Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, President of the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference, has attributed Ghana’s financial crisis to consistent borrowing by successive governments.
The President for the Ghana Catholic Bishops’ Conference made this statement while speaking at the opening ceremony of the 2023 plenary assembly in the Sunyani Diocese on November 13, 2023.
According to Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi, those countries that have these natural resources in abundance are rich whereas Ghana remains poor.
He questioned the explanations the New Patriotic Party (NPP) and National Democratic Congress (NDC) can give to Ghanaians for the unfavourable agreements signed on Ghana’s oil, minerals and power generation.
“Both governments keep borrowing, and we are now in a deep financial crisis. Why are we in this economic and financial quagmire? The massive uncontrolled corruption is suffocating the nation. It appears corruption is legalized.
“Should the constitution not be changed or bettered for it to work for all Ghanaians instead of for a few? Should the legal system not be re-equipped to uproot corruption? What about our Parliament where the interest of the people is sacrificed for personal and party interests? Why have we not implemented the findings of the Constitutional Review Committee?”
“Can the governments explain to us why we are in this economic mess? What explanations can the two political parties give to Ghanaians for the unfavourable agreements we sign on our oil, minerals, power generation etc.?
“Countries that have these resources in abundance are rich. Why do we remain poor? Ghanaians no longer accept the old explanations that the Governments of Ghana have been giving,” Rev. Matthew Kwasi Gyamfi.
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