Through a Facebook post, former president John Dramani Mahama shared his opinions on the nation’s present economic position.
He stated his dissatisfaction with the situation of the economy at the moment as well as the functions of the President, the Finance Minister, and the Economic Management Team.
“When I noticed we were running into an economic ditch, I made several calls for a genuine dialogue and national consensus on an economic programme.”
“The arrogance and intransigence of a President, and incompetence of a Finance Minister and the Economic Management Team have led us here,” said Mahama in his post.
Mahama continued by lamenting the lost chance to create a wide, bipartisan consensus on the IMF rescue and related debt restructuring plan.
He said, “We could have forged a broad non-partisan consensus on the IMF bailout and accompanying debt restructuring programme. Alas, it seems too late now!”
When the former president made his remarks, he was making a reference to the former Chief Justice Sophia Akuffo,
who recently joined pensioners in a picket outside the Finance Ministry to urge that they not be subjected to the domestic debt swap program.