The National Democratic Congress (NDC), says the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP) must be held accountable for the “surging economic hardships” in the country.
According to the party, the alarming scale of sleaze and corruption under this government is such that Ghanaians cannot wait to exact accountability by voting out the NPP after their eight-year tenure in 2024.
Speaking at a press conference on Monday, August 30, 2021, the party’s Communications Officer, Sammy Gyamfi said, “denial of the rising economic hardships’ demonstrates the willingness of this government to trivialize the suffering of people, and it is disturbing because it shows that the NPP and their leaders have completely detached themselves from the very harsh economic conditions of Ghanaians and chosen to dwell in a delusional bubble.
Sammy Gyamfi made these remarks in response to a recent press conference held by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) where the General Secretary of the NPP, John Boadu had ridiculed the NDC, saying the economy, just like the world economy, which was ravaged by the crippling impact of Covid, is now seeing a strong rebound to the envy of many economic watchers.
Mr Gyamfi asserted that, Ex President Mahama amid his thank you tour echoed the sentiments of the vast majority of Ghanaians who feel scandalized by the ‘unbridled corruption and plain thievery’ that has become the hallmark of the Akufo-Addo led government.
“The economic hardships Ghanaians from all walks of life are experiencing are the direct effects of the mismanagement of the economy through reckless squandering of scarce resources to secure re-election in 2020 which has left our finances in shambles,”.
However, “we are quite confident that come 2024, all well-meaning Ghanaians who wish to see the progress of our nation, will join forces with us to break the eight years of stealing, break the eight years of nepotism, break the eight years of lawlessness and impunity, break the eight years of deception and broken promises and break the eight years injustice and intolerance”, he added.