Member of Parliament for Walewale,Tia Abdul-Kabiru Mahama, has criticised the government’s economic posture, urging authorities to focus less on public praise and more on responsibly managing the country’s rising debt.
According to him, any government that claims success while failing to meet its financial obligations risks losing credibility in the eyes of the people.
Speaking on Channel One TV’s Big Issue on Saturday, May 17, he cautioned against what he described as the government’s tendency to parade economic achievements while failing to meet key financial obligations.
“You cannot owe and go around in town claiming that you are doing well. You have to first settle your debt. If you do not pay, and you are in town holding people’s money and saying that you are doing so well, people will not take you seriously,” he said.
He stressed that real economic credibility comes from being seen to manage debt transparently while maintaining fiscal discipline.
“You should be seen paying your debt and managing your debt with your opulence, and then people will begin coming to see that you are doing well. You can’t be owing and praising yourself that you are managing the economy.
“You have to generate a model to manage the two. And I think that the Finance Minister has not done that so far. He has not balanced between satisfying the obligations that are expected of him,” he added.