Mr. Ken Thompson, former CEO of Dalex Finance, has sharply criticized former President Nana Akufo-Addo, accusing him of prioritizing personal interests over the welfare of Ghanaians and mismanaging the country’s economy.
Speaking on Channel One TV on March 25, Thompson declared, “They ran the economy aground.”
He argued that Akufo-Addo’s administration was more focused on personal gains than addressing the struggles of ordinary Ghanaians.
“He was more interested in himself than anybody else. He wasn’t addressing the issues that faced the people,” he remarked.
The former CEO expressed disappointment in the government’s failure to address the economic hardships of Ghanaians.
Reflecting on a conversation with former Finance Minister Ken Ofori-Atta, he recalled expressing his concerns, saying,
“I felt that after I had spoken to Ken and he didn’t listen, I needed to go further and make a point, and say, ‘President, look, you are destroying the lives of millions of Ghanaians.'”
Mr. Thompson also criticized the government’s inability to create sustainable job opportunities for the youth.
He emphasized that “it is not the government that creates jobs. No government anywhere creates jobs,
“Lamenting the over-reliance of young people on government institutions for employment. “What even breaks my heart is that a lot of young people, when you ask them where they want to work, some of them say, ‘I want to work in the Bank of Ghana.’ Then you know it’s a problem. Ghana, it is a problem.”
Regarding the 2025 budget, Mr. Thompson acknowledged it as a step in the right direction but continued to criticize the previous budgets under Akufo-Addo’s leadership.
“For the first time in nine years, they have read a budget that I can understand and which is based on data,” he said.
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