Dr Mohammed Amin Adam a former Minister for Finance has said President John Dramani Mahama’s economic dialogue is a diversion.
Amin Adam noted that John Mahama establishing a planning committee for a National Economic Dialogue is trying to whitewash his baseless claims about inheriting a bad economy to Ghanaians.
According to him, the Ghanaian people deserve real leadership and practical solutions, not an attempt to shift responsibility to a committee whose recommendations may never see the light of day.
Dr Amin Adam reacting to the announcement of an economic dialogue stated, “The President doesn’t need a dialogue to understand the context of the Ghanaian economy. At the least, this dialogue is intended to cover up the President’s lack of an economic plan for the country and to whitewash his baseless claims about inheriting a bad economy.”
“These figures show that the fundamentals of the economy are strong and that we have entered a phase of accelerated recovery”, Amin Adam added.
The former finance minister also indicated that in 2014 the NDC held a similar meeting and they failed to implement the recommendations leading the country to the IMF.
He further detailed, “This is not the first time the NDC government has held a National Economic Dialogue. They did the same in 2014 after winning the 2012 elections. What became of it? They failed to implement the recommendations and instead mismanaged the economy, leading to an IMF programme which they couldn’t complete by the end of 2016.”
“This dialogue is a diversion, the Ghanaian people deserve real leadership and practical solutions, not an attempt to shift responsibility to a committee whose recommendations may never see the light of day”, Amin Adam reiterated.
