Former Finance Minister Professor Kwesi Botchwey has asked the government to recognize that the country is going through a crisis.
He also said the government must listen to the key issues raised by the minority in Parliament against the proposed E-levy and address those issues.
“We are in a crisis and the opposition has raised concerns about the effects it [E-Levy] would have on the cashless society we want to have and also the hardship it will bring upon the vulnerable. Let us get to recognise that the concerns of the opposition are critical issues by engaging in transparent and respectful conversations. ”
“Now, the first solution to this is to recognise that we have a problem. If you’re telling the public that things are cool, we have never had it like this, we have done better than anybody in the past, if you are professing hubris, it tells that you do not have a problem.”
At a public lecture on Monday, March 7, organized by the One Ghana Movement, “Speaking this way gives you no stance on collecting money from the people, no matter the exemption given. I’m not saying we should panic, but standing comfortably and smiling as if the house is not on fire is terrible, and shouldn’t be done.”
The lecturer was on the theme: “On the state of the nation’s economy and politics, 65 years after independence, the path to sustainable development and democratic consolidation.”
By Laud Nartey, 3news.com|Ghana
