Running-mate to the National Democratic Congress' presidential candidate for election 2024, John Mahama, Prof. Jane Naana Opoku Agyemang has rebuked successive governments for leaving their responsibilities to Civil Society Organisations (CSOs) and other donor organizations.

According to the former Education Minister, government cannot fully rely on philanthropists to handle its responsibilities.

This comes weeks after the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) in collaboration with Democracy International (DI), implemented a Performance Accountability Activity (PAA) in 70 districts across 10 regions of the country.

The objective of the project is to support government to deliver quality local government services and improve public sector accountability.

It is also to strengthen civil society oversight and their feedback on government performance in the public service.

But speaking to some CSOs at an event organized by Star Ghana Foundation on how philanthropy can be used as a tool for sustainable development, Professor Naana Jane Opoku Agyeman called on government to take its responsibilities seriously.

"The government should be at the centre of it and have a long-term plan. We need a long term-plan in this country.

"Even the recent population census that we had, the head is a former colleague of mine and I said to him, 'listen, we spent all this money but you could have created a few more categories to get more data," she said.

On his part, former Youth and Sports Minister, Elvis Afriyie Ankrah criticized some Civil Society Organizations for their silence over what he characterizes as corruption and bad governance issues under President Akufo-Addo’s leadership.

"If the focus is on Ghana and looking at what is in the best interest of Ghana and we see that the situation is even worse than before and all the indicators from Corruption Watch and the rest show that this is the worse situation than before, then we expect to see a higher level or higher intensity of advocacy."