Pressure Group, Solidaire Ghana has called on President Akufo-Addo to revisit the constitutional reforms introduced in 2011.

In a New Year message, the president of the Group, Dr. Cadman Atta Mills said a review of the supreme laws of the land is necessary to reform the ‘one man takes all’ system, and "To bring into fruition the many institutional checks and balances needed for rapid, sustainable and equitable growth,” parts of the statement read.

Dr Atta Mills further called for a national debate on the review so as to get the input of all and sundry.

“The recommended necessary Constitutional Reforms should be tabled for a national debate and implementation. In this context, we note that the reforms cannot await the political alternation of power.

“We further demand, that stakeholders be invited to prepare draft bills on Political Party Financing, develop a new Procurement Act and table an enhanced Local Government system that will enhance quality of governance in our dear country.”

Below is the full statement.

Season greetings to the good people of Ghana. Knowing how difficult the past year was, due to the near collapse of our economy, we would have wished to bring good tidings to the suffering masses of Ghana, ahead of the New Year.

We fervently wish Ghanaians a Happy and Prosperous New Year (2023). But we note that the paradigm shift in Ghana’s body politic, that SOLIDAIREGHANAhasbeen calling for, is far from being tabled for a national debate.

The systemic reforms underpinning the paradigm shift, are condition precedents, for the realization of Ghana’s attempts to surmount the economic and governance challenges facing the country, and be able to build back our economy in record time.

We use this opportunity to call on the President Nana Akufo-Addo government, to revisit the Constitutional Reforms started by the Ghanaian government in 2011, in order to bring to fruition the many institutional checks and balances needed for rapid, sustainable and equitable growth.

The recommended necessary Constitutional Reforms should be tabled for a national debate and implementation.

In this context, we note that the reforms cannot await the political alternation of power! We further demand, that stakeholders be invited to prepare draft bills on Political Party Financing, develop a new Procurement Act and table an enhanced Local Government system that will enhance quality of governance in our dear country.

It is our considered view, that the passage of such new laws, will go a longwaytohelp Ghana return to the path of progress and development.