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Take The Blame Akufo Addo, The Establishment Of Family Government Has Destroyed Ghana

Feature Article The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta and Gloria Akuffo are partly responsible for Ghanas economic and political disaster
TUE, 21 DEC 2021 3
The Finance Minister, Ken Ofori-Atta and Gloria Akuffo are partly responsible for Ghana's economic and political disaster

How can Akufo Addo admit that Ghanaians are going through difficult times, yet claims it's not his fault. If it’s not his fault then who is responsible?

How does the president expect Ghana to be a better country after appointing two of his family members at the offices of the main pillars holding a country when both are not experienced or even qualified to hold that post?

The judicial system is part of the system of state at a higher level, so let us consider its significance and role in the concept of powers.

Without an effective judiciary system, the country collapses. This is exactly what happened when Gloria Akuffo was the Chief Justice because she ran the court like a family business amid corruption.

Gloria Akuffo failed to recognize and observe the rights, freedoms, and legitimate interests of individuals and citizens. She abused her power in office, just as Akufo Addo continues to as a president.

How many times did Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the Member of Parliament for North Tongu District Of Volta Region, criticize his reckless spending when he travels out of the country on a luxurious jet which cost is affecting Ghana?

Akufo Addo refused to listen to anyone, however, today, he is telling Ghanaians that he admits things are tough in the country but it’s not his fault.

Sometimes, I wonder if, in his power intoxicated brain, he thinks Ghanaians are stupid. Akufo Addo said, "Yeti Sika Su Na Ekom Di Yen."

It is very likely those years when struggling to be president, he was facing acute financial problems. Now that he becomes president, he has abused his power to steal all the money from the coffers of Ghana.

Everyone country depends on its Finance Ministry for appropriate dispensation of funds and the presentation of the budget.

In such a high office that needs an expert in dealing with financial matters, Nana Akufo Addo placed another incompetent relative, Ken Ofori-Atta to manage the financial affairs of the state.

Ken Ofori-Atta leads Ghana through corruption, excessive expenditure, and over-borrowing, causing the collapse of banking institutions in the country.

The Finance Minister couldn’t even account for the money used in the country and his only excuse like the president, Nana Akufo Addo, is to blame the coronavirus for Ghana’s political and economic disasters.

On April 2, 2020, the World Bank decides to provide $100 million to Ghana to assist the country in tackling the COVID-19 pandemic. This money was made available to the government and the people of Ghana as short, medium, and long-term support.

In November 2020, the same year, the European Union mobilized €86.5 million in emergency budget support to help Ghana in tackling the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic.

So why should the Ghanaian government blame the COVID-19 for their incompetence and corruption which have led to the suffering of the common people?

I have said many times that nepotism is never good for any government because it is very hard for the president to take away a family from his or her post if they are not performing very well, which are the cases of Ken Ofori-Atta and the former Chief Justice, Gloria Akuffo.

Unfortunately, after her departure, another corrupt and incompetent new Chief Justice, Kwasi Anin-Yeboah, has been appointed.

Nana Akufo Addo must, therefore, accept the blame for today’s economic and political crisis in Ghana because of his incompetence, corruption, and greed.

Joel Savage
Joel Savage, © 2021

Belgian‑Ghanaian journalist Joel Savage writes the column “A Mixture of Periodicals.” A former member of the Flemish Journalists Association, he has contributed to the Weekly Spectator, Ghanaian Times, Daily Graphic and The Mirror.Column: Joel Savage

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