Deputy Minister-Designate for Food and Agriculture, John Dumelo, has criticised the erstwhile Akufo-Addo administration for failing to address the nation's economic challenges over the past eight years.
During his vetting before Parliament's Appointments Committee on Tuesday, February 25, 2025, Deputy Minister-Designate for Food and Agriculture referenced admissions from elements of the previous administration acknowledging the nation's economic difficulties, reinforcing the urgency for corrective measures. "Unfortunately in the last 8 years, our economy has not been that good.
Hence, a need to reset Ghana in all aspects of the Ghanaian economy. "If you listened to some of the comments made by the past administration, they confirmed and confessed that the economy was bad.
So, I'm just reiterating what they said that the economy wasn't good." Without a detailed examination of structural weaknesses, his argument remained largely rhetorical, failing to establish a compelling case for why Ghana's recovery efforts had fallen short, even when he was given the opportunity by the co-chair to discuss Ghana's economic woes during his vetting.
