A former Chief of Staff of the Ghana Armed Forces, Brigadier Joseph Nunoo-Mensah has admonished government to consider the experiences of neighbouring countries to avoid any uprising from the citizenry.
According to the retired army officer, the surrounding countries failed to take the plight of their citizens which, thereafter, resulted in the recent governmental overthrows.
Brigadier Nunoo-Mensah expressed grave worry over the manner in which the incumbent government has ignored the plight of Ghanaians.
“Let's look at the nations that have had coup d’etat in recent times in the ECOWAS sub-region, let's look at ourselves. We have to be honest with ourselves.
“Today in Ghana, we are facing serious economic and social problems; very serious ones but our governments are behaving as if there is no problem.
"When you look at the ordinary people in this country, how they are facing life it is hard, it is rough, but we don’t even want to accept that times are hard,” Brigadier Nunoo-Mensah lamented.
Speaking to Raymond Acquah on Joy News monitored by Peacefmonline.com, Brigadier Nunoo- Mensah continued to pour out his disappointment in President Akufo-Addo’s inability to tackle the draconian economic issues when delivering his last State of the Nation Address in Parliament on Tuesday.
According to him, prices of food and commodities have sky rocketed leading to a financial distress on the living conditions of Ghanaians.
He said, “When my good old friend, our president spoke I was looking forward to answers to these problems that we are facing especially with food. You cannot buy local food cheaply. If at my level, I cannot buy simple food like gari, cassava, or yam cheaply then there is a problem."
“The problem is going to get even harder and when we don’t want to accept that it is going to get pretty rough if we don’t take care, we are going to have a massive food crisis that might lead to all kinds of problems.”
He underscored the need for the government to consult some senior citizens who have the expertise to offer their solutions to the seemingly unending economic challenges.
“At the age of 80 getting to 88, I don’t have too much time to live. I don’t like the Ghana I am leaving behind. We are looking for answers to our political, and socioeconomic problems.
“We need to find a solution. The NPP, NDC thing it is not working and one must be honest about it,” he added.
Source: Kobina Darlington/peacefmonline.com
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This man speaks from both sides of his mouth
This man is Fake and inconsistent... Is he not the same man who said if the country is too hot get out of it in 2015, BAD OLD MAN
This man is a J-o-k-e-e-e-e At which time was Ghana good for you Revolution time ? Or when you asked people to leave Ghana if the kitchen is too hot You are not serious at all. You better quickly !!!!!! You are not relevant
@Kane, I’m with you. Ghanaians are not serious that’s why some people are clamouring for Mahama’s come back,
And the same tsupid people are attacking the message instead of examining the message! So if he belonged to NDC that precludes him from commenting on issues which all of us know to be true? Are things not difficult for Ghanaians? In a heavily import-dependent economy if the dollar is at GHC13 do you need someone to tell you the implications for cost of living and prices of everyday commodities? Or you people want the president to say things are hard before we all accept it? Ghanaians are just some unserious group of people mock and make a joke out of every situation and that is these thieffs who call themselves leaders will never take us serious! We are in crisis and and there is no propaganda about this. Saying it does not mean you are making anyone unpopular! These are clear for all to see. If you want to be pretend that's your own palava.
Na who cause am? Had you not joined and massage the (P)NDC era, we would have been somewhere as a country. Sorry, sir!
The man who said if the country is too hot for you leave the country now see your life,time changes ampa.
Let him leave now
oh kofi hmmmmmm this man paaaaaaaaa all because he has no work now. his own ndc kicked him out and when he was in charge of things and we wanted a change to civil rule he told/ask us they should hand over to whom. too bad you do not like what you started way way way back with papa J. but you are not going now too uncle so take it easy continue to have hope like the rest of ghanaians, age does not matter, better day still ahead for ghana.
Please if you don't like it, leave fast!