Stop complaining and get to work, president Akufo Addo

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• shark 8 years ago

  akufo addo and his npp mates are yet to realise they are in power.They are still doing what they do best whiles in opposition that is spewing Insults and making unrealistic promises.they havent realise it is their duty to fix ...
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  akufo addo and his npp mates are yet to realise they are in power.They are still doing what they do best whiles in opposition that is spewing Insults and making unrealistic promises.they havent realise it is their duty to fix the many faults they found in mahamas administration

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• KAB 8 years ago

  You've said it short and simple. The partisans are going to say that your deficit stats are wrong. As if they knew the exact numbers.
  
  But your point is well made. We voted Akufo-Addo to correct the mistakes of Mahama. So ...
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  You've said it short and simple. The partisans are going to say that your deficit stats are wrong. As if they knew the exact numbers.
  
  But your point is well made. We voted Akufo-Addo to correct the mistakes of Mahama. So he cannot now be reminding us of Mahama's mistakes. We should look forward. He should make us see what he's doing wrong to correct the mistakes of the previous regime.
  
  We are realistic. We are not expecting him to transform Ghana into Holland or Sweden in four years. But we want to see a real and better Ghana within that time than Mahama left it. And we want to start seeing the signs right now not the same old complaints about how bad the previous govt was!

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• kweku 8 years ago

  The deficit in 2008 was 6% so get your facts right the government will perform so give us time pls let all be patient

  The deficit in 2008 was 6% so get your facts right the government will perform so give us time pls let all be patient

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• Banza Yaro 8 years ago

  Very hypocritical. The guy has not even laid his foundation yet and, you're asking him," where is the roof ". Be real. Even monkeys know to wait for the fruit to ripe before they plug it.

  Very hypocritical. The guy has not even laid his foundation yet and, you're asking him," where is the roof ". Be real. Even monkeys know to wait for the fruit to ripe before they plug it.

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• Desiree' 8 years ago

  Ahh:if you were able to sack all MMCES and other CEOs what then do we need to wait:

  Ahh:if you were able to sack all MMCES and other CEOs what then do we need to wait:

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• KAB 8 years ago

  The writer didn't say she want the promises fulfilled tomorrow. She is only saying they should stop complaining about the past and get to work to fulfill the promises.

  The writer didn't say she want the promises fulfilled tomorrow. She is only saying they should stop complaining about the past and get to work to fulfill the promises.

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• Desiree' 8 years ago

  These guys not fooling Ghanaians ,let us fact it.!!

  These guys not fooling Ghanaians ,let us fact it.!!

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• Desiree' 8 years ago

  I mean these guys are fooling Ghanaians .let us face it!!

  I mean these guys are fooling Ghanaians .let us face it!!

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• Hanson 8 years ago

  Stupid article. Even Mahama was given four years to show his worth. Akufo-Addo is not a magician but I can bet he will perform much better than Mahama and the NDC. Ghana progressed under Kufuor but the NDC has taken us back. ...
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  Stupid article. Even Mahama was given four years to show his worth. Akufo-Addo is not a magician but I can bet he will perform much better than Mahama and the NDC. Ghana progressed under Kufuor but the NDC has taken us back. We are not fools...we understand the issues so we will give the NPP some time to clean the mess created by Mahama.

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• Kwabena Yeboah 8 years ago

  The 1992 Rawlings Constitution gives the Presidency the sole custody of Ghana's Consolidated Account, otherwise known as the Treasury. Rawlings designed the Constitution so as to give the Presidency absolute control of the Co ...
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  The 1992 Rawlings Constitution gives the Presidency the sole custody of Ghana's Consolidated Account, otherwise known as the Treasury. Rawlings designed the Constitution so as to give the Presidency absolute control of the Consolidated Account without Parliament oversight. The Consolidated Account therefore operates within the whims and caprices of the Presidency without the oversight of Parliament.
  
  After the 2000 elections, JA Kufuor complained of empty kitty, despite the fact that all proceeds of the divestiture of Nkrumah's state-owned enterprises (over 300 companies) were lodged in the Consolidated Account. Then after the 2008 elections, despite the unprecedented increase in cocoa and gold prices on world markets, HIPC, and the divestiture of Ashanti Goldfields to Anglogold, Ghana Telecom to Vodafone, Ghana Airways and others, JA Kufuor left the kitty yet again empty for Atta Mills.
  
  Why should anyone be surprised JD Mahama does otherwise? We should rather thank the IMF for the oversight of the economy via its conditionalities, otherwise JD Mahama would have blown the deficit out of the water and made matters worst for Akufo-Addo
  
  This has always been the case about Ghana's Consolidated Account. Akufo-Addo/Bawumia knew the history of the Consolidated Account coming in, yet they promised the country heaven and earth into victory. If Bawumia was so emphatic with his pre election assessment of Mahama's non performing economy, then what was the basis for all his promises.
  
  In the US for instance, the Senate controls the US Treasury, and in most democracies such as Britain, Canada, etc., it is Parliament (the peoples' representatives) that controls the Treasury. Ghana's Parliament must control the Consolidated Account if we want to ensure transparency and have an effective checks and balances. Anything short of this would be pandering to the thieves in suit and tie.

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• Desiree' 8 years ago

  @Nanahemaaba,what a great piece:great analysis with fact finding:Tell them to stop complaining and fulfill the gangiantuan promises

  @Nanahemaaba,what a great piece:great analysis with fact finding:Tell them to stop complaining and fulfill the gangiantuan promises

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