By Franklin ASARE-DONKOH
Former President and presidential hopeful, Mr. John Dramani Mahama, says he has what it takes to solve Ghana’s current economic challenges.
According to the National Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential hopeful, he has studied the challenges of the country over the last five years and has gathered solutions to the problems.
Mr. Mahama made a claim during his campaign launch to contest in the upcoming presidential primaries of the NDC in Ho on Thursday, March 2, 2023.
“Some Ghanaians have lost all hope in the democratic process and believe that democracy is no better than other forms of governance.
Our present state and its effect on the people trouble me a lot, and this is why, as you have observed, at every significant or wrong turn of the decision taken by this government, with the benefits experience I have acquired, I have provided alternative solutions and even offered expertise and knowledge of some of my party colleagues to help get us out of these challenges.
There is an increasing gap right now between Ghanaian society and the Ghanaian political system, which is one of the reasons why a change has become absolutely necessary at this particular time,” Former President Mahama explained.
He continued, “Of course, I know how to deliver that baldy needed change because over the last four to five years, I have continued to study our problems, I have continued to listen to each and every one of you, and to a variety of scholars and experts and I can say with full confidence that I have learned a lot during the period I am speaking about and I am ready and able to be the kind of president that Ghanaians are looking for.”
Former President Mahama pointed out that despite the hard work his administration did, Ghanaians decided to vote for the New Patriotic Party (NPP) in the 2016 general elections due to the “lofty” promises by the then-opposition party in hope that their problems would be resolved.
However, they have been disappointed by the Akufo-Addo government, he said.
According to him, the Nana Addo-Bawumia-led government has “been clueless and in many ways callous, the unthinkable has happened, and our country today is broken on all fronts, Ghana is bankrupt.
We are saddled with debts we simply can’t pay. We have suffered the global humiliation of defaulting on our debts and being downgraded by all credit rating agencies to the lowest level ever seen in our history.”
He added, “Our economy is in the worst shape ever, with suffering and pain on an unprecedented level.”
