Flagbearer hopeful of the National Democratic Congress, John Dramani Mahama has been under fire from the New Patriotic Party (NPP), which claims he is unfit to lead Ghana again.
The NPP is charged that the former President wrecked the economy during his administration.
On March 2, 2023, Mr. Mahama announced his candidacy for president at the University of Health and Allied Sciences in Ho, in the Volta Region, and attacked the Akufo-Addo-led administration for its poor handling of the economy.
A section of Ghanaians have left the country in quest of better opportunities according to the former president.
“With the limited fiscal space, we are likely to inherit because of the mismanagement of the economy under NPP. There are many who say that my words, just before leaving office in 2016, that posterity will be my judge, have proven prophetic in the face of the disastrous performance of the NPP government and their harrowing dismantling of our country’s prospects. This government has been clueless and, in many ways, callous. We are saddled with debt, and we have been downgraded by every rating agency and inflation has gone off the roof, sending people into abject poverty,” Mr. Mahama indicated.
He added, “it should worry us deeply that the average young Ghanaian would grasp any opportunity to flee the despondent climate under which they live in favour of even the most menial jobs in other countries. We have always had our people going in search of greener pastures abroad, but the current mass exodus of active workers and professionals is profoundly worrying”.
But the NPP Director of Communications, Richard Ahiagbah responding to the former president indicated that Mr. Mahama could not be an option in solving Ghana’s challenges.
Source:Mybrytfmonline.com/Joseph Asare
