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November 23, 2023
The Deputy Majority Leader Alexander Kwamena Afenyo Markin has stated that the Minority in Parliament has no alternative solutions to Ghana’s economy else, they would have come up with an alternative to the budget that was presented by the finance minister last week while contributing to debate on the floor of the House.
According to him the President Nana Akufo-Addo’s government has done what the NDC could not do with respect to the implementation of free SHS. The NDC failed to increase the number of students on school feeding program which they took over from.
Again former President John Dramani Mahama’s government, cancelled nursing and teacher trainees allowances.
He further argued that, the NDC minority has failed for targeting the Vice President Dr Mahamudu Bawumia by denting his image.
The Mahama, Atto Forson and Seth Terkper economy that failed to achieve the IMF conditionalities failed the people of Ghana, run to the IMF with home grown policies, handed power to the current administration, the IMF had no trust in them all disbursement that were supposed to make were not made but today you say you want to come back to power, he stated.
When the Minority Leader Dr Atto Forson challenged him through an intervention to prove his points, he said these are 2016 records, “incompetent record and a record of lack of understanding of the economy. And a record they themselves could not defend; stating that there was a one percent special levy the NPP inherited, seventy percent on imported levy on medicines, and domestic airlines attracted 17 percent VAT, but in the 2017 budget under NPP all the taxes were removed.”
Again when it comes to energy, the NPP government has kept the lights on indicating that when the NPP took over there were killer ‘take and pay’ agreements signed during the time of ‘dumsor’.
“You are the same crop of politicians trying to deceive Ghanaians that you can do better, what did you do better during your time in office, the Mahama, Terkper and Atto Forson economy but today the liberties of opposition is making you believe you have changed; what have you done? Nothing”.
Kwaku Sakyi-Danso/Ghanamps.com