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Stop the blame and take responsibility for the challenges – Mahama to Akufo-Addo

Former President John Dramani Mahama has told President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo to take responsibility for the economic challenges that the country is going through.

In the view of Mr Mahama, the first step to tackling the problem is for the President to first accept responsibilities and then bring people on board to solve the problem.

He said this while embarking on a campaign tour in Wenchi to be elected flagbearer of the National Democratic Congres (NDC) in the 2024 general elections.

“If you are a person who leads, the first principle of leadership is responsibility, you must take responsibility for every situation and work to solve it. If you don’t take responsibility and you are the kind of leader who is always looking for somebody to blame you will never be able to solve problems.

“When this government took over from our government, the total national debt was GHS120 billion. Today, that debt is almost 600 billion, in five and a half short years and the president had the temerity to say that there has been no recklessness in borrowing. What else is recklessness than what he and his Finance Minister have done? It is not that their attention was not drawn, from 2018 every budget that they brought, the Minority in Parliament said you were overborrowing, even the World Bank told them that you are risking into debt distress because of too much debt and they refused to listen,” he said.

His comments come after Mr Akufo-Addo said in his State of the Nation Address (SoNA) on Wednesday, March 8 that his government has not been reckless in borrowing.

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