Director of NDCâs International Relations Directorate, Alex Segbefia, has said government created a wrong impression to Ghanaians when it promised to roll out certain flagship policies.
He says the New Patriotic Party (NPP) tried to throw dust into the eyes of the citizens but it did not succeed because prudent measures were not taken to ensure better economic growth.
Speaking in a reaction to the âKu Me Prekoâ demonstration, Mr Segbefia observed that the present economic circumstances were bound to happen because the NPP decided to implement projects âwhich are basically very high on consumption and not on production.â
The former Health Minister said this on Joy Newsâ Newsfile on Saturday, November 5, 2022.
âYou have this fundamental problem of lack of accountability by themselves. The government decided to play âchachaâ with us but it didnât work. You had all these policies you decided to come and implement and you looked at the revenue you had been left behind and decided that it is doable.â
âSo, you created six new regions; thatâs not cheap. Youâve mentioned the banking crisisâĤ and the problem is not yet solved and there were other ways of dealing with it. They chose that path they have taken, we are still in that hole,â he said.
Alex Segbefia noted that the introduction of the Free Senior High School policy, for instance, was wrongly done.
According to him, President Akufo-Addo did not even analyse the cost implications of the flagship programme before its implementation.
âSo, we have had Free SHS in our Constitution all this time and another person decided that I will do it gradually but you made it a flagship project that âI will do it big bangâ; no problem.
âBut you didnât even cost it before you started. You were asked even on BBC programme how much does it cost, you couldnât answer,â he added.
He, however, believes Akufo-Addo-led government is the luckiest in the history of this countryâs governance, at least since the era of Kwame Nkrumah.
Scores of protesters have massed up in the streets of Accra to register their displeasure at the government over what they say is the mismanagement of the economy.
Among other demands, they want President Akufo-Addo to resign in order to pave way for the constitutional provision for his replacement to be set in motion.
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