{"id":57626,"date":"2022-12-11T17:32:51","date_gmt":"2022-12-11T17:32:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinegh.com\/?p=57626"},"modified":"2022-12-11T17:32:56","modified_gmt":"2022-12-11T17:32:56","slug":"ofori-atta-has-successfully-plunged-ghana-into-a-stone-age-economy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kumasionlinetv.com\/?p=57626","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Ofori-Atta has successfully plunged\u00a0Ghana into a stone age economy<\/strong>"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The Member of Parliament for the Cape Coast South constituency, George Kweku Ricketts-Hagan has accused the government of plunging Ghana\u2019s economy into a stone age economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former Deputy Finance Minister accused the current Minister of Finance, Ken Ofori-Atta of doing little with the government\u2019s flagship One District One Factory policy to industrialize the Nation\u2019s economy from its current heavy reliance on the importation of goods and services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Speaking on\u00a0The Big Issue<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>on\u00a0Citi TV\/FM, Mr. Ricketts-Hagan said all the measures taken so far by the Finance Ministry and the government to cushion Ghanaians have actually exacerbated the harsh conditions in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn the Guggisberg economy where we are a country that imports more and exports very little, and we need to do value addition which we are not doing, we are now moving from a Guggisberg economy to a stone age economy because some of the solutions they [NPP] are now coming up with are barter trade and stuff like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cDr. Bawumia started this barter trade with the Sinohydro deal with the Chinese which we were going to use our bauxite and now gold to buy oil.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He went on to accuse the Government of being confused and not having a clue about the economy they have been given to run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThese are supposedly people who know what is going on, and I don\u2019t know what their motivation is, other than they not having a clue of the economy that they are handling at the moment or they really don\u2019t know where to go from here.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Government is currently seeking to exchange gold for fuel following the consistent hike in fuel prices on the international market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This decision has been criticised by energy analysts and watchers of the space.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SEND A STORY:<\/strong>\u00a0Do you have a story for us or need a promotion \/ advertisement? 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