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Former President John Dramani Mahama has criticized President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo for neglecting to scale back his administration, which is negatively impacting the economy.
He thinks the policy is impractical and that it cannot be seen through because its execution cannot be monitored.
Mahama contends that the government’s prohibition on the usage of V8 and V6 vehicles by appointees is unworkable and believes it will be challenging for the government to track the appointees’ movements.
He demanded that the administration implement appropriate measures to reduce the excessive spending that has hampered the economy.
“Unfortunately, in this budget, Ghanaians are slapped with stiff additional taxes and no tangible cuts in expenditure. They just say don’t travel with your V8s. If you are traveling outside Accra, you can use your V8, but don’t use it in town. I mean, who’s going to monitor if you use your V8 or not? Expenditure has increased significantly by 80 billion cedis. It appears we have to accept to live with the excessive bloated size of government at the presidency,” the former President said.
He said this when he addressed the 13th Congregation of the Accra Business School over the weekend.
The Finance Minister during the budget presentation said, “Limited budgetary allocation for the purchase of vehicles. For the avoidance of doubt, the purchase of new vehicles shall be restricted to locally assembled vehicles; Only essential official foreign travel across government including SOEs shall be allowed”
No official foreign travel shall be allowed for board members. Accordingly, all government institutions should submit a travel plan for the year 2023 by mid-December of all expected travels to the Chief of Staff by.
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