The Minority in Parliament has challenged President John Dramani Mahama to stop lament­ing and fix the economy if he thought it was broken.

In the view of the caucus, President Mahama was noted for lamenting anytime he got the opportunity to manage the economy.

Responding to the President's address to Parliament on the State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Accra, yesterday, the Minority Leader, Alexander Afenyo-Mar­kin, recalled that President Maha­ma in 2013 told the House that the "meat was down to the bone" as a result of the growth of the growing wage bill.

In his address yesterday, Pres­ident Mahama said the economy was saddled with staggering debts to the tune of GH¢721 billion with several state-owned enterprises in debt, including the ECG and COCOBOD who owe GH¢68 billion and GH¢32 billion respectively.