President Akufo-Addo has been advised by prominent Convention People’s Party (CPP) member, Kwame Jantuah to apologize to Ghanaians for the economic suffering they endure.
He described the financial struggles that resulted in pensioners staging picketings against their enrollment in the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP), which in turn caused multiple business failures and worsened the situation.
In response to a question about the economic difficulties raised during a discussion on Friday, July 19, on TV3’s New Day program, Mr. Jantuah said that since Ghanaians are tolerant, they will probably accept a sincere apology from Mr. Akufo-Addo.
“Is this not the first time pensioners have picked? Ask for forgiveness from Ghanaians because Ghanaians are very forgiving, if you accept you that have done something wrong they will forgive you, apologize to them that you haven’t managed the economy well.”
Regarding good governance, Mr. Jantuah noted that constitutional amendments are necessary to rectify certain flaws in the current governance model.
He claimed, for example, that the president has been granted far too much authority. This needs to change, he said.
“The winner takes all concept, is it helping? Local government, is it not centralized at the upper echelons, local government is not working now. if it was a working station in the district we would have been able to handle it.
“The constitution, this constitution has ruled for over 30 years, there are certain parts of it hurting us today, one of it is executive power, are we ready to look at the executive power?
“I feel that the next president, the first mindset should be how do we have a government of national unity. There are brains who are sitting on the fence who can come and help.”