Following President John Mahama’s charge to Ghanaians to take advantage of economic opportunities created for them, the Member of Parliament for Obuasi West, Kwaku Kwarteng, has said the President should rather be pleading with Ghanaians for the hardship inflicted on them by the economy.
President Mahama challenged Ghanaians to take advantage of the country’s economic growth to create wealth for themselves, saying as a President he could not go around to put money in people’s pockets.
He posited that perhaps those who are not experiencing the positive impact of the economy are those who lack the needed skills to tap into it.
According to the President, government can only improve people’s lives economically if they take advantage of the many opportunities created by the state. His latest comment is at variance with the one he made in February, where he stated that Ghanaians would have money in their pocket when they vote him for a second term.
Reacting to the President’s comments, Mr. Kwarteng argued that opportunities have rather been limited under the Mahama administration and that his comments were only a reaction to the realization that his government has under-performed.
According to Mr. Kwarteng, President Mahama should instead be saying to Ghanaians: “we realized that some of our action resulted in some of these things and that it is the reason we have run to the IMF for bailout otherwise the center will not hold. Please bear with me.
The wastage and the corruption that has made it impossible to put money in the productive sectors of the economy will stop and things will improve then people can expect that the president understands their pain.” He further described the President’s words as uninspiring and said a more humble pose would have given Ghanaians hope.
“The President’s words were very not motivating and I find it unfortunate that we should hear this from government at this time… The President should rather recognize that the environment has deteriorated sharply from when the NDC took over 8 years ago and they were going to do some things about it. That is the kind of language that will give us some hope.”
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