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FLASHBACK: I feel sorry for Mahama and Ghana - Dr Nduom


Founder of the Progressive People's Party (PPP), Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom under the John Mahama administration noted with concern, the poor state of the Ghanaian economy as well as the president’s appointments.

The report which was originally published by graphic.com.gh made reference to Dr Nduom’s Facebook post in which he lamented the dwindling state of affairs and the president’s seeming nonchalant posture towards addressing issues.

Parts of Dr Papa Kwesi Nduom’s post which he noted that he felt sorry for John Mahama and Ghana read, “I feel sorry for President Mahama and Ghana. I really felt sorry for President John Dramani Mahama and Ghana when I heard two members of his administration and NDC political party on an Accra radio station this past Saturday."

"I wondered, "...are we safe?" These two who are senior members of the Mahama Administration gave us all ample reasons why we are where we are with a "see-saw" economy and a suffering people.”

"According to one of them, high rise buildings, mansions for a few, the Pokuase road among others are "good" reasons for the fiscal deficits Ghana is facing and the depreciation of the cedi. With "experts" like these in government, who needs reality?”

"And if these are the sort of people influencing what the government thinks and does, then I feel sorry for our President and our country. When leaders in places like Dubai are promoting prosperity, thinking ahead and promoting in-bound investment, some of our leaders are blaming developers.”

"The economic crisis we are flirting with has persisted because people with no real grounding about the economy and business realities keep preventing objective discussion about our problems. They see everything as part of a propaganda battle between the party in power and opposition parties. So everything bad must be painted positive and goats turned into cows so their party does not lose favour with the people.”

Read the full story originally published on February 3, 2014, by Graphic.com.gh
Source: www.ghanaweb.com
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