Kwame jantuah, the Chief Executive Officer for the Africa Energy Consortium, has frowned at the recent economy in the country as he believes that the current hardship in the country is because the economy is being run by rich men.
According to him, such rich people do not know the hardship the ordinary Ghanaian goes through each day and for that matter keep implementing policies that always worsen their struggles.
Speaking in an interview on GhOne, Mr Jantuah said the yet to be implemented 1.75 e-levy is a clear indication that Ghana’s economy must be handled by people who understand the hardships of ordinary citizens.
“When you have ‘dada ba’s’ running the economy, it is very difficult for them to understand what the ordinary man goes through…we need a national discussion on some of these things and the government must be willing to listen to some of these things.”
Asked whether he is part of the group opposing the 2022 budget, Mr Jantuah said “the budget is not progressive…this youstart…Serwaa do you think it is easy to start a business, changing the mindset of the people that is where you start from because there is a saying that government money is for all of us.”
The levy, which is contained in the 2022 budget and economic policies presented by the minister of finance, Ken Ofori-atta to parliament on Wednesday, forms part of efforts by the government to raise revenues to prosecute its development agenda.
Source: Mybrytfmonline/Joseph Asare
