National Youth Organizer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), George Opare Addo, has taken a swipe at the performance of the Akufo-Addo government, attributing the country's economic indicators in 2017 and 2018 to the prudent policies of former President John Mahama.

Speaking to Barima Kofi Dawson on Nhyira FM's KuroYiMuNsem Show, Mr. Opare Addo indicated the excellent performance of the economy between 2017 and 2018 was the result of John Mahama's policies and the IMF program.

He stated that the performance of President Akufo-Addo should be observed from 2019 when Ghana exited the IMF program.

"John Mahama's 2017 budget sustained our economy to the end of 2017 through to 2018. Under President Mahama, the economy performed better, but under Akufo-Addo, it has worsened. This is because the NDC entered the IMF program just before leaving office. The benefits of this program and other economic policies by Mahama were supposed to be realized from 2017, which Akufo-Addo came to enjoy and even extended to look like he is managing the economy well. Today, he is the worst manager of our economy," stated Oprae Addo.

Highlighting how far the country has fallen since 2016, he revealed the extent of depreciation of the Ghanaian cedi against the US dollar and believes this has led to the collapse of a lot of businesses under this current government.

According to him, the high food inflation is resulting from mismanagement of the economy by the Akufo-Addo-led administration. He feels this has angered many Ghanaians.

"They promised to stabilize the cedi with their economic messiah, Dr. Bawumia. Now, the dollar is 17 cedis. Many businesses have collapsed; you import something today, and tomorrow the dollar has increased, and you need more cedis to import that same thing again. In 2016, 10 cedis bought kenkey with fish, and 20 cedis made fufu for the family. Today, those amounts don't go as far, with cement now costing 110 cedis. No wonder Ghanaians are angry," Opare Addo said.

Responding to the sustainability of the Free Senior High School policy, he acknowledged the importance of the policy and made it clear that the NDC had a different vision for it.

The NDC Youth Organiser emphasized that it will not be cancelled but improved if the party regains power.

"No government can cancel Free SHS; we must fix its flaws to improve it, and that’s what the NDC is advocating for," he said