Dr. Amoah made the remark following observations that President Akufo-Addo seems to be implementing socialist inclined policies contrary to the New Patriotic Party’s capitalist ideologies.

This has been evident in the implementation of policies such as Free SHS, One-district one-factory, One-district one-warehouse, one-village one-dam, one million dollars for every constituency among others.

[contextly_sidebar id=”BUqUJb0xtXGcjIVbYb6xR2iK9JipU3ip”]Speaking on the Citi Breakfast Show on Friday, Dr. Amoah opined that, the current social interventions by the President show that “he is being pragmatic.”

“If you take China for example, they took a very statist approach in the beginning, and in many ways that approach was what laid the foundation for their industrialization, and so when they brought in the market, they have created the technological muscle and the know-how for powering the next step,” he said.

He also said there is the need for well-thought through plan to enable the government deliver the needed development for the country, else the country might be going nowhere.

According to him, the current one sided fix all approach to development will not take the country anywhere.

“The challenge for me is for the party, and therefore the government to be able to summon the courage and the intellectual capacity and creativity to say let’s think through this paradigm, and be clear that it is not delivering, and say that we need to find a new approach to where we want to go which is beyond what the World Bank says.”

“In fact, even in the World Bank, it is clear that there are various shades of opinion – we have same people there who do not see the new paradigm in its prestige conceptualization or structure as the way to go. So this is where we are, and this is the challenge, because currently, continuing in this path, we will go in circles. Historical evidence is compelling” he noted.

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By: Godwin A. Allotey & Naa K. Siaw-Marfo/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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“We have done our best; we have made Ghanaians aware of what is going to happen this year with the heavy rains. Those who will suffer anything are those who continue to live in the low-lying areas because they have their own reasons,”Mr. Azantilow said

He said although residents living in those areas had been advised to relocate, they had refused to heed to NADMO’s advice, thus contributing to the problem.

Hours of heavy rainfall on Thursday led to flooding in parts of Accra and the other regions.

The flood caused heavy vehicular traffic while most of the roads were almost impassable.

Describing the flooding in the national capital, Mr. Azantilow explained that “The flooding is quite extensive, it is not something that we were expecting because the Meteorological Services has warned us that this year we will have heavy rains and we aware that Accra and its metropolis will suffer some floods.”

Speaking on Eyewitness News, Mr. Azantilow further stated that NADMO had launched an initiative to cater for the individuals affected by the floods.

“Our rescue team is on the stand by and  we will visit all the areas to decide what assistance we can give them,” he added.

Mr. Azantilow also said no casualties had been recorded yet, although some individuals had been rendered homeless by the flood.

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