Mahama Urges CSOs To Help To Resolve Prevailing Economic Hardships
The meeting which was held at the Miklin Hotel, East Legon in Accra afforded Mr Dramani Mahama the opportunity to listen to the perspectives of CSOs on the challenges and possible solutions for the governance deficits and economic challenges confronting the country.
Freeman Koryekpor 
FORMER PRESIDENT John Dramani Mahama, has called on the Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) to show leadership to help country out of this prevailing economic hardships in the country.
The 2020 flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC) made the call when he engaged CSOs at the programme dubbed;"The Ghana We Want."
The meeting which was held at the Miklin Hotel, East Legon in Accra afforded Mr Dramani Mahama the opportunity to listen to the perspectives of CSOs on the challenges and possible solutions for the governance deficits and economic challenges confronting the country.
Speaking at the engagement, Former President Dramani Mahama said the NDC hold in view that the Civil engagement positively sharp policy process by helping to inject fresh breath into policy delivery, ideas, perspective and experience from persons who otherwise are outside the official channels of policy making.
According to him, government must make a positive impact on the social and economic circumstances of the people they lead, since Civil Society Organization occupy a place of pride in modern democracy due to the role that the actors in the civil space have played in promoting socio economic change and good governance.
He said Civil Society Organization across the world especially in democracy has being the backbone of that pushes back on authoritarian leadership style through advocacy protest and sharing of well research alternative ideas.
The second largest cocoa producer is currently experiencing economic crisis acknowledged by President Akufo-Addo in his national address on the economy last month.
Ghana is negotiating a program of up to US$3 billion with the International Monetary Fund(IMF).
