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Prof. Stephen Adei is concerned about the spate of waste by successive governments. He believes our governments must learn to live by austere standards especially for a poor country like Ghana.
The former GIMPA lecturer cites how leaders of some developed nations even resort to flying commercial and with slim entourages unlike what is seen in the case of Ghanaian presidents.
“We are a poor country and, so, whether it is Mahama or Akufo-Addo, it is not about flying around in a presidential jet because when you go to countries like Australia and other developed countries, their prime minister, for instance, uses a commercial flight.
“He doesn’t move with a huge entourage made up of 40 people and, so, I believe we have become like a poor man who goes to the farm bedecked in a kente cloth”.
He is quick to add that his critique is not of the current government and for that matter President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo: “It is not just this government. It is something I’ve said over and over again.
“If you’re poor and you wear a piece of kente cloth to the farm, it is not a good thing”, Prof Adei stressed.
He made the comments in an interview last week on Accra FM, where he discussed a range of governance and economic issues.
