President John Dramani Mahama has accused the past government of Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo of criminally handling the country’s economy.
According to him, the country as has been left by the previous government is a crime scene.
Speaking at a meeting with Labour on Thursday, February 20, President John Dramani Mahama argued that he was shocked after finding out how reckless the past government was.
“Comrades, we know we are your natural allies, we have worked together for many years. One thing that is a cardinal principle for us is to tell the truth at all times, we all knew that the economy was in crisis but some of the things I am discovering myself, have been a criminal handling of our economy, Ghana is a crime scene because how a government can be so reckless I can’t understand it,” Mahama bemoaned.
The President assured that although what his government inherited is bad, he is committed to addressing the issue.
He has accordingly directed the Minister of Finance, Dr. Cassiel Ato Forson to cut expenditure of government to ensure necessary sacrifices are made for the sake of Ghanaians and the development of the country.
“But we are faced with a reality, our options are very few, we can behave like the ostriches and hide our heads in the sand and let the economy crash but then what effect will it have on Ghanaian households and everybody? So I have told the Finance Minister to cut expenditure as much as he likes, even we ourselves in government machinery, cut as much of our budget as you like because we all must make those sacrifices,” President Mahama stressed.
