The initial step that ought to be taken by President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo in handling the financial difficulties is to cut the loss in his government, the National Communication Officer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) Sammy Gyamfi has said.
He alluded to the National Cathedral project as one of the inefficient uses of the government that ought to be halted.
Talking on the Huge Issue on TV3 Wednesday, March 22, Sammy Gyamfi said "Mr President cut down on the waste, the loss in your government is excessively.
"They let us know a long time back that they planned to cut consumptions yet we see an expansion in squander.
"The government is squandering the public purse on an unnecessary National Cathedral. Do we really need a national cathedral in the amidst this economic crisis?"
"Eliminate the swelled size of the government and we can make gigantic reserve funds," he added.
The other step that ought to be taken by the government is to shun debasement and rebuff people associated with degenerate practices, Sammy Gyamfi further said.
He focused "shun debasement and rebuff the people who are associated with defilement."
Sammy Gyamfi further blamed Akufo-Addo for untrustworthiness.
He said the statement by President Akufo-Addo that the economy was doing great preceding the Coronavirus flare-up can't be valid.
In his view, the economy gave indications of shortcoming even before the pandemic.
"Was President Akufo-Addo not the person who said we won't go to the IMF? Was it's anything but a trick? Is it true that he was not the person who said there could be no hair style? Was it's anything but a trick? Might it be said that they are not individuals who said they had abrogated street tolls so Ghanaians will acknowledge the e-levy? Was that not a trick?
"These are people who are adversely affected by reality. Before Coronavirus, the government was at that point spending carelessly. Before Coronavirus what did the government need to show for the acquiring? Before Coronavirus, the economy was nothing t thought of home about."
President Akufo-Addo emphasized his point that Ghana's economy was doing great before the flare-up of the Coronavirus pandemic and the Russia-Ukraine war when he conveyed the condition of the country address (SONA) on Wednesday, March 8.
This, he said, is a reality that the Overseeing Overseer of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has perceived.
Mr Akufo-Addo demonstrated that because of political benefit certain individuals are looking to take, they can't acknowledge the way that the economy was getting along nicely.
He said "I have said, and the Managing Director of the IMF has likewise said, our economy was doing great until Coronavirus, and Russia Ukraine war."