Accra, 05 February, 2023 / 8:35 pm (ACI Africa).
A Ghanaian Member of Parliament (MP) has told the government to listen to the Catholic Bishops' appeal to stop wasting resources and to present an angle that is consistent with the fact that the country is “in dire straits” economically, which he says is “government-inflicted”.
Last week, members of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference (GCBC) asked the government to give the International Monetary Fund (IMF) facts consistent with the real economic situation of the West African country.
“I couldn’t agree more with the revered and celebrated Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference following their timely appeal to the Akufo-Addo/Bawumia government to ‘present a posture that is consistent with the fact that the country is in dire straits or crisis’ and their further demand for ‘drastic government expenditure control’,” Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, the MP for North Tongu Constituency said in a Wednesday, February 1 Facebook post.
Hon. Ablakwa said, “The Akufo-Addo/Bawumia/Ofori-Atta government must definitely listen to the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference and indeed all Ghanaians by sincerely departing from the obscene profligacy, particularly at the ostentatious Presidency where we will expect true burden sharing and frugal leadership by example at this time of government-inflicted economic crisis.”
“Expenditure documents from the Presidency between January and September 2022 which I am currently reviewing firmly justify the call from the venerable Bishops – a plea, which to be honest, many others within civil society organizations, the NDC Caucus in Parliament and former President John Mahama have been ingeminating,” said the Ghanaian Lawmaker.
