulated.
He pledged that should the NDC win the forthcoming 2024 general elections, the subsequent administration would endeavor to reverse the economic trajectory and implement measures to improve the situation.
“They must go home and learn their lessons. NDC is coming back by winning this election and we have the men and women that are going to restore this country’s economy and finances to a healthy condition,” he said.
The NDC flagbearer for the 2024 elections emphasised that the NPP administration inherited a thriving economy and criticised Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumiah for attempting to avoid responsibility for his role in the mismanagement of the economy.
“You inherited an economy that was doing well; it is you, by your mismanagement, your clueless Finance Minister, and your clueless head of the Economic Management Team who now want to run away from economic issues to become the champion of digitalisation; it is they who have created this mess,” Mr Mahama stressed.
He refuted the NPP’s claim that the country is turning the corner, stating that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has declared Ghana’s debt as unsustainable and in a distress situation.
“The good thing that our friends in the NPP have is that they know how to talk, they are very good talkers, they are good at sowing propaganda and they believe that at any time they can talk and convince the good people of Ghana.
“But we are wiser now, all the things they did, the promises they made, they have not kept even one of them,” he said.