By: Emmanuel Oti Acheampong
Former Chairperson of the People’s National Congress, PNC, Bernard Mornah has described the President of Ghana’s State of the Nation Address as unrealistic, and full of blame games on COVID and Russian-Ukrainian war.
President Akufo-Addo on March 8, 2023 presented to Parliament of Ghana the State of the Nation address as prescribed by the Constitution of Ghana.
The address has generated lots of reactions from both the Minority in Parliament and other well-meaning stakeholders of the country.
Speaking on the ‘GTV Breakfast Show’, the former PNC Chairperson, said the President played blind on the current economic hardship his government has brought upon the people of Ghana and rather blamed their incompetence on COVID and Russia-Ukraine war.
He said he was deeply hurt when President Akufo-Addo stated that the economy was really doing and going well. This he said, explains how unrealistic the President is about the country’s current economic situation.
According to Mr. Mornah, before the COVID pandemic, the borrowing and debt status of the country had reached the roof.
He mentioned that the Akufo-Addo led government veered off their own marking scheme with regard to what they stated during their campaign days against borrowing and taxation because, they have over borrowed and over taxed the Ghanaian people.
He further added that, it becomes problematic when leaders attribute Ghana’s economic woes to the pandemic and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
He added that the President has not been successful in the projection of women in his government because with 200 MMDCEs, only 30 are women.