Ghana is in a state of despair, former President John Dramani Mahama has said.
He said he discovered the hopelessness after touring the country to thank Ghanaians for their votes in the 2020 election.
Speaking on Monday, November 8, 2021, ahead of his last tour which began in the Greater Accra Region today, November 9, 2021, Mr Mahama said the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed the lies of the government.
In an interview on Accra-based TV XYZ, he said he observed during his tour across the country that: “We’re in a state of despair; people are sad, people have regretted because this is not what the government promised them.
“Before the elections, they did a lot of things, i.e., free water, free light, free this and they spent GHS11.9 billion of the COVID funds from March to December and a lot went into convincing people.
“They gave small business loans via MoMo of about GHS2,000 but today, we are all paying that back,” he stated.
According to the 2020 flagbearer of the main opposition National Democratic Congress, the economy is in tatters.
He said: “Very soon the Finance Minister will be presenting the budget and you’ll realise the economy is in tatters.
“They said the economy was resilient and the Vice President said if there was any external shock, for six months, Ghana will not need any external intervention. But within two weeks of COVID, we went to the IMF for money. What happened to that resilient economy?” he quizzed.
“The economy had no buffers and, so, within two weeks of a COVID situation, [there was a] lockdown; we were begging the IMF for money…, so, it shows there’s a certain culture of lying about things and all that to deceive Ghanaians and we can see that it has all unravelled and the truth is here for all to see,” he added.