Former President John Dramani Mahama has stated that Speaker of Parliament, Prof Mike Ocquaye is an oppressive leader who doesn’t permit free expression.
The National Democratic Congress (NDC) flagbearer in a tour at the Savannah Region said, “today, you cannot expect justice when you go to the judicatory, you can’t speak in parliament, you have an oppressive Speaker who won’t allow them to freely express themselves.”
According to him President Akufo Addo has politicised stated institutions with the Judiciary and Parliament included.
He further admonished the government for allowing Financial Institutions to collapse when they could have done something to save them.
“Financial institutions have been collapsed, Ghanaians’ money has been locked up. You needed GHS9 billion to save those banks and financial institutions that collapsed but because of politics, somebody decided to closed them down. Now, Ghana is spending GHC22billion to pay the deposits of people whose monies were locked up,” he bemoaned.
He added, “what kind of sense is this? You won’t spend GHC9 billion to save the banks but you pay GHC22billion to pay back peoples’ deposits and you can’t even pay.”
“I heard the president say he has paid 98 per cent of the depositors. We should ask the depositors how have they received their money?”
Source: GhanaFeed.com
