Professor John Gatsi, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Cape Coast, has advised Government to treat the country’s security concerns objectively and with the necessary seriousness since it defined the investment environment.
He asked government not to trivialise the nagging issues of armed robberies, kidnapping, contract killing, land guard menace, and political vigilantism, but rather tackle it head-on.
Prof. Gatsi, also the Head of the Finance Department, University of Cape Coast, gave the advice in an interview with the Ghana News Agency, as part of his expectations of the State-of-the-Nation address, which would be delivered by the President on Thursday, February 21.
“The security of the citizens, freedom to express our views and the rule of law are fundamental to our democracy and the overall wellbeing of Ghanaians, therefore undermining the security concerns could affect the country’s democracy negatively,” he pointed out.
Touching on the economy, Prof. Gatsi said he expected the President to address the depreciation of the cedi, which is affecting the pricing of goods and services.
Additionally, he said, the increased importation of chocolate, rice and sugar into the country last year should be addressed since government policies were intended to reduce their importation.
For instance, he said government in 2018 imported rice to the tune of 339 million dollars, sugar-123 million dollars and chocolate-45 million dollars.
On the banking reforms, Prof. Gatsi said the President is expected to furnish the public on the impact the recapitalization of the banks had made on the banking sector and economy in general.
Consequently, the final exit package from the three-year International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme should be mentioned and chart the way forward.
Source: GNA
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Very simplistic. It is not so easy. security agencies don't need to tell everything in public. You cannot scrutinize the security agencies barely naked. They cannot divulge intelligence matters in public. What then will be our security. Some people in Ghana talk too much. They claim to be encyclopedia of everything. Jack of all trade master of nothing. Please leave the seculity to do their work. What happened at Ayawaso did not happen to ordinary persons on the street but a gang of people assembled to undertake unidentified operation with motorbike banned in a voting zone. Why should they resist security inquiry if they had nothing to hide and no fear to be exposed. It is always easy to make noiseee to criticise proactive actions so the criminals are always ahead of our security, and then we turn around to blame the same security agencies.Security is not so simplistic.
He knows everything now? What type of professor is he?