Ghana is bitter under Mahama - NPP

Sammy Awuku, National Youth Organizer of the New Patriotic Party (NPP) says Ghanaians have lost the last vestige of hope it has in the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) under the leadership of President John Dramani Mahama.

According to him, building confidence is a psychological game and involves putting in place practical measures such as "cutting down waste" and other factors which the current administration has failed to do so far.

Speaking on Peace FM's "Kokrokoo" in relation to the cedi rise, Sammy Awuku told host Kwami Sefa Kayi that the Mahama administration is the "headache" of the Ghanaian populace.

Although appreciating the efforts by the government to beef up the cedi against major trading currencies like the US Dollar, the NPP Youth Organizer expressed doubt about the sustainability of the gains.

He hoped the cedi could be sustained to enhance economic stability.

However, he believed Ghanaians have lost total confidence in the governance system of President Mahama due to numerous economic failures of his government.

“In building an economy, it calls for confidence. It’s a psychological game, but the Ghanaian people have lost confidence in the government to manage the economy. And you cannot… buy confidence and you can’t also force the people that by hook or crook have confidence. It is the practical measures that you put in place, cutting down waste, cutting down on overpricing of contracts…”

“The managers of the economy have been our biggest headache… The better Ghana Agenda that was promised has become a bitter Ghana experience.”