Already members of the new administration appear to be at cross purposes on key responsibilities, Ofoase Ayirebi lawmaker, Kojo Oppong Nkrumah has said while reacting to the formation of the seven-member National Economic Dialogue (NED) Planning Committee chaired by Dr Ishmael Yamson.
The former Minister of Works and Housing said that Finance Minister Dr Cassiel Ato Forson is promising to create jobs begging the question, of what the real economic sector ministers will be doing.
Fiscal expansionism, he added, is being signalled while the President's statement calls for fiscal consolidation.
It leaves worries about the feasibility of ideas prescribed at such fora. "Hopefully this dialogue should generate ideas that are feasible in fast-tracking the recovery that started in 2024," Mr Oppong Nkrumah said. "It is not the first time one is being called.
