Kwesi Pratt Jnr., Managing Editor of the Insight
newspaper, says Ghanaians should continue to make their voices heard
when State authorities fail to deliver on their mandated promises.
Kwesi
Pratt urged the citizenry not to let go of their freedom of expression
anytime they feel dissatisfied with the decisions that government
officials make in their quest to enhance the progress of the nation.
According to him, Ghanaians should not stop "complaining" until leaders account for their actions.
“We
should never stop complaining. Let us complain. It is our duty that
people in government to a very large extent are our appointees. We put
them there and we put them there to go and solve our problems. We should
watch them closely. When they are not solving our problems, let us at
least shout.”
However, speaking on "Alhaji and Alhaji" on Radio Gold,
Mr. Pratt explained that the woes of the country did not emanate from a
particular government and it will be "dishonesty" on the part of any
person to suggest that the current administration has caused all the
country's problems.
"The problems of this economy did not start
from the Kufour era. The problems did not start from the Rawlings era.
Unless of course you want to discount our history, colonialism was a
major problem for the Ghanaian economy…It had a huge impact on us and so
on,” he said.
He called on the appropriate authorities to
execute their duties effectively and therefore rid the nation of any
corruptible practices.
“Between 1983 and 2001, the cedi had
depreciated by 23000 percent. During the eight years of Kufour
administration, the cedi depreciated significantly. Indeed, even after
the redenomination of the cedi, the cedi depreciated in the first 90
days or so on. And the cedi is continuing to depreciate. We need to take
complete action in order to reverse this trend…Corruption under every
government is a canker which needs to be uprooted and it doesn’t matter
whether the government is NPP or NDC," Kwesi Pratt stated. |
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