The General Secretary of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Fifi Fiavi Kwetey, has rebuked the administration of President Akufo-Addo, accusing it of mismanaging the economy.
While acknowledging challenges during the NDC’s tenure, Mr. Kwetey underscored that the current government inherited a robust foundation and should have capitalized on it.
In an interview with JoyNews on November 23, the NDC General Secretary expressed disappointment, expecting the government to apologize to Ghanaians for the current economic turmoil.
“I was expecting the Finance Minister, the Vice President Bawumia, the president if anything at all, they should be super remorseful, they should be penitent, they should constantly be pleading with the people of Ghana to forgive them for supervising this absolutely abysmal situation the country has been plunged into,” he added.
Mr. Kwetey highlighted that the economic challenges have dashed the hopes of Ghanaians, particularly those reliant on pensions, coupled with the government’s unfulfilled promises.
“But we are talking about people who feel this game is all about politics, and politics is about why all these things are happening because all these problems are just narrated.”
He stressed that the NPP government shouldn’t take pride in or boast about the adverse situation imposed on Ghanaians, attributing it to political gamesmanship.
“In spite of all the difficulties, we still had an economy that foreign investors had a lot of confidence in it. Despite the difficulty ‘dumsor’ brought, we [NDC] were finishing 2016 with an economy – even though our friends [NPP] who came into office created an impression of such a bad economy.
“In truth, it was an economy that anyone would be happy to inherit because the foundations were strong enough for you to be able to accelerate,” he said.