South African Council of Elders Chairman of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Benjamin Kofi Quashie says government has been reckless with its spending.

According to him, the Akufo-Addo-led government's inconsiderate decision has ultimately affected every citizen and could have an adverse impact on future generations.

"We need to be fair to ourselves and we need to tell ourselves that we've been reckless when it comes to our expenditure. The recklessness is what has brought us here. We've been so reckless we don't even think about future generations", he stated.

"When you're so reckless and the circumstances make things so glaring and when such things happen, you need to be humble and look for a better solution to the current problems facing the country", he noted.

Comparing the NPP's and the NDC's True State of Nation Address on CTV, Mr Quashie stressed that, this is the first time a party in opposition has delivered a true State of the Nation Address after the President has delivered his.

In the view of the NDC Council of Elders Chairman of South Africa, the NPP chairman, Stephen Ayensu Ntim was clueless in his delivery as compared to that of the NDC Chairman, General Asiedu Nketia.

He further revealed that Covid-19, which every NPP person wants the country to believe has affected us negatively leading to the current economic difficulties, rather than bringing us more money than claimed.

"Their reckless spending is what has brought us here and the Auditor General's report exposes same", he affirmed.

Mr Quashie further contended that other countries also suffered from the ravages of Covid-19 but, with prudent measures, have not been affected like Ghana.

He revealed further that, in 2019 before Covid struck, our currency had depreciated by over 14%. Juxtaposing this with the government's own 2020 mid-year budget review as presented by Ken Ofori Atta,

"He stated that cumulatively the cedi had depreciated by 12.6% against the United States dollar.

"It clearly means we were not doing well as an economy. The cedi depreciated by 9.6% in 2016. The NPP called us incompetent. In 2019, it had depreciated by 14% and you think we should take you seriously", he ended.