2012 presidential candidate of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) Dr. Henry Herbert Lartey is calling for a return to military rule as the surest way to accelerate the development of the country.<\/p>\n
He believes if the nation was under military rule, rampant corruption in the country would not be in existence for<\/span> the nation to experiencing economic challenges.<\/p>\n The leader and Chairman of the GCPP, Dr. Henry Herbert Lartey believes a return to military rule will instill some discipline in Ghanaians who steal the country\u2019s resources for their personal benefit and that of their friends.<\/p>\n He also took a swipe at government<\/span> for mismanaging the economy. According to him, Ghanaians are feed<\/span> up with the current economic hardship bedeviling the country which he said keeps worsening by the day as he puts the blame squarely at the doorstep of leadership.<\/p>\n Dr. Henry Lartey in an interview said the leadership needs to think about an innovative way to deal with corruption to save the country.<\/p>\n \u201cLeadership is not rulership<\/span>. Leadership is not kingship. Leadership is when you have creative mind<\/span>. Leaders need to think on their feet and bring out sterling ideas to change lives\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n He also cited the rising cost of transportation,\u00a0accommodation, food among others, resulting from the sharp fall of the cedi<\/span> against the major international currencies as a major problem that needs to be tackled.<\/p>\n Dr. Lartey<\/span> said the present economic doldrums are having adverse implications on the salaries of workers, which demands an immediate intervention from the central government. \u201cGhanaians are facing difficult times; I think urgent steps are needed in solving these problems,\u201d the 2012 presidential candidate asserted.<\/p>\n He lamented: \u201cSadly, the managers of our national economy have chosen to ignore the advice of the local professionals and many other brilliant suggestions that have been put forward by civil society organizations. Instead, those in charge of our economy have chosen to rely on the economic policy advice of experts at the International Monetary Fund and the World\u00a0Bank.\u201d<\/p>\n He reiterated the need for a policy of domestication that his late father, Dan Lartey preached as the long term solution to the country\u2019s economic woes. \u201cEat what you grow. Grow what you eat, stockpile and export. Domestication can end the dollarisation<\/span> of Ghana\u2019s economy,\u201d Dr. Lartey<\/span> said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have to earn\u00a0more\u00a0from our exports such as oranges, pineapples, pawpaw, mangoes as well as other fruits and vegetables by value addition<\/span>. Ghana cannot rely on cocoa alone for a lifetime at the expense of other products\u201d, he advised.<\/p>\n He said: \u201cWe should encourage the large production of rice, maize, palm oil, rubber and sugarcane<\/span> for the production of sugar\u201d, and warned that: \u201cIf we don’t promote domestication to change our current import and export orientation, then the light at the end of the tunnel will continue to elude us\u201d.<\/p>\n He explained \u201cWhen the total\u00a0dollar\u00a0value of a country’s imports<\/span> exceeds the total dollar value of its exports, the county has a trade deficit. This means the country is exporting fewer goods than it is importing. When a country’s trade deficit increases, the value of that country’s\u00a0currency\u00a0depreciates against the currency of its\u00a0trading\u00a0partner countries.\u201d<\/p>\n Despite all these suggestions on how to deal with the problems of the economy, Dr. Lartey<\/span> maintained: \u201cA short-term solution to Ghana\u2019s woes is returning to military rule.\u201d<\/p>\n On how the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) is faring, he said the party has begun strengthening its structures at the grassroots level as part of the party\u2019s preparations ahead of the 2016\u00a0elections.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Source:\u00a0Ghana | Freelancer | Nana Yaw Reuben Jnr<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 2012 presidential candidate of the Great Consolidated Popular Party (GCPP) Dr. Henry Herbert Lartey is calling for a return to military rule as the surest way to accelerate the development of the country. He believes if the nation was under military rule, rampant corruption in the country would not be in existence for the nation […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":36695,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n