The Second Deputy Speaker of Parliament Hon. Alban Bagbin has stated that President Akufo Addo has been currently making a statement which is dangerous to the development of the country.

President Akufo Addo has been hymning "Ghana beyond Aid" as a new way of moving the country beyond its current economic state.

He stated that, “He was my very good friend in parliament, but I completely disagree with him because the development partners are completely confused as to what we mean by that.”

He indicated that, the statement of President Akufo Addo will go a long way of affecting the country in a negative way.

He said, “Due to the confusion within donor circles, people have become especially expectant of an unavailable blueprint from the NPP government in respect of the rhetoric.”

“You will recall that after the first and second world wars, the economies of these (less developed) countries, were so devastated that they were struggling to survive and they had to look back at these poor nations and to use their might at that time to support the poor nations.

“And it is the economies of the poor nations that sustained them to develop. So when the poor nations started putting pressure for compensation, the developed nations quickly decided to respond,” Hon. Bagbin said.

He added that, the aid received by government was misused and that the country does not really need aid.

He said,“Again, aid is not just giving out without being attached to a programme of government. If rather, we present a programme and end up not doing exactly that, then you can raise such issues but they are attached to programmes that are even approved by development partners.”

Sighting how much the country needs aid, he directed anyone who needs evidence to visit the hospitals across the country.

He said it was not true thatthe country had enough resources to put it into the statement of the President as he is frequently heard saying "Ghana beyond Aid".

“You don’t develop by relying on your natural resources, you develop a nation by relying on your education; developing your minds to be able to create things, not just the raw materials, no! You have to add some value to what actually you market and that comes from your mind. And that is why research, technology, mathematics and science are key to the development of every society.

“And so the natural resources we have to renegotiate the agreement but how do you do that when you don’t have the mind power to negotiate properly…You don’t need natural resources to develop software!” He said.

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