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SONA IN PERSPECTIVE I’ll say it’s very commendable that the president looking at the situation was able to satisfy this constitutional requirement- Ernest Opoku-Boateng Exec. Dir - African Public Policy Research Centre, Canada) #AsaaseABS

SONA IN PERSPECTIVE The SONA was succinct and on point but what was missing from it was a lack of detail on the cost cutting measures that are being implemented in these times - Ernest Opoku-Boateng (Exec. Dir - African Public Policy Research Centre, Canada) #AsaaseABS

SONA IN PERSPECTIVE The evidence speaks for itself that we have borrowed. We’re unable to service our debt so it means we haven’t used the money we’ve borrowed well- Ernest Opoku-Boateng (Exec. Dir - African Public Policy Research Centre, Canada) #AsaaseABS

SONA IN PERSPECTIVE It’s commendable that we’re taking steps to address the security issues but we shouldn’t lose sight of the root causes- Ernest Opoku-Boateng (Exec. Dir - African Public Policy Research Centre, Canada) #AsaaseABS

SONA IN PERSPECTIVE I looked at the speech itself and asked myself why didn’t we quantify the number of lives we saved- Ernest Opoku-Boateng (Exec. Dir - African Public Policy Research Centre, Canada) #AsaaseABS

SONA IN PERSPECTIVE I would like to see the quantification of what was read in the SONA … What are the number of roads, hospitals, infrastructure and others that were mentioned have been built so far? - Ernest Opoku-Boateng (Exec. Dir - APPRC, Canada) #AsaaseABS

And that’s I gap I saw so it tells us that we don’t quantify things we do - Ernest Opoku-Boateng (Exec. Dir - African Public Policy Research Centre, Canada) #AsaaseABS

we talk about roads but how many kilometers of roads have we constructed? - Ernest Opoku-Boateng (Exec. Dir - African Public Policy Research Centre, Canada) #AsaaseABS

SONA IN PERSPECTIVE We need to separate politics from partisanship - Ernest Opoku-Boateng (Exec. Dir - African Public Policy Research Centre, Canada) #AsaaseABS

SONA IN PERSPECTIVE Politics is a natural thing, what I think we should beware of is partisanship; where the greed of a particular group is seen to supersede the needs of the larger nation - Ernest Opoku-Boateng (Exec. Dir - APPRC, Canada) #AsaaseABS

SONA IN PERSPECTIVE Partisanship rather than politics is the bane of our democracy! If we can focus and go beyond partisanship with a focus on improving the livelihood of the people, we will see development - Ernest Opoku-Boateng (Exec. Dir - APPRC, Canada) #AsaaseABS

SONA IN PERSPECTIVE Belonging to a different political party need not make one an enemy … That stifles transparency and as a result there is no accountability - Ernest Opoku-Boateng (Exec. Dir - APPRC, Canada) #AsaaseABS

SONA IN PERSPECTIVE Because of partisanship, people who do not deserve to be awarded contracts are given them … And for that what do we get? Poor roads, bad infrastructure and much more - Ernest Opoku-Boateng (Exec. Dir - APPRC, Canada) #AsaaseABS

SONA IN PERSPECTIVE Ostentatious projects built by incompetent partisan people leads to the lack of development that we continue to cry so much foul for - Ernest Opoku-Boateng (Exec. Dir - APPRC, Canada) #AsaaseABS

SONA IN PERSPECTIVE We should cut our coat according to our clothe and size because you can’t spend what you don’t have - Ernest Opoku-Boateng (Exec. Dir - African Public Policy Research Centre, Canada) #AsaaseABS

SONA IN PERSPECTIVE The government needs to reduce its size and look at increasing efficiency if it wants to successfully navigate us out of this quagmire - Ernest Opoku-Boateng (Exec. Dir - APPRC, Canada) #AsaaseABS

SONA IN PERSPECTIVE In all these difficulties, the agricultural sector looks strong and I think that we must continue building it up while making sure that the other sectors are bolstered to withstand these times - Ernest Opoku-Boateng (Exec. Dir - APPRC, Canada) #AsaaseABS

#SONA2023 IN PERSPECTIVE WATCH: We haven't used our loans efficiently - Ernest Opoku-Boateng (Exec. Dir - African Public Policy Research Centre) #AsaaseABS #AsaaseNews