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Former Information Minister and Member of Parliament for Ofoase Ayirebi, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah, has taken a swipe at the government for failing to clearly define its much-touted 24-hour economy initiative.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament on Wednesday, March 4, Oppong Nkrumah expressed concern over the lack of a unified explanation for the policy.
“Till date, we don’t have a single definition for the 24-hour economy programme. Everybody you talk to has a different definition—one programme, many definitions.”
He urged the government to prioritize governance over political messaging, arguing that “the propaganda will not create jobs, it will not put food on the tables of people, it will not put clothes on the backs of people.”
“Spend time doing less propaganda and more time bringing your governance programmes so that Parliament can assist you and work on them,” he stated.
Oppong Nkrumah also questioned the government’s commitment to addressing key economic concerns, including rising transport fares, electricity bills, and food inflation. He criticized the President for failing to outline concrete measures to tackle these issues.
“The real issues that you [NDC government] campaigned on—the things that the millions of young people who were singing ‘kwen kwen’ are waiting to hear you deliver on—get lost in the cracks. I want to remind you of the things you campaigned on and the expectations people had when the President mounted the podium, ” he remarked.
“All we heard was lamentation and blame on past leaders, just like in 2013,” Oppong-Nkrumah asserted.
SOURCE: DAILY MAIL GH
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