Ghanaian broadcaster Kwesi Kyei-Darkwah, widely recognized as KKD, has raised concerns about the government’s financial policies, asserting that the nation is gradually “enslaving its youth” by heavily borrowing and depending on international aid.
During an interview on TV XYZ on August 2, 2023, he stressed that the government’s dependence on borrowing and seeking international aid has severe repercussions, particularly for the youth.
He made the case that should international donors require hard work in return for the debts, it would be the younger generation that bears the brunt of the consequences, given that the older individuals are the ones primarily responsible for accumulating the debts.
“Nobody can come to government and uses his family members only to rule the country, it is not possible because there is no family in this country that are sensible than all Ghanaians, and the way things are going, it is bad… the person who is behind our struggles as a nation in terms of finances is called Ken Ofori-Atta and he is the same person at the ministry, as the minister of finance. Yesterday I listened to him, everything he said from the beginning to the end, and it was empty.
“I was surprised when he was talking …we are begging to rule this country, and a country that begs and borrows to rule its citizens are selling its youth into slavery. A nation that is on its knees begging or goes with a calabash borrowing from everywhere is selling its youths into slavery, that is how it is…if the whites come right now and claim that we should go and work can these old men go and work?”
Furthermore, KKD pointed a finger at the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), claiming that the party has lost its way after former President John Kufour’s tenure.
He accused the NPP of destroying the party’s ideals and principles that Kufour had worked hard to present to Ghanaians.
“President Kuffour with a humble posture begged Ghanaians to accept your party but after his reign look at how you have made the party.
“So, looking at what President Kufour came to do and the nature of this country now…looking at the kind of corruption ongoing, stealing, dubious procurement, and unnecessary borrowing, dubious projects, you will ask yourself whether we want to progress as a nation or certain individuals.”