The former president John Dramani Mahama has urged President Akufo-Addo to carry out a big shake-up of his government.
Mahama said this move will give the president the opportunity to bring out the best brains in Ghana to formulate a comprehensive recovery plan for the economy.
Speaking at the launch of a think tank known as Think Progress Ghana, Mahama declared: “He [Akufo-Addo] should conduct a major shake-up of his government to remove all the many dead woods [sic] that have turned the ministries into their kingdoms.
“Finally, he should huddle with the best brains of this country to formulate a comprehensive recovery plan for our economy,” Mahama added.
He said the government had “resorted to unhelpful political posturing over suggestions on how to stem the downward spiral, ensure discipline, and help the economy recover”.
“Like one drowning and yet clutching at a mere straw to stay afloat, this government has banked all its hopes on the E-Levy,” said the former president, “which, given the gravity and depth of the problems that have beset our economy, is neither adequate nor viable as a sustainable response to the crisis.”
Mahama added: “It is painfully obvious that, beyond the ill-conceived E- Levy, the Akufo-Addo administration has no viable or credible plan of action to get us out of the current economic doldrums into which they have plunged us.
“Meanwhile, there can be collective buy-ins from the Ghanaian people, development partners and the investor community that is being [sic] ignored,” he said.
The former president also called on President Akufo-Addo to address the nation immediately on the state of the economy to rally the support of Ghanaians.
