Minister of Communication, Ursula Owusu Ekuful has passionately pleaded with Ghanaians to be measured in their expectations of the Akufo-Addo government.
“It is important that we also give him a chance. I mean expectations are high but he cannot solve every problem instantly in one year by waving a magic wand,” she told Francis Abban on Tuesday, February 21, 2017 on the Morning Starr from Parliament during president Akufo-Addo’s State of the Nation Address.
“So we should also be realistic in our expectation – yes we have an ambitious programme lineup in our Manifesto but he is not going to do all that in one year. So we have to pace ourselves,” she added.
President Akufo-Addo will today deliver his first State of the Nation Address (SONA) in Parliament amidst high expectations from Ghanaians.
Article 67 of Ghana’s 1992 Constitution requires that: “The President shall, at the beginning of each session of Parliament and before the dissolution of Parliament, deliver to Parliament a message on the state of the nation.”
Akufo-Addo, who assumed office on January 7, 2017 is Ghana’s fifth president of the Fourth Republic.
He is expected to reveal to Ghanaians through their representatives in Parliament the “true state” of the nation his government inherited from the John Mahama administration.
His speech will mainly center on the economy, health, education and other sectors.
Political scientists have said they do not expect the president to announce major policies since the 2017 Budget Statement is likely to address them.
The president has already sworn into office 36 central government ministers and 10 regional ministers approved by Parliament, charging them to render service in humility and with integrity and to expeditiously declare their assets.
