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Solomon Owusu, a leading member of the Movement for Change, has said the New Patriotic Party (NPP) has no moral audacity to criticise the National Democratic Congress (NDC) led government on the Ghanaian economy.
According to Solomon Owusu, when the former NPP government came into office, Ghana was not experiencing the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP).
He recounted that the DDEP caused the former Chief Justice Sohphia Akufo to describe the NPP government as having a pin brain.
Speaking on TV3 New Day, Solomon Owusu stated, “When they came, where we were experiencing DDEP, in fact, it was the DDEP that caused the former Chief Justice Sohphia Akufo to go into her lexicon to bring a certain word called pin brain (Adwene no sua), the woman told them.
As a pensioner, I gave my money to you, only for you to tell me you were not in a position to pay me. We have experienced this pin brain. This DDEP caused a lot of people to die in this country. They should not annoy us; they should let us be free in the system”.
Solomon Owusu asserted that when Ghanaians were telling the former NPP government under Akufo-Addo, the DDEP was wrong, they told Ghanaians they were doing the right things.
He added, “We have to criticise at the time we were telling them what they were doing was not right, they were telling us they were doing what was right. They have no moral right to be criticising. It is the movement for change, and other Ghanaians, you saw the need to criticise them, do this that have the audacity to criticise and not those who defended only yesterday to turn around and come and tell us that it is our action that has led to a stabilised economy.
We are not going to accept that; we must shun this; every Ghanaian must shun this business of trying to deceive the minds. This is what they call it: deception of the mind, and that is what brings you politics”.
Meanwhile, the minority in parliament have apologised to Ghanaians for the implementation of the Domestic Debt Exchange Programme (DDEP).
According to Afenyo Markin, the DDEP was a painful decision, as the NPP devised solutions to Ghana’s economic crisis.
Speaking on the floor of Parliament during the 2025 Mid-Year Budget Review on Thursday, July 31, Alexander Afenyo-Markin stated, “The NPP devised solutions: the Energy Sector Levy Act to systematically pay down energy liability, the Fiscal Responsibility Law, capping the deficit at 5% of GDP, and the Debt Exchange to restore sustainability.
“These are actions of a responsible government, and we are proud that we took these decisions, not reckless ones. Again, we take responsibility, we say sorry to Ghanaians, we had to take a painful decision [DDEP] to implement this,” he said.
The minority leader further criticised the NDC government for taking credit for the NPP government cleaning up Ghana’s grave economic situation without giving the minority credit.
Afenyo Markin added, “You’re taking advantage of this painful decision without giving credit to us. Who is a hypocrite in this matter? You are the one found wanting, and indeed, you are the political naysayers; you engage in double standards and engage in political hypocrisy.
“The NPP cleaned up a grave situation, and now the new administration touts the clean-up floor as if it were their own accomplishment. What have you put in place? None,” he criticised.
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