The People’s National Convention (PNC) believes that, demonstration is part of our democratic dispensation, but street protest such as the one organized by “Arise Ghana” must not and should not be the way a group vests its disappointment on our government, especially in this current circumstance.
Certainly, street protest as a form of demonstration is becoming outmoded in modern democracies and protesting without providing solution is equally outmoded.
Madam Janet Nabla speaking to Ohene Addo on Plan B Fm’s Ebaanosen stated that at this material moment, the “Arise Ghana” group must rather demonstrate alternative policies that will aid the current government to ameliorate the current economic difficulty and to criticize the government policies via public fora, organizing institutional lectures, peaceful submitting petitions to appropriate government institutions and making use of our court system to push through demands, amongst other means.
She also said that the PNC have taken note with delight, the many pro-poor intervention policies and the adoption and deployment of IT infrastructure which is widely accepted now as the “4th industrial revolution.
” The PNC have always advocated for home grown policies that must be adopted as a paradigm shift from the usual IMF and World Bank acid prescriptions that devastated many economies especially Africa and Latin America.
Nothing can be farther from the truth. The COVID-19 and the Russian-Ukraine war, have greatly impacted the economy of Ghana and the world as a whole.
The Director of the World Bank Prospects Group, Mr. Ayhan Kose, revealed that the latest projection for global economic growth has declined to 2.9% from 5.7% last year.
“The PNC would like to advice the government to consider expanding the tax net and paying attention to property tax amongst several others, which would help in lessening the tax burden of the Ghanaian citizens” she added
In conclusion she advised that; the government prioritize investment in the agriculture sector which will help boost our agricultural output and reduce the $1.3 billion worth of rice, soya beans, maize and poultry importation into the country and also Ghana’s forex system must be reviewed, the Government must consider regularizing the ‘black market’ as it is a contributing factor to the scarcity of forex in the country.
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