Nana Akufo Addo’s State of the Nation Address Was Empty Without Direction-Amissah-Arthur

Former vice-president of Ghana-Amissah-Arthur has stated that yesterday’s State of the Nation Address by Nana Akufo Addo was empty as it lacked problem-solving direction.

During Nana Akufo Addo’s address, he cautioned Ghanaians to get ready for tough times as his government works to revive the weak economy he inherited from the previous NDC administration led by former President John Mahama.

He also stated that his predecessor had left a heavily indebted power sector which threatens sustainable power supply.

“The attempts by the previous government to resolve the dumsor crisis have led to a gargantuan debt overhang in the sector…we have inherited a heavily indebted energy sector, with the net debt reaching 2.4 billion US dollars as at December 2016. I have to point out the alarming fact that 800 million US dollars of this debt is owed to local banks, which threatens their stability. Huge indebtedness of the energy sector constitutes the single major hurdle to Ghanaians enjoying reliable and affordable electricity supply,” President Akufo Addo said.

Commenting on the address, Amissah–Arthur told Starr News the President has a lot to learn if he is to achieve anything.

“It was quite good and a statement of the problems that the country faced, I’m not sure whether he told us how he was going to solve them because he stated many problems and I don’t get the sense of where the direction he wants to go”.