I thought the 'unrepentant haters' of the John Mahama administration will come out with concrete facts to nail the President and his Vice, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur but as usual, all I see are words of hatred that lack steam!

It’s unfortunate that some politicians today can’t think without sentiments.

Everybody is throwing insults at the President and his Vice for our economic situation, yet we forget that constitutionally the local government and the public sector government are more responsible for grass root development.

Recently the chairman of the Public Services Commission, Mrs. Bridget Katsriku at the 7^th Annual Conference of Public Service Chief Executives, Chief Directors and Chairpersons of Governing Boards in Kumasi said she wonders why aggrieved citizens go to the flagstaff house instead of directing their anger at the respective MDAs.

Because they are given the responsibility to provide such services and they, and not necessarily the President, must be held accountable for the poor service delivery.

So there is need for an in-depth and critical introspection of the reasons for the incessant expression of dissatisfaction by Ghanaians of our service.

And that said, recent events in the country have made many of the citizens angry with government. Such occurrences don’t augur well for the nation.

 Vice President of Ghana, Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, complementing the efforts of President John Mahama, has continuously assured Ghanaians of continuous loyalty and commitment to the transformation of the country.

Ghana’s Vice President, recognizes that his role is to compliment as well as give good counsel and loyalty to the President of Ghana but not to compete.

Vice President Kwesi Amissah-Arthur is a great leader and his enviable testimonials speak volumes of his achievements and commitment to Ghanaians, as President Mahama continues to commend him for the pivotal role that he played in the economic matters of the state.

He is an embodiment of selfless service to humanity. No encomiums will be too much to describe the fine gentleman of impeccable character as an international consultant/economist to the World Bank and foreign countries and has a long public service stewardship, with a mission to help maintain the economy as a strong platform for Ghana’s development and to ensure stability, development and access to a Better Ghana for all Ghanaians.

He has assured Ghanaians of continuous loyalty and commitment to the transformation of the country’s economy as the head of Government Economic Management Team, through the provision of democratic dividends to the people so that we would succeed as a nation.

The aggression of other party members against him is at best to spur him to greater heights as constructive opposition will always bring about progress and development. As vice-president of the country and having been elected on the platform of the NDC with the president who is the leader of the party, Vice President Kwesi Amissah Arthur continues to enjoy the desired support of President John Mahama.

That aside, the president and his vice are like 5 and 6 and nothing can separate them; if eventually Mr President listens to the clamour of Ghanaians for him to again present himself in 2015, which I am sure he will, I can assure you that he would run with Kwesi Amissah-Arthur as his vice because there is no need for any change.

Vice President Kwesi-Amissah Arthur is a man who believes that working with President John Mahama is a team work and under their tenure Ghana shall remain the most preferred and peaceful investment destination in Africa, considering the various measures that the Mahama-administration has put in place to create the right environment for investments and businesses to thrive in the country.

He also has the vision to work together with President Mahama and continue to put the country in the threshold of a new era; an era that would continue with the Good leadership of President Mahama; a leadership that is uncontaminated by the prejudices of the past; a leadership committed to change; a leadership that reinvents government, to solve the everyday problems that confront the average Ghanaian.

As the head of the Economic Management Team, he has continuously called for the deepening of private participation and foreign direct investment in Ghana’s economy. He’s urged Ghana’s collaborators to take advantage of the country’s stable political environment and the growing economy, which is leading in West Africa.

Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has assured Ghanaians that government has resolved to take the necessary actions to reverse the current economic challenges, and put the economy back on the path of growth as we are seeing gradually.

He has acknowledged that there are challenges with the current economic indicators, but expressed the hope that with time, government will be able to reverse the trend and address the challenges of the economy and is confident that the economy will bounce back to growth by 2015.

But as a nation what we need is more skills development among the labour force. And also through team work, government has made good use of its promises to use the plethora of projects and programmes conceived under its Better Ghana Agenda to significantly grow the economy and improve the living standard of the citizens.

Mr. Amissah-Arthur, who was the architect of the Senchi forum which had individuals, political parties, civil society organizations and the media participate, believes that it would help to address the economic challenges facing the country.

Barely two and half years after President Mahama made that solemn transformational pledge with sound economic management under the chairmanship of Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, government has been implementing far-reaching reforms and policies conceived in the economic blue print which seek among other things, to revive the country’s infrastructure, diversify the economy cutting down on government expenditure and solving the deficit problem to create a vibrant economy.

Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah Arthur has continuously assured Ghanaians that the Mahama administration’s development strategy was to transform Ghana and to assure that investors’ trust in the stability, growth and development of the country was not misplaced.

He acknowledges that times are hard but is of firm conviction that measures are being taken by government to match the efforts of private sector organizations to achieve all-inclusive growth, job and wealth creation targets.