Kwasi Pratt jnr
Managing Editor of the Insight newspaper, Kwesi Pratt has called for a major shake-up in government due to a string of disappointing performances by appointed government functionaries.
Speaking on Metro TV?s Good Morning Ghana, Mr. Pratt said six months into the John Mahama administration, it was obvious that some ministers needed to go.
The senior journalist also said members and board chairmen of corporations ought to be sacked because ?things are not moving.?
He said on more than two occasions, the President?s promise to end the electricity crisis by certain dates proved to be empty.
These promises, he said, were based on advice given by government functionaries who should now bear responsibility for causing embarrassment to the Presidency.
?Who gave him that information which misled him completely? Shouldn?t that person face the music?? he quizzed.
He referred to concerns expressed by the Majority Leader, Benjamin Kunbuor who complained about embarrassing errors in the tabling of government business in Parliament.
Kwesi Pratt also referred to an incident in Parliament last week when a COCOBOD request to waive stamp duty worth $15 million on a loan was wrongly written as $150 million, a major humiliation for the Majority Leader.
The managing editor said it was unacceptable for this error to move undetected from COCOBOD to the Ministry of Finance, Attorney-General?s Department, to Select Committees in Parliament and to Cabinet.
It would not be surprising to find that at COCOBOD highly qualified directors earn more than the President yet they committee fundamental errors, he said.
?Go and look at the salaries top management people are earning at COCOBOD?with huge qualifications which can feel this room,? he said
Kwesi Pratt passionately insisted that ?the way things are going there should be a major shake-up?it is important for the survival of this administration.?
?The crisis is obvious and we cannot continue like this for the next three and a half years.?
He also criticized sycophants surrounding the President.
?We have to say things as they are and stop this ?nicey-nicey attitude, he charged.
He noted the President is constantly being misled.
?What kind of a country is this?? he quizzed, to which the host, Randy Abbey answered ?Ghana.?
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