Former President John Dramani Mahama has said that the poor who depend on the middle class for employment and sustenance are on their own and uncertain of their fate due to the bad policies of President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo.
Mr Mahama indicated that the aged pensioners have not been spared either.
In the past few weeks, he noted, they have been compelled to stage public manifestations in defense of their livelihoods even in their elderly state.
Launching his campaign to contest for the flagbearer position of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) in Ho, Volta Region on Thursday, March 2, he said “Who would have thought that Ghana would come to a juncture where a government would mete out such shabby treatment to our senior citizens whose only crime is that they put their life savings in what is considered the safest financial instruments in the world – Government Bonds. We are at this most depressing phase in our history where our economy has been destroyed because of the systematic mismanagement, misguided and clueless policy choices, and incompetence of President Akufo-Addo and Vice President Bawumia.
“While our people struggle to keep their heads above water, government officials continue to exhibit high levels of greed, corruption, arrogance of power, dishonesty, blatant state capture and conflict of interest. Unsurprisingly, no one in this NPP government wants to take responsibility for anything, including their flagbearer hopefuls, most of whom were part of their Economic Management Team. They continue to lay blame for their economic disaster on external factors whose relationship with our present sorry circumstances are at most tenuous.”
