Is It a Crime to Be a Ghanaian? University Don Fires Government Over Economic Hardships
A Lecturer at the Central University, Dr. Benjamin Otchere-Ankrah says there will be numerous road accidents if proper care is not taken because people now prefer to look at their petrol gauge whilst driving than to concentrate on the road.
According to him, the astronomical daily increase in fuel prices is gradually battering the economy and further implanting hardships on the life of Ghanaians.
Speaking on Okay FM's 'Ade Akye Abia' programme, the much troubled lawyer quizzed if it was a crime to be Ghanaian because he cannot fathom what was really going on in the country.
"Do we really have leaders in this country, because it looks like things are going berserk. I'm a livestock farmer and I don't think I can keep my livestock till Christmas because pig feed has become very expensive. Like wise other products, businesses too are collapsing and there is daily rage in trotros and taxis."
"Things are generally not going on well and I must confess the government needs to sit and have some people fired," he stressed.
"I am really confused, is it a crime to be a Ghanaian? Our leaders are blaming the economic hardship on external factors but what about other African countries whose economy are much better than ours. Are they not affected by these external factors? he asked.
About Eighty (80) Members of Parliament(MP) together with many Ghanaians are demanding the heads of the Finance Minister and the Minister of State at the Finance Ministry, Charles Adu Boahen, claiming they are incompetent to carry on with their positions.
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