Minority describes cabinet reshuffle as ‘injury time remix’

The Minority in Parliament has described the government’s ministerial reshuffle announced in a statement from the President to Parliament, on February 14, as an “injury time remix.”

According to them, “This is a mere remix of the Akufo-Addo and Alhaji Bawumia’s failed governments.

This injury time remix is tasteless and uninspiring.”

This is contained in a press release dated February 14 and signed by the Minority Leader, Casiel Ato Forson.

“It is also too little, too late, coming barely nine (9) months after the exit of the government. Neither will it solve the suffering and hardships confronting the people of Ghana as a result of the bad governance and massive uncontrolled corruption of the Akufo-Addo and Alhaji Bawumia’s governments.

“These injury time reserves, who have been on the bench for more than seven years without warm-up, cannot make any meaningful impact in the remaining nine (9) months to salvage the sinking ship and the massive economic mess created by Alhaji Bawumia and his economic mismanagement team,” Dr Ato Forson wrote.

He asserted that “The tenure of this government has been characterised by excessive borrowing, unsustainable debt, an economic crisis, a high appetite for taxes, poor governance, reckless and wasteful expenditures, the siphoning of state resources into the private pockets of government appointees, as well as state capture by family and friends of the President and his Vice.

For the record, President Akufo-Addo has at all material times remained obstinate and defiant when the subject of reshuffle came up for discussion. For example, he rebuffed nearly 100 NPP Members of Parliament who demanded the immediate resignation of outgoing Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta,” the Minority Leader stated.

 

He bemoaned the fact that “President Akufo-Addo also did not heed calls from the vast majority of Ghanaians who publicly urged him to reshuffle his government as a result of the non-performance of his cabinet.”

The NDC Minority believes that, “the best way to end the suffering and hardships of Ghanaians would have been for both President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Alhaji Bawumia to resign.”