The Minority in Parliament has indicated that they will not participate in the vetting of the deputy minister-designate for Trade and Industry.
According to them, President Akufo-Addo’s nomination suggests his “lack of appreciation of the economic mess that his government has unleashed on Ghanaians as a result of its bad economic policies.”
“We are again unable to support this nomination by President Akufo-Addo at this time because our country has gone through (and continues to go through) very difficult periods, including crippling economic crisis, food insecurity, debt default as a result of excessive borrowing, corruption in government and wasteful and reckless expenditures.
“With ordinary Ghanaians going through excruciating hardships and businesses relocating from Ghana as a result of the high tax regime created by the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government, one would have expected the President to downsize his already large government,” the Minority leader, Ato Forson stated.
He continued: “This would have sent a signal to the people that the President was mindful of the economic realities and was willing to do things differently to restore the needed confidence in the economy.”
Attached below is the full statement by the Minority
