Shani Alhassan Saibu, Northern Regional Minister, has fiercely contested claims that Ghanaians are experiencing economic hardship.
Speaking in an interview with Sagani TV, the minister noted that the complaints of hardship in the country is only borne out of people living beyond their means and that is not a result of government inefficiency.
“When I hear things are hard I don’t understand unless you tell me what the hard means,” he said while answering a question posed at him on why times are hard for the Ghanaian citizenry.
The host of My Northern Achiever, the programme on which Mr Saibu was speaking, sought to draw his attention to a high cost in the standard of living, the minister retorted with “really, are you sure? I don’t see that. What I see is that people are trying to adjust themselves to lives that they use not to live.”
Contrary to what the journalist highlighted as the basis for the complaints of economic hardships, the Northern Regional Minister insisted that Ghanaians are eating properly, dressing properly and living in good homes and are living decent lifestyles under Akufo Addo.
According to him, it is a result of the quest for lifestyles beyond the means of the citizenry that has led to a strain on limited resources. He said “We are challenged by living decent lives.
“Have you driven around town lately? Have you seen the dresses people wear, have you seen the houses people live in and the cars people drive? This shows that we are not in hard times. We are only challenged by wanting to do more than we have. So resources are scarce because people have very good use for their resources and people wish that they have more than what they have and that is why people think that there is hardship.”
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Source: TheBBCghana.Com
