Professor of Political Science at the University of Ghana Ransford Yaw Gyampo says Ghanaians deserve an apology rather than the “brazen attempt” by government to justify the current difficult conditions.
He points out that the current conditions are worse than the previous conditions which were better off yet rejected.
“The height of disrespect is the audacity of failed duty-bearers to attempt to introduce and perpetuate the very bogus, highly infantile and unintelligent narration that, all is well and that our living conditions have improved,” Prof Gyampo wrote on Wednesday, August 9.
He continued: “Comparing today’s worse conditions to yesterday’s better conditions that were even vehemently rejected, is the mother of all vituperations to the intelligence and sensibilities of the repositories of the power that gets exercised by the ruling elites.”
He wondered: “How does it feel when you are hungry and you are told by someone who hasn’t experienced hunger before that you aren’t hungry?
“How does it feel if after unsuccessful job hunt attempts for five years, you keep hearing that more jobs have been created?”
For him, it is only insulting “and we must be angry enough as a people, to reject such mediocre minds who spew propaganda and begin to demand proper governance and effective management of the fiduciary trust we have reposed in the hands of those who promised Ghanaians heaven”.
He called for an apology and a “solemn promise” on the part of those reposed with the responsibility to govern to fix the broken pieces.
“Ghanaians deserve an apology and a solemn promise to radically fix things, rather than the brazen attempt to insinuate that we are all fools.”
This comes in the wake of the Finance Minister’s mid-year budget review presentation, claiming the country has turned the corner.
Ken Ofori-Atta indicated on Monday, July 31 that conditions are beginning to better as government has put in place measures to ensure rapid economic recovery.
He cites the International Monetary Fund (IMF) programme as one of the boosts the economy has received.