29th August 2023 6:34:20 PM
2 mins readSocial commentator and youth activist, Ivan Kyei Innocent, has entreated President Akufo-Addo to change his ways, lest he become the worst president ever in the history of the country.
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Ivan Kyei Innocent, during an interview on Onua TV's Maakye Show, expressed his immense dissatisfaction with the running of the economy by the Akufo-Addo-led government.
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He bemoaned the huge debt stock that has been accumulated by the government and the absence of a conducive environment that propels job creation.
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Under the Akufo-Addo led government, he noted that Ghanaians have been worse off in comparison to any individual on the continent in the last five years.
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"As a government, we vote for you to create job opportunities. Even creating the enabling environment for the private sector to create more jobs is a problem. This is a government that has not been able to create the capacity to take in people. But for the few that have been taken and are receiving meager salaries, he has weaned them off.
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"It shows you that we don't have a rational government. Sometimes, some of the decisions they make make you question their motivations. Look at the huge amounts of loans we have taken in the last five years, the whole of Africa, there is no single country that has done what Ghana has," he said.
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Kyei Innocent
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He therefore noted that President Akufo-Addo risks having his name in the bad records of Ghanaians, which would transcend to future generations yet to come.
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He noted that although Ghana's first president, Dr Kwame Nkrumah, had no special backing, he was able to do so much for the country, for which he is still remembered.
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"At the end of the day, what legacy are you leaving. If you couldn't create jobs, what was your use then. What legacy are you leaving so that when people mention your name, something good is said. Nkrumah was never a magic child, but he has left a legacy that transcends generations.
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"If you use the Tema Motorway, you'll see his name. As President, the legacy you are leaving behind. Nana Akufo-Addo, if he is not careful, will become the most miserable former president in the history of this country.
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"Because what citizens would use to remember him would be the huge debt he left. There will be nothing positive. With all this debt, what legacy are you leaving?" he said.
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The Bank of Ghana's January 2023 economic and financial data summary revealed that the debt stock increased by GH¢108.3 billion between September and November 2021. The external component of the country's public debt shot up to GH¢382.7 billion in November 2022, equivalent to 62.1% of GDP.
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